{"id":3568,"date":"2015-06-21T17:35:29","date_gmt":"2015-06-21T15:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/b106543.web05.cust.bluerange.se\/?p=3568"},"modified":"2015-06-21T17:35:29","modified_gmt":"2015-06-21T15:35:29","slug":"felix-rosenqvist-frustrated-by-poor-spa-driving-standards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/felix-rosenqvist-frustrated-by-poor-spa-driving-standards\/","title":{"rendered":"Felix Rosenqvist frustrated by poor Spa driving standards"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Felix<\/a><\/p>\n

Felix Rosenqvist was left dejected following this weekend\u2019s FIA Formula 3 European Championship round at Spa-Francorchamps, having lost at least two genuine shots at victory after being hit by rival drivers in each of the three races staged.<\/p>\n

Rosenqvist qualified on pole position \u2013 his tenth of the season \u2013 for the first race of the meeting, and soon found himself engulfed in an epic slipstreaming battle at the Belgian venue; jostling for the lead with fellow title contenders Antonio Giovinazzi and Charles Leclerc. A clash with Giovinazzi, however, for which the Italian was later penalised, eventually restricted Rosenqvist to second behind Leclerc.<\/p>\n

While the Race 1 scare had only minor impact on Rosenqvist\u2019s weekend, it was in the second and third encounters that things truly came to a head. In Race 2, the Swede was the innocent victim of a tangle between Mikkel Jensen and Lance Stroll as the trio disputed the lead on the Kemmel straight, with Rosenqvist lucky to escape injury as his Prema Powerteam Dallara slammed heavily into the barriers at full speed.<\/p>\n

In Race 3, Rosenqvist was again subjected to poor driving etiquette, being pushed off the track at the start before being pitched into a spin by Germany\u2019s Markus Pommer \u2013 who was immediately disqualified. Rosenqvist recovered to finish fifth, but fastest lap in each of the concluding two races signalled a case of lost opportunities.<\/p>\n

\u201cTo be perfectly honest, I think these are the worst driving standards I have ever experienced,\u201d says Felix Rosenqvist<\/strong>. \u201cIt is just impossible to race among some of the guys out there, and it doesn\u2019t matter how cautious you are; I was extremely careful in the final race and still got spun around by a driver who had just been handed a drive-through penalty. It\u2019s such a shame this is happening, because the championship is fantastic and the organisers are trying their best to address the issues.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

Rosenqvist \u2013 who leaves Belgium sitting third in the standings \u2013 also highlights concern going into the next round of the season, which takes place at the Norisring street circuit in Nuremberg in just one week\u2019s time.<\/p>\n

\u201cSome of the new kids seem to think we\u2019re in a video game, and if it goes on like that at the Norisring we are in real trouble,\u201d Rosenqvist concludes<\/strong>. \u201cIt\u2019s a wall-lined circuit with lots of slipstreaming and heavy braking zones, and I have to admit I\u2019m feeling concerned going there. It is possible to race at a high level and to do it in a respectful manner; I think Charles (Leclerc) is a good example of that. Let\u2019s hope for a more sensible weekend in Germany.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Felix Rosenqvist was left dejected following this weekend\u2019s FIA Formula 3 European Championship round at Spa-Francorchamps, having lost at least two genuine shots at victory after being hit by rival drivers in each of the three races staged. Rosenqvist qualified on pole position \u2013 his tenth of the season \u2013 for the first race of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3566,"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":[],"class_list":["post-3568","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news3","category-press-releases","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\/3568","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=3568"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3568\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3569,"href":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3568\/revisions\/3569"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3568"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3568"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3568"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}