Why 'always special' Monaco will be the biggest test yet for rookie Lindblad Arvid Lindblad will face the challenge of racing in an F1 car around the streets of Monaco for the first time. As the sole rookie in this year’s Formula 1 field, Arvid Lindblad has gone under the radar at Racing Bulls, but he’s been quietly getting on with the job and impressing some very experienced people in his team. Montreal was perhaps the Briton's best and most convincing weekend so far in his short F1 career, even if he didn’t get to start the main race, and now he faces the biggest test for any newcomer – his first Monaco Grand Prix. This hasn’t been an easy time to be a rookie. In addition to the obvious challenge of unfamiliar tracks Lindblad has faced a new car with new regulations, three Sprints in the first five races with limited practice, and big gaps in the calendar that made it hard to build up a rhythm. Nevertheless he has caught the eye with some good performances, notably taking P8 on his debut in Australia, making SQ2 in China despite not doing any laps in FP1, and qualifying in the top 10 at Suzuka. In Montreal, upgrades to the VCARB 03 worked well and, having earned P9 in Sprint Qualifying on a track he first sampled in FP1, he scored a point with a P8 finish. He backed that up with P9 in Qualifying for the Grand Prix, once again as best of the rest behind the drivers from the top four teams. Unfortunately he was robbed of the chance to show what he could do when the clutch failed just before the start, triggering an abort. Instead his car was moved off the grid and the youngster had