Formula 1 may be the most glamorous motorsport on the planet, but not every driver on the grid enjoys the luxury of private jet travel.
Liberty Media’s financial figures for the final quarter of 2025 showed F1 revenue had increased 14 per cent to a whopping $3.9 billion, underlining just how much the sport has grown.
Operating income grew 28 per cent to $632 million, while Adjusted OIBDA increased 20 per cent to $946 million, painting a picture of extraordinary financial health at the top of the sport.
However, those eye-watering figures do not trickle down to the smaller teams and younger drivers competing further down the grid.
While four-time champion Max Verstappen is known to travel in a multi-million private jet, Racing Bulls duo Arvid Lindblad and Liam Lawson clearly operate on a very different budget.
Following the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa, New Zealander Lawson took to Instagram to share a selfie of himself and his rookie team-mate seated together on an economy easyJet flight.
The cheerful snap was accompanied by a caption from Lawson that simply read: “Shoutout easyJet.”
Lindblad then reposted the same image on his own Instagram story, adding a caption of his own that stated: “Stay humble.”
This is not the first time Lindblad has been spotted travelling economy to a grand prix, with a fan photographing the 18-year-old in a middle seat watching his own onboards ahead of this year’s Barcelona-Catalunya GP.
The no-frills travel arrangements do not appear to be affecting either driver’s form on track, with Lawson holding a top-ten position in the drivers’ championship heading into the summer shutdown.
Lindblad sits just behind in eleventh place with 22 points to his name, a more than respectable return for a rookie in his debut season.
Perhaps most encouragingly for the team, Racing Bulls are tied on 61 points with Alpine in the constructors’ standings, putting both outfits level for fifth place in the championship.
Race weekend travel costs are exempt from the F1 cost cap, meaning Lindblad and Lawson may well find themselves boarding economy flights again long into the future, regardless of where the team finishes in the standings.