Felix Rosenqvist
Introduction '''Felix Rosenqvist''' (born 7 November 1991) is a Swedish professional racing driver who currently drives the No. 60 Honda for Meyer Shank Racing in the NTT IndyCar Series. He was named Rookie of the Year for the IndyCar Series in 2019.
Racing career ===Formula Renault===Rosenqvist started his single-seater career in Asia, he won the 2008 Formula Renault 2.0 Asia and 2009 Formula Renault 2.0 Sweden/NEZ titles.===German Formula 3 Championship===In 2010 he was fifth in the German Formula Three Championship with two victories, eight podiums, and one pole position. He also attended the 2010 Macau Grand Prix Formula Three where he finished ninth after having qualified seventh in his debut with the same Swedish/British racing team Performance Racing.===European Formula 3 Championship===For 2011, he graduated to the Formula 3 Euro Series with the Mücke Motorsport team, where he finished fifth with one win, 10 podiums, and five fastest laps, and won the Masters of Formula 3 in his rookie year.Hockenheim in European Formula 3.In 2012 he finished third in the 2012 European Formula 3 Championship and finished second in Macau Grand Prix.The year after he narrowly missed out on the 2013 European Formula 3 Championship title to Raffaele Marciello, however winning the Masters of Formula 3 for a second time from pole position. In Macau Grand Prix he started the race from the front row but collided with Raffaele Marciello and Pipo Derani to retire in the first lap.In his fourth year with Mücke Motorsport, the Swede finished eighth in the 2014 European Formula 3 Championship in a disappointing campaign. He ended the year with a very welcomed win in the 2014 Macau Grand Prix from pole position ahead of teammate Lucas AuerIn 2015 he switched to Prema Powerteam, claiming the 2015 European Formula 3 Championship title with 13 victories, 24 podiums, and 17 pole positions. He would also take his second consecutive victory in the 2015 Macau Grand Prix, again from pole position. His extended Formula 3 career meant that he would become the most successful Formula 3 racer of all time.Rosenqvist driving for Mahindra Racing at the 2017 Berlin ePrix===Indy Lights===In February 2016 he announced that he would compete in the 2016 Indy Lights series for Belardi Auto Racing as he failed to bring the budget for a continued programme in GP2 Series with Prema Powerteam. Rosenqvist had a reduced programme in the series, competing in only 10 of the 18 races, as he later in the season would have clashing commitments with his sportscar programme with Mercedes-Benz in Europe. He scored 3 wins in his campaign. He had a successful test in IndyCar with Chip Ganassi Racing at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, saying he would be happy to return to the American racing scene later in his career.===GT Racing===Rosenqvist joined the 2016 Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup together with French Tristan Vautier, driving a Mercedes-AMG GT3 for AKKA-ASP Team where they together scored 1 victory, 3 podiums out of the 10 races and finished 7th in the overall standings. The same duo together with Renger van der Zande lined up for the classic 2016 24 Hours of Spa where they reached 2nd place after all Mercedes-Benz cars have been given a 5-minute stop and go penalty.===DTM===Rosenqvist started 2016 with a role as official reserve driver, having continued his long partnership with Mercedes-Benz before being promoted to a race seat with one of the cars run by ART Grand Prix following Esteban Ocon's departure to Manor Racing in Formula One. He made an impressive debut in Moscow where he finished 10th and scored points in his first-ever race in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters.===Formula E===Rosenqvist on the podium after his first Formula E victory at the 2017 Berlin ePrixOn 22 August 2016, it was announced that Rosenqvist would partner former Formula One driver Nick Heidfeld at the Mahindra Formula E team for the 2016–17 Formula E season. On 10 June 2017, he won the first race at the  Berlin ePrix. It would be the first victory for him, as well as for his team. At the end of 2018, he made his last race start in Formula E before moving on to the Indy Car Series.===Street circuits===Rosenqvist is known to be a street circuit specialist having won in Grand Prix of St. Petersburg, Honda Indy Toronto, Grand Prix de Pau, Norisring and Macau Grand Prix twice, where he has started 7 times from the front row.===Super Formula===Rosenqvist raced in the Super Formula series for the 2017 season with Team LeMans. The same team that his manager Stefan Johansson raced with in Japanese F2 in 1981.=== Super GT ===Rosenqvist raced in the Super GT series for the 2018 season with Team LeMans, the same team he raced in the Super Formula series the year before. He replaced Andrea Caldarelli's position in the team.=== IndyCar Series ===Rosenqvist driving for Arrow McLaren SP at the 2021 Indianapolis 500Rosenqvist signed with Chip Ganassi Racing for the 2019 IndyCar Series. He went on to win Rookie of the Year honors after finishing sixth in the championship standings.In the 2020 season, Rosenqvist won his first IndyCar race at the REV Group Grand Prix at Road America.On 13 October 2020 it was announced Rosenqvist would leave the team and join Arrow McLaren SP in 2021, replacing Oliver Askew in the organization's No. 7 entry.On 12 June 2021, at the first of the Chevrolet Detroit Grand Prix weekend doubleheader, Rosenqvist suffered a significant crash on lap 28 as his #7 Arrow McLaren car experienced a stuck throttle and as a result, his car crashed hard into the wall. He did not suffer any life-threatening injuries but was taken to a downtown Detroit hospital for further evaluation. Rosenqvist was released the following day from the hospital but was not cleared to participate in the second Detroit race nor the following round at Road America a week later. He was replaced in said races by Oliver Askew and Kevin Magnussen respectively, with Magnussen making his IndyCar debut.Rosenqvist during the 2023 Indianapolis 500He stayed with McLaren for 2022, and picked up his first podium with the team at Toronto. It was announced in September that he would also be driving for the team in 2023.On 5 September 2023, Meyer Shank Racing announced that Rosenqvist would drive the No. 60 Honda in a multi-year deal.
Racing record ===Career summary===SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPolesF/LapsPodiumsPointsPosition 2007 Asian Formula Renault Challenge March3 Racing 14 1 1 1 6 193 4th Formula Renault 2.0 NEC Trakstar Racing 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2008 Formula Renault 2.0 Asia March3 Racing 13 10 8 5 12 215 '''1st''' Asian Formula Renault Challenge 2 2 0 1 2 60 8th Formula Renault 2.0 Italy Prema Powerteam 2 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2009 Formula Renault 2.0 Sweden BS Motorsport 14 6 6 3 13 115 '''1st''' Formula Renault 2.0 NEZ 10 3 2 1 9 193 '''1st''' Formula Palmer Audi PalmerSport 3 2 0 2 2 48 21st2010 German Formula 3 Championship Performance Racing 18 2 1 0 8 83 5th 2011 Formula 3 Euro Series Mücke Motorsport 27 1 0 5 10 219 5th Masters of Formula 3 1 1 0 1 1 N/A '''1st''' Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF 2012 Formula 3 Euro Series Mücke Motorsport 24 4 3 3 9 212.5 4th FIA Formula 3 European Championship 20 4 3 3 7 192 '''3rd''' Masters of Formula 3 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 9th Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 1 N/A '''2nd''' 2013 FIA Formula 3 European Championship Mücke Motorsport 30 10 4 10 18 457 '''2nd''' Masters of Formula 3 1 1 1 1 1 N/A '''1st''' Macau Grand Prix 1 0 0 0 0 N/A DNF 2014 FIA Formula 3 European Championship Mücke Motorsport 33 1 1 3 2 198 8th Macau Grand Prix 1 1 1 0 1 N/A '''1st''' Formula Acceleration 1 Acceleration Team Sweden 4 2 1 2 3 73 5th 2015 FIA Formula 3 European Championship Prema Powerteam 33 13 16 13 24 518 '''1st''' Macau Grand Prix 1 1 1 1 1 N/A '''1st''' 2016 Indy Lights Belardi Auto Racing 10 3 3 3 3 185 12th Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup AKKA ASP 10 1 1 1 3 51 7th Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup 1 0 0 0 1 18 23rd Intercontinental GT Challenge AMG – Team AKKA ASP 1 1 0 0 1 25 7th Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters Mercedes-Benz DTM Team ART 8 0 0 0 0 5 25th ADAC GT Masters AMG – Team Zakspeed 2 0 0 0 0 13 37th IMSA SportsCar Championship – PC Starworks Motorsport 1 0 0 0 0 1 31st Macau Grand Prix Prema Powerteam 1 0 0 1 1 N/A '''2nd''' 2016–17 Formula E Mahindra Racing 12 1 3 2 5 127 '''3rd''' 2017 Super Formula SUNOCO Team LeMans 7 0 0 2 3 28.5 '''3rd''' Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia Mtech Competition 4 3 4 3 3 0 NC† 24 Hours of Le Mans – LMP2 DragonSpeed – 10 Star 1 0 0 0 0 N/A 12th FIA GT World Cup Scuderia Corsa 0 0 0 0 0 N/A DNS 2017–18 Formula E Mahindra Racing 12 2 3 1 2 96 6th 2018 Super GT Lexus Team LeMans Wako's 7 0 0 0 1 41 10th IMSA SportsCar Championship – Prototype Jackie Chan DCR JOTA 1 0 0 0 0 20 55th Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup Ram Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup – Pro-Am 1 0 1 0 0 5 24th Porsche Supercup Dr. Ing h. c. F. Porsche AG 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC† 2018–19 Formula E Mahindra Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 25th 2019 IndyCar Series Chip Ganassi Racing 17 0 1 0 2 425 6th 2020 IndyCar Series Chip Ganassi Racing 14 1 0 2 1 306 11th 2021 IndyCar Series Arrow McLaren SP 14 0 0 0 0 205 21st Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia Porsche Experience Racing 2 0 1 0 2 38 14th 2022 IndyCar Series Arrow McLaren SP 17 0 2 0 1 393 8th Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia Porsche Experience Racing20100825th 2023 IndyCar Series Arrow McLaren17021232412th 2024 IndyCar Series Meyer Shank Racing IMSA SportsCar Championship - LMP2 United Autosports USA 1 0 0 0 0 226 11th*† As Rosenqvist was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points. * Season still in progress.===Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results===(key) Year Entrant Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 DC Points 2011 Mücke Motorsport Mercedes LEC1 LEC2 LEC3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 ZAN1 ''ZAN2'' ZAN3 ''RBR1'' RBR2 RBR3 NOR1 NOR2 NOR3 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 VAL1 VAL2 VAL3 ''HOC1'' ''HOC2'' ''HOC3'' 5th 219 2012 Mücke Motorsport Mercedes HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 RBR1 RBR2 '''RBR3''' NOR1 NOR2 NOR3 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR2 ''ZAN1'' ZAN2 ZAN3 VAL1 VAL2 ''VAL3'' '''''HOC1''''' HOC2 '''HOC3''' 4th 212.5=== Complete Macau Grand Prix results === Year Team Car Qualifying Quali Race Main race 2011  Mücke Motorsport Dallara F308 8th 21st DNF 2012  Mücke Motorsport Dallara F312 4th '''2nd''' '''2nd''' 2013  Mücke Motorsport Dallara F312 '''2nd''' '''2nd''' DNF 2014  Mücke Motorsport Dallara F312 '''1st''' '''1st''' '''1st''' 2015  Prema Powerteam Dallara F315 '''1st''' '''1st''' '''1st''' 2016  Prema Powerteam Dallara F315 8th 6th '''2nd'''===Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results===(key) Year Entrant Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 DC Points 2012 Mücke Motorsport Mercedes HOC1 HOC2 PAU1 PAU2 BRH1 BRH2 RBR1 '''RBR2''' NOR1 NOR2 SPA1 SPA2 NÜR1 NÜR2 ''ZAN1'' ZAN2 VAL1 ''VAL2'' '''''HOC1''''' '''HOC2''' 3rd 192 2013 Mücke Motorsport Mercedes MNZ1 MNZ2 MNZ3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 ''RBR1'' ''RBR2'' ''RBR3'' '''NOR1''' NOR2 ''NOR3'' NÜR1 ''NÜR2'' NÜR3 ZAN1 '''''ZAN2''''' '''''ZAN3''''' VAL1 VAL2 VAL3 ''HOC1'' '''''HOC2''''' ''HOC3'' 2nd 457 2014 Mücke Motorsport Mercedes SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 PAU1 ''PAU2'' ''PAU3'' HUN1 HUN2 HUN3 SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 '''NOR1''' NOR2 NOR3 MSC1 MSC2 MSC3 RBR1 RBR2 RBR3 NÜR1 NÜR2 NÜR3 ''IMO1'' IMO2 IMO3 HOC1 HOC2 HOC3 8th 198 2015 Prema Powerteam Mercedes '''''SIL1''''' SIL2 SIL3 '''HOC1''' '''HOC2''' '''HOC3''' PAU1 PAU2 PAU3 '''''MNZ1''''' '''MNZ2''' '''MNZ3''' '''SPA1''' ''SPA2'' ''SPA3'' NOR1 NOR2 NOR3 ZAN1 '''''ZAN2''''' ZAN3 '''RBR1''' '''RBR2''' RBR3 ALG1 '''''ALG2''''' '''''ALG3''''' '''''NÜR1''''' '''''NÜR2''''' '''''NÜR3''''' '''HOC1''' HOC2 ''HOC3'' 1st 518===American open-wheel racing results=======Indy Lights==== Year Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Rank Points 2016 Belardi Auto Racing STP '''''STP''''' PHX ALA ALA IMS ''IMS'' INDY RDA RDA IOW '''''TOR''''' '''TOR''' MDO MDO WGL LAG LAG 12th 185====IndyCar Series====(key) Year Team Chassis No. Engine 1  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Rank Points Ref 2019 Chip Ganassi Racing Dallara DW12 10 Honda STP COA ALA LBH '''IMS''' INDY DET DET TXS RDA TOR IOW MDO POC GTW POR LAG 6th 425 2020 ''TXS'' IMS ROA ''ROA'' IOW IOW INDY GTW GTW MDO MDO IMS IMS STP 11th 306 2021 Arrow McLaren SP 7 Chevrolet ALA STP TXS TXS IMS  INDY DET DET ROA MDO NSH IMS  GTW POR   LAG LBH21st205 2022 STP '''TXS''' LBH ALA IMS  INDY DET ROA MDO TOR IOW IOW '''IMS'''  NSH GTW POR    LAG 8th 393 2023 Arrow McLaren 6 STP '''TXS''' LBH ALA IMS  INDY DET ROA MDO TOR IOW IOW NSH  IMS GTW POR    '''LAG''' 12th 324  2024 Meyer Shank Racing  60 Honda STP TRM LBH ALA IMS INDY DET ROA LAG MDO IOW IOW  TOR GTW POR MIL  MIL NSH    - 0 Season still in progress.====Indianapolis 500==== Year Chassis Engine Start Finish Team 2019 Dallara Honda 2928 Chip Ganassi Racing 2020 1412 2021 Dallara Chevrolet 1427 Arrow McLaren SP 2022 8 4 2023 3 27 Arrow McLaren===Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results=== Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos. Points 2016 AKKA ASP Mercedes-AMG GT3 Pro MISQR ''MISCR'' BRHQR BRHCR NÜRQR NÜRCR '''HUNQR''' HUNCR CATQR CATCR 7th 51===Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results===(key) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)  Year  Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pos Points 2016 Mercedes-Benz DTM Team ART Mercedes-AMG C63 DTM HOC1 HOC2 SPL1 SPL2 LAU1 LAU2 NOR1 NOR2 ZAN1 ZAN2 MSC1 MSC2 NÜR1 NÜR2 HUN1 HUN2 HOC1 HOC2 25th 5===Complete Formula E results===(key) (Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) Year Team Chassis Powertrain 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pos Points 2016–17 Mahindra Racing Spark SRT01-e Mahindra M3Electro ''HKG'' '''MRK''' ''BUE'' MEX MCO PAR BER '''BER''' NYC NYC MTL '''MTL''' 3rd 127 2017–18 Mahindra Racing Spark SRT01-e Mahindra M4Electro HKG '''HKG''' MRK SCL '''MEX''' PDE '''RME''' PAR BER ZUR ''NYC'' NYC 6th 96 2018–19 Mahindra Racing Spark SRT05e Mahindra M5Electro ADR MRK SCL MEX HKG SYX RME PAR MCO BER BRN NYC NYC 25th 0† Driver did not finish the race but was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.===Complete Super Formula results===(Races in '''bold''' indicate pole position) Year Entrant 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 DC Points 2017 SUNOCO Team LeMans SUZ ''OKA'' OKA ''FUJ'' MOT AUT SUG SUZ SUZ 3rd 28.5===24 Hours of Le Mans results=== Year Team Co-Drivers Car Class Laps   2017  Dragonspeed – 10 Star  Henrik Hedman Ben Hanley Oreca 07-Gibson LMP2 343 14th 12th===Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship=== Year Team Class Make Engine 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Rank Points 2016 Starworks Motorsport PC Oreca FLM09 Chevrolet LS3 6.2 L V8 DAY SEB LBH LGA DET WGL MOS LIM ELK COA PET 31st 1 2018 Jackie Chan DCR JOTA P Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DAY SEB LBH MDO DET WGL MOS ELK LGA PET 55th 20 2024 United Autosports USA LMP2 Oreca 07 Gibson GK428 4.2 L V8 DAY SEB WGL MOS ELK IMS PET 11th* 226*† Rosenqvist did not complete sufficient laps in order to score full points. * Season still in progress.===24 Hours of Daytona=== Year Team Co-drivers Car Class Laps   2016  Starworks Motorsport  Sean Johnston Maro Engel Mark Kvamme Oreca FLM09-Chevrolet PC 179 DNF DNF 2018  Jackie Chan DCR JOTA  Robin Frijns Daniel Juncadella Lance Stroll Oreca 07-Gibson P 777 15th 11th===Complete Super GT results=== Year Team Car Class 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 DC Points 2018 Lexus Team LeMans Wako's Lexus LC 500 GT500 OKA FUJ SUZ CHA FUJ SUG AUT MOT 10th 41
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