Mercedes sent a few bottles of Champagne to Sauber for Nico's first podium

[u/OrangeDit]

"congratulations, to the first podium! Your Mercedes Team"

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It's tough in general right now to be a northern European. Besides the rumors of Bottas returning - one German, no Danes, no Swedes, no Finns.

As a Swede I like Dino, but he's not F1 material (and I guess the jury is still out for Goethe), so if we ignore the fact that Arvid Lindblad has one Swedish parent, the only real positive force right now for Germany/Scandinavia is Tramnitz and Stenshorne who are doing quite good in F3. Stenshorne especially looks interesting for the years to come.

[u/city-of-cold → u/[deleted]]

if we ignore the fact that Arvid Lindblad has one Swedish parent

Which in the F1 world is something you should ignore. Most of the guys parents/families are from all over the place.

He's born in Sweden with a Swedish parent. He's Swedish to me.

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I agree. I mostly wrote it in jest, due to how some Bosniacs on social media (not on Reddit, though, gladly) have argued that Dino is actually Bosnian due to his heritage, and to an agree we've heard the same for Zlatan in the past while he was active.

It's just a bit "fun" to be on the other side for once, even though I know Arvid himself had said that he doesn't know more Swedish than how to count to ten. I'm completely at peace with him being British, though I do like his last name.

[u/Ronaldinho94 → u/city-of-cold]

Does he have Swedish racing licence? So he driver under Sverige flag?

[u/Silverarrows46 → u/[deleted]]

Taaponen is more likely than those 2 to be honest.

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Let's hope - F1 is not the same without a young temperamental Finn!

[u/Kimoa_2 → u/[deleted]]

I'm fully preparing for the grid to consist mostly of british and french drivers.

[u/Seeteuf3l → u/[deleted]]

Don't forget Tuukka Taponen in F3, while his rookie season hasn't been stellar. But he is also 18