{"id":16835,"date":"2024-06-05T10:05:37","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T08:05:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/?p=16835"},"modified":"2024-06-05T10:10:12","modified_gmt":"2024-06-05T08:10:12","slug":"road-america-up-next-for-felix-rosenqvist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/road-america-up-next-for-felix-rosenqvist\/","title":{"rendered":"Road America up next for Felix Rosenqvist"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/EMV_0191-scaled.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/EMV_0191-1024x682.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16832\" srcset=\"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/EMV_0191-1024x682.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/felixracing.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/EMV_0191-300x200.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/felixracing.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/EMV_0191-768x511.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/felixracing.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/EMV_0191-1536x1022.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/felixracing.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/EMV_0191-2048x1363.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>Felix Rosenqvist heads to Wisconsin\u2019s picturesque Road America circuit this weekend to wrap up an intense month of back-to-back action in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES.<\/strong><br>\u00a0<br>Starting with the Sonsio Grand Prix on May 10-11, the INDYCAR fraternity has been hard at work ever since with two weeks of Indianapolis 500 competition and the recently completed Detroit Grand Prix, in which Rosenqvist finished eighth.<br>\u00a0<br>The intensity of the early summer stint extends into this weekend with the XPEL Grand Prix at Road America, before the field is finally given a short space of breath with a two-week gap to the following round at Laguna Seca.<br>\u00a0<br>Going into this weekend\u2019s 55-lap race, Rosenqvist returns to the track where he scored the biggest triumph of his INDYCAR career to date, winning at Road America back in 2020.\u00a0\u00a0<br>\u00a0<br><em>\u201cI\u2019m excited to get back to Road America, which is one of the most beautiful, natural-terrain circuits in the world,\u201d<strong>\u00a0says Felix Rosenqvist<\/strong>. \u201cHaving everything from slow to medium-speed and really fast corners, it\u2019s a proper challenge, both in terms of driving and set-up. I always look forward to going there.\u201d<\/em><br>\u00a0<br>The Rosenqvist\/Meyer Shank Racing package has proved strong at previous road course events this year.\u00a0A sixth-place finish at Barber Motorsports Park came despite a late caution period derailing the Swede\u2019s strategy while fighting up front, and Rosenqvist then drove through the field after contact on the opening lap to score another top ten at the IMS road course.\u00a0<br>\u00a0<br>The new-for-2024 constellation also clinched a podium at the non-championship $1 Million Challenge event at The Thermal Club back in March.\u00a0<br>\u00a0<br><em>\u201cWe\u2019ve been fast at all of the road courses, really, but we\u2019ve also had some bad luck in the races that I hope we can avoid this weekend,\u201d\u00a0<strong>Felix Rosenqvist concludes<\/strong>. \u201cWe will see.\u00a0We just have to keep doing what we\u2019re doing, unlocking small steps of performance race by race.\u201d<\/em><br>\u00a0<br>The XPEL Grand Prix at Road America marks round seven of the 2024 NTT INDYCAR SERIES and begins with opening practice on Friday. A second practice session will follow suit on Saturday, followed by qualifying in the afternoon. The race takes place on Sunday, starting at 2:35 pm local time (U.S. Central).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><br><strong>TIME TABLE<\/strong><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><em>All times local (U.S. Central)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>NTT INDYCAR SERIES | Rd. 7<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>XPEL Grand Prix at Road America<\/strong><br>Road America (USA)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Friday June 7<\/u><\/strong><br>Practice 1: 3:00-4:15 pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Saturday June 8<\/u><\/strong><br>Practice 2: 10:10-11:10 am<br>Qualifying: 2:25-3:55 pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>Sunday June 9<\/u><\/strong><br>Warm-up: 11:15-11:45 am<br>Race (55 laps): 2:35 pm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br><strong>TIMING:\u00a0<\/strong>INDYCAR App \/\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/felixracing.us12.list-manage.com\/track\/click?u=73c511cfcad65d2a124d92dea&amp;id=d976c67ee7&amp;e=1e3d42ce61\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">racecontrol.indycar.com<\/a><br><strong>HOW TO WATCH:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indycar.com\/ways-to-watch\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">view here<\/a><br><strong>TRACK DATA:\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indycar.com\/Schedule\/2024\/IndyCar-Series\/Road-America\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">view here<\/a><br><strong>CHAMPIONSHIP STANDINGS: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indycar.com\/Standings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">view here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<!-- wp:themify-builder\/canvas \/-->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Felix Rosenqvist heads to Wisconsin\u2019s picturesque Road America circuit this weekend to wrap up an intense month of back-to-back action in the NTT INDYCAR SERIES&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16832,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","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":[130,138],"class_list":["post-16835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news3","category-press-releases","tag-2024-ntt-indycar-series","tag-xpel-grand-prix-at-road-america","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\/16835","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=16835"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16840,"href":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16835\/revisions\/16840"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}