Eagled-eye fans have noticed Lindblad’s racing helmet has three flags on the back – for England, Sweden and India.
He grew up in Virginia Water in Surrey but his dad’s Swedish and his family’s Indian heritage comes from his mum’s side.
“I’ve really been surrounded by all three cultures. It’s shaped me into the person and driver I am today,” he says.
Lindblad has a few months to wait until his first home Grand Prix – at Silverstone in July – something he says will “be really special”.
“My whole family will be there. I think racing at home, there’s no real feeling like it.”
But somewhere he won’t be able to race this season is another place that means a lot to him – India.
The Buddh International Circuit hosted races in in Uttar Pradesh for three seasons but ended in 2013.
It didn’t return after a tax dispute with the local authorities, with F1 bosses stating at the time the reasons behind it were “very political”.
Lindblad went to Delhi with Racing Bulls in pre-season and says getting the chance to race there would be “really cool”.
“I race under the British flag so having one home race is pretty cool, if there were to be a second one that’d be really special as well,” he says.
“I don’t know the ins and outs of it, or how realistic it is, but it would mean a lot to me.”
Earlier this week, an Indian government minister claimed there would be an India Grand Prix next year.
But F1 bosses told The Independent, external that wasn’t true, saying “we won’t be racing there in 2027”.
