Red Bull and bittersweet relationship with British fans, but why's that?

During recent Grands Prix at Silverstone, a familiar picture has emerged: Red Bull receives little in the way of supportive cheers. How is that possible in a sport where, in the past, every driver and team used to be greeted with enthusiastic applause?

Since its debut in 2005, the team led by Christian Horner has only had world champions from outside the United Kingdom, with David Coulthard being the sole British driver to represent the team—though without any particularly notable results.

Horner, speaking about bittersweet's Red Bull relationship between the team and British fans in an interview with PlanetF1, believes that it plays a role that Red Bull hasn't had a British driver under contract for a long time: "Since David Coulthard, we haven't had a British driver. We won four times [the world title] with Sebastian Vettel, who defeated Lewis [Hamilton] and Fernando [Alonso]."

That trend, however, could be about to change. Young British talent Arvid Lindblad is increasingly being linked to a potential Formula 1 debut, having just received an exemption for the FIA super licence a few days ago.

The 17-year-old took to the track this morning in Imola, completing his very first laps behind the wheel of a Formula 1 car thanks to Racing Bulls—albeit in a car from a previous season.