{"id":15095,"date":"2023-04-27T03:14:05","date_gmt":"2023-04-27T01:14:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/?p=15095"},"modified":"2023-04-27T08:43:33","modified_gmt":"2023-04-27T06:43:33","slug":"felix-rosenqvist-ready-for-first-road-course-race-of-the-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/felix-rosenqvist-ready-for-first-road-course-race-of-the-season\/","title":{"rendered":"Felix Rosenqvist ready for first road course race of the season"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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NTT INDYCAR SERIES | Rd. 4<\/strong>
PREVIEW\u00a0<\/strong>Children’s of Alabama Indy Grand Prix (USA)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Felix Rosenqvist heads to Alabama this weekend for the first road course event of the 2023 NTT INDYCAR SERIES season.
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Regarded as one of the most challenging racing series in the world, what truly sets INDYCAR apart is the wide variety of venues on its schedule: taking in a unique mix of street races, ovals and more traditional European-style road courses.

With the opening three rounds of the season having featured two street races (St. Petersburg and Long Beach) and one oval (Texas Motor Speedway), attention shifts this weekend to the first road course event of the year \u2013 staged at Alabama\u2019s picturesque Barber Motorsports Park. 

\u201cThis will be another interesting weekend,\u201d says Felix Rosenqvist<\/strong>. \u201cBarber will be the first true indicator on where everyone is at with their road course package, and it will set the tone for similar races later in the summer. While we do have a fair amount of practice on Friday and Saturday, the set-up will be very different to what we\u2019ve run so far this year, so there will be plenty of work to do.\u201d<\/em>

Although last year\u2019s race at Barber Motorsports Park was largely disappointing \u2013 P16 after a fuel calculation issue \u2013 it did mark the exception to an otherwise strong run of road course form for Rosenqvist in 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Swedish Arrow McLaren driver was never outside the top ten in any other road course race last season, barring Mid-Ohio where he was forced to retire with a mechanical failure \u2013 while running third. 

In INDYCAR\u2019s most recent road course event, at last year\u2019s Laguna Seca finale, Rosenqvist finished fourth and picked up a bonus point for leading the race. 

\u201cWe had a fast car on this type of track last year, especially in the second half of the season, so I\u2019m obviously hoping we can maintain that,\u201d Felix Rosenqvist concludes<\/strong>. \u201cBarber hasn\u2019t been the luckiest place for me so far, but I still like it and we arrive on the back of a solid race at Long Beach. I\u2019m excited!\u201d<\/em>

Titled the Children\u2019s of Alabama Indy Grand Prix, this weekend\u2019s action gets underway with opening practice on Friday. Following a second practice session on Saturday, qualifying is up later the same day, with the 90-lap race going green on Sunday afternoon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n


TIME TABLE<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n

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

NTT INDYCAR SERIES | Rd. 4
Children’s of Alabama Indy Grand Prix<\/strong>
Barber Motorsports Park (USA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Friday 28 April<\/u><\/strong>
Free Practice 1: <\/strong>2:40-3:55 pm

Saturday 29 April<\/u><\/strong>
Free Practice 2: <\/strong>11:00 am-12:00 pm
Qualifying:<\/strong> 2:00-3:15 pm

Sunday 30 April<\/u>
Warm-up:<\/strong> 11:00-11:30 am
Race (90 laps): <\/strong>2:15 pm


TIMING: <\/strong>INDYCAR App \/ racecontrol.indycar.com<\/a>
ENTRY LIST: <\/strong>view here<\/a>
TRACK DATA: <\/strong>view here<\/a>
CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS: <\/strong>view here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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