Arvid Lindblad might have earned himself a visit to the stewards for potentially impeding fellow rookie runner Pato O'Ward's McLaren during FP1 for the Mexico Grand Prix, but he did enough to warrant glowing reviews from those who matter to his career: Red Bull's leaders.
The headline news is that Lindblad's fastest lap was 0.093s faster than Yuki Tsunoda in fundamentally the same car. Appearances can be deceptive in practice, given different run plans, fuel loads and engine settings, but Lindblad was clean and assured throughout, aside from riding over the kerbs at Turn 12 on his first push-lap on softs.
