On the evening of 17 February, Avesta was stopped with 1.82 per mille alcohol in his blood and is now charged with aggravated drunk driving,
Lindbäck's club Masarna broke his contract shortly after the incident, but announced yesterday that he will be taken back.
Withdrawn in gross squad
Some who, however, do not plan to take Lindbäck to any assignments in the near future are the Swedish Motorsport Association.
Last winter, national team captain Morgan Andersson took Lindbäck out in a gross squad for the season, but now Svemo has decided to remove Lindbäck from there.
- He will not be taken out for anything right now, so we will have to take a position later on how we do then, Mikael Karlsson says to SVT Sport.
How did you reason about that?
- It is a pretty natural step for us to do it right now.
We believe that there is a difference between running a club speedway as Masarna takes employer responsibility there.
But at the moment we think it has happened a little too much, so we can not have him as the driver representing the national team right now.
- Then we'll see what happens.
It should go its way, and then we have to take a stand after he has received his sentence.
Then we have to take a stand on it.
And he is undergoing treatment, so there are many good things going on.
No one would be happier than me if this could be a turning point for Antonio to get on the track again, because he is a fantastic speedway driver.
Antonio Lindbäck was already poked from the upcoming European Championship and World Cup qualifiers before the drunk driving was discovered, due to sporting assessments.