{"id":11045,"date":"2021-05-22T23:10:53","date_gmt":"2021-05-22T21:10:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.felixracing.se\/?p=11045"},"modified":"2021-05-23T01:07:41","modified_gmt":"2021-05-22T23:07:41","slug":"felix-qualifies-14th-for-2021-indianapolis-500","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/felix-qualifies-14th-for-2021-indianapolis-500\/","title":{"rendered":"Felix qualifies 14th for 2021 Indianapolis 500"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/187990301_3833221870137251_3385324732294516180_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1350\" src=\"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/187990301_3833221870137251_3385324732294516180_n.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11061\" srcset=\"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/187990301_3833221870137251_3385324732294516180_n.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/felixracing.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/187990301_3833221870137251_3385324732294516180_n-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/felixracing.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/187990301_3833221870137251_3385324732294516180_n-819x1024.jpg 819w, https:\/\/felixracing.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/187990301_3833221870137251_3385324732294516180_n-768x960.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Felix will start the 105th Indianapolis 500 from 14th on the grid, having recorded a four-lap average of 230.744 mph (371 km\/h) in qualifying on Saturday.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Opting for two attempts, Felix improved the pace on his second run to secure a slot on row five ahead of the race next Sunday. He will line up one slot ahead of defending Indy 500 winner Takuma Sato.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The other Arrow McLaren SP cars qualified 12<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;(Pato O\u2019Ward) and 24<sup>th<\/sup>&nbsp;(Juan Pablo Montoya) respectively for The Greatest Spectacle in Racing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cThat was an interesting day and it\u2019s good to have locked ourselves firmly into the race in a decent position,\u201d<strong> says Felix<\/strong>. \u201cI was actually surprised by how good the car felt on the first run; it was very easy to do the four laps, so we were running too much downforce. It was a shame we didn\u2019t take more of a chance there, as I think that was the best window of the day in terms of weather when the track was still relatively cool.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cWe ventured out for a second run later in the afternoon when the temperatures were significantly higher, and to be honest I wasn\u2019t sure whether we\u2019d be able to improve. We managed to do a fairly good step, however, trimming out the car more, and I think with that set-up on the first run we could possibly have made the Fast Nine. Anyway, a day of good progression for us and I\u2019m confident we can have a strong race from P14.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2021 Indy 500 takes place on Sunday, 30 May.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>RESULTS: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/indycar-results-quals-day1.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Qualifying &#8211; Indy 500<\/a><br><br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-style-default\"><a href=\"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/levitt-500-0521-16522-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1707\" src=\"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/levitt-500-0521-16522-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-11042\" srcset=\"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/levitt-500-0521-16522-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/felixracing.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/levitt-500-0521-16522-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/felixracing.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/levitt-500-0521-16522-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/felixracing.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/levitt-500-0521-16522-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/felixracing.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/levitt-500-0521-16522-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/felixracing.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/levitt-500-0521-16522-2048x1365.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-11045\" data-postid=\"11045\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-11045 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Felix will start the 105th Indianapolis 500 from 14th on the grid, having recorded a four-lap average of 230.744 mph (371 km\/h) in qualifying on Saturday&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11042,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[18,1,19],"tags":[92,47],"class_list":["post-11045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news3","category-okategoriserade","category-press-releases","tag-2021-ntt-indycar-series","tag-indianapolis-500","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"aioseo_notices":[],"builder_content":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11045","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11045"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11045\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11069,"href":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11045\/revisions\/11069"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11042"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}