{"id":13848,"date":"2022-04-06T09:52:21","date_gmt":"2022-04-06T07:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.felixracing.se\/?p=13848"},"modified":"2022-04-06T09:52:22","modified_gmt":"2022-04-06T07:52:22","slug":"felix-rosenqvist-carries-texas-pole-momentum-into-long-beach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/felix-rosenqvist-carries-texas-pole-momentum-into-long-beach\/","title":{"rendered":"Felix Rosenqvist carries Texas pole momentum\u00a0into Long Beach"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/JPEG-bild-3B65369EEE8C-1-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/JPEG-bild-3B65369EEE8C-1-1024x683.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-13842\" srcset=\"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/JPEG-bild-3B65369EEE8C-1-1024x683.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/felixracing.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/JPEG-bild-3B65369EEE8C-1-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/felixracing.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/JPEG-bild-3B65369EEE8C-1-768x512.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/felixracing.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/JPEG-bild-3B65369EEE8C-1-1536x1024.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/felixracing.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/JPEG-bild-3B65369EEE8C-1-2048x1365.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Having been forced to retire from pole position last time out, Felix Rosenqvist returns to NTT INDYCAR SERIES action&nbsp;this weekend determined to make amends as the U.S. single-seater elite hits the famous streets of Long Beach for round three of the season.&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rosenqvist suffered a grim fate at Texas Motor Speedway three weeks ago, as a technical issue&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/rosenqvist-retires-from-pole-with-technical-issues-in-texas\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">put him out of a race<\/a>&nbsp;which he had started from pole &#8211; the first for a Swedish driver at an oval track&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/felix-rosenqvist-takes-career-first-oval-pole-position\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">in 20 years<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As INDYCAR gears up for a visit to the&nbsp;fashionable&nbsp;seaside&nbsp;city of Long Beach, just outside Los Angeles on the&nbsp;California coastline, Rosenqvist is duly looking for retaliation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Arrow McLaren SP driver has demonstrated strong pace around the challenging street course in previous visits, most recently qualifying in the top five when the track hosted the 2021 season-finale back in September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201cI&#8217;m looking forward to returning to Long Beach,\u201d<strong>&nbsp;says Felix Rosenqvist<\/strong>. \u201cIt&#8217;s been a track where I&#8217;ve had strong pace in the past, but where circumstances have tarnished the end result. Heading there on the back of our highly promising performance in Texas, albeit on an oval, I&#8217;m really keen to try and carry that momentum into a street track. We have every opportunity to perform, so let&#8217;s do it!\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Practice for the Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach begins on Friday, with a second one-hour session following suit on Saturday morning to prepare the cars for the all-important qualifying showdown in the afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The race spans 85 laps and takes&nbsp;place on Sunday, starting at 12:45 pm local time (U.S. Pacific).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>TIME TABLE<\/strong><br><em>All times local (U.S. Pacific)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NTT INDYCAR SERIES | Rd. 3<br><strong>Acura Grand Prix of Long Beach<\/strong><br>Long Beach (USA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Friday 8 April<\/u><br>Free Practice 1:&nbsp;<\/strong>3:15-4:15 pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Saturday 9 April<\/span><\/strong><br><strong>Free Practice 2:<\/strong>\u00a08:45-9:45 am<br><strong>Qualifying:\u00a0<\/strong>12:05-1:20 pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Sunday 10 April<\/span><\/strong><br><strong>Warm-up:\u00a0<\/strong>9:00-9:30 am<br><strong>Race (85 laps):<\/strong>\u00a012:45 pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>TIMING:&nbsp;<\/strong>INDYCAR App \/&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/felixracing.us12.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=73c511cfcad65d2a124d92dea&amp;id=ac4b1d3b91&amp;e=1e3d42ce61\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">racecontrol.indycar.com<\/a><br><strong>ENTRY LIST:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indycar.com\/Drivers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">view here<\/a><br><strong>TRACK DATA:&nbsp;<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indycar.com\/Schedule\/2022\/IndyCar-Series\/Long-Beach\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">view here<\/a><\/p>\n\n<!--themify_builder_content-->\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-13848\" data-postid=\"13848\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-13848 themify_builder tf_clear\">\n    <\/div>\n<!--\/themify_builder_content-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Having been forced to retire from pole position last time out, Felix Rosenqvist returns to NTT INDYCAR SERIES action\u00a0this weekend determined to make amends as the U.S. single-seater elite hits the famous streets of Long Beach for round three of the season&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13842,"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":[18,19],"tags":[112,44],"class_list":["post-13848","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news3","category-press-releases","tag-2022-ntt-indycar-series","tag-acura-grand-prix-of-long-beach","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\/13848","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=13848"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13848\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":13849,"href":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13848\/revisions\/13849"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13848"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13848"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13848"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}