{"id":13688,"date":"2022-02-24T18:28:01","date_gmt":"2022-02-24T17:28:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.felixracing.se\/?p=13688"},"modified":"2022-02-24T18:29:05","modified_gmt":"2022-02-24T17:29:05","slug":"felix-rosenqvist-takes-fresh-hope-into-wide-open-2022-indycar-premiere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/felix-rosenqvist-takes-fresh-hope-into-wide-open-2022-indycar-premiere\/","title":{"rendered":"Felix Rosenqvist takes fresh hope into wide-open 2022 INDYCAR premiere"},"content":{"rendered":"
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New season, new opportunities: the 2022 NTT INDYCAR SERIES begins this weekend amid great excitement at the Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg. Felix Rosenqvist enters the new campaign determined to return to winning ways in America\u2019s top-tier single-seater series, and ready to explore the limits once again around Florida\u2019s highly popular and equally demanding street track.<\/strong>

Rosenqvist stands on the cusp of his fourth NTT INDYCAR SERIES season, and his second with Arrow McLaren SP. The 30-year-old Swede won a race in 2020 before enduring a difficult 2021 campaign, but is booming with fresh optimism as racing returns \u2013 with some key changes made over the winter.

Notably, Rosenqvist is taking on the new season with a new race engineer in the form of Craig Hampson, an experienced member of the Arrow McLaren SP team who previously acted as Rosenqvist\u2019s strategist.

\u201cThere\u2019s been a lot going on over the winter and we\u2019ve worked hard to raise our game for this year,\u201d says Felix Rosenqvist<\/strong>. \u201cThe team has really made a great effort. I enjoy working with Craig and it feels like we\u2019ve found some interesting things that we are keen to try out. I\u2019m as excited as ever and can\u2019t wait for this new season to start!\u201d <\/em>

With very limited pre-season testing, however, Rosenqvist and the rest of the INDYCAR fraternity are heading largely into the unknown. Since the last round of 2021 at Long Beach, Rosenqvist (like most of his peers) has spent just a single day of testing, making any predictions for this weekend\u2019s season-opener notoriously fickle.

\u201cWe\u2019ve only had a single day of running, down at Sebring last week, and that\u2019s basically it for pre-season testing,\u201d Felix Rosenqvist continues<\/strong>. \u201cThere is a lot to squeeze into a day like that, and then you never know what your rivals are working on. I don\u2019t think anyone truly knows where they stand.
 
\u201cHaving said that, we have spent a lot of time on simulations off the track, and we\u2019re confident that we\u2019ve made good progress. It is only this weekend that we will finally find out for sure, however. It really is wide open; there are 15-16 guys that could potentially win this race. That\u2019s the beauty of INDYCAR.\u201d<\/em>

The Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg marks the first of 17 races on the 2022 NTT INDYCAR SERIES calendar. Practice begins on Friday, with qualifying slated for Saturday.

Racing will get underway in downtown St. Petersburg at 12:30 pm (local time) on Sunday, spanning 100 laps. Felix Rosenqvist\u2019s best finish at the Florida event is fourth, scored on a headline-grabbing INDYCAR debut in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


TIME TABLE<\/strong>
NTT INDYCAR SERIES | Rd. 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Firestone Grand Prix of St. Petersburg<\/strong>
St. Petersburg (USA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All times local (U.S. Eastern)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday 25 February<\/span><\/strong>
Free Practice 1: <\/strong>3:40-4:25 pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Saturday 26 February<\/span><\/strong>
Free Practice 2:<\/strong> 09:00-09:45 am
Qualifying: <\/strong>12:30-1:45 pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sunday 27 February<\/span><\/strong>
Warm-up: <\/strong>8:45-9:15 am
Race (100 laps):<\/strong> 12:30 pm
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TIMING:\u00a0<\/strong>INDYCAR App \/\u00a0racecontrol.indycar.com<\/a>
ENTRY LIST:\u00a0<\/strong>view here<\/a>
TRACK DATA:\u00a0<\/strong>view here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n

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