{"id":4575,"date":"2016-08-28T19:40:11","date_gmt":"2016-08-28T17:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/b106543.web05.cust.bluerange.se\/?p=4575"},"modified":"2016-08-28T23:21:58","modified_gmt":"2016-08-28T21:21:58","slug":"rosenqvist-completes-intense-week-with-fifth-in-budapest-blancpain-round","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/rosenqvist-completes-intense-week-with-fifth-in-budapest-blancpain-round\/","title":{"rendered":"Rosenqvist completes intense week with fifth in Budapest Blancpain round"},"content":{"rendered":"

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

Felix Rosenqvist and team-mate Tristan Vautier (#88 AKKA-ASP Mercedes-AMG GT3) netted a top five result in the penultimate round of the Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup season in Budapest this weekend, but were left with a bittersweet feeling having started the race on the front row.<\/p>\n

Rosenqvist and Vautier arrived in Hungary buoyed by a sensational recovery that saw them finish second in the 24 Hours of Spa last month, and duly delivered in style as racing commenced at the Hungaroring. After topping the Q1 segment of qualifying, Vautier handed the car over to Rosenqvist for the Q2 and Q3 sessions, the Swede throwing in the fastest lap of the weekend to claim pole position for Saturday\u2019s Qualifying Race.<\/p>\n

The Qualifying Race then went largely according to plan, Rosenqvist taking care of the opening stint to defend the lead until the round of pit stops. The #88 crew lost one position in the pits, but Vautier held on to second to secure a spot on the front row for Sunday\u2019s Main Race.<\/p>\n

\"Felix<\/a>As the field headed into Turn 2 in the decider, however, Vautier \u2013 in charge of opening stint duties this time around \u2013 got ran out wide, losing crucial ground. Rosenqvist took over at the halfway stages, and had to settle for fifth in the 35-car field at the chequered flag.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a bittersweet feeling,\u201d says Felix Rosenqvist.<\/strong> \u201cOur aim today was winning, and while fifth is a strong result in this field, we can\u2019t be really happy given where we started. The plan was clear; to take the start and build up a cushion before the pit stop, so I think Tristan did the right thing taking an aggressive approach into that opening lap. It\u2019s just a shame we got squeezed out and lost the shot at victory. All in all, however, it\u2019s great for the team to again prove their prowess, not least with the pole position in qualifying. We\u2019ll learn from this experience and give it another go in Barcelona.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The Hungaroring race completes the busiest ten days of Rosenqvist\u2019s career. Last weekend, he scored a point on his DTM debut in Moscow, Russia, before travelling straight on to Britain to conduct three days of Formula E testing at Donington Park from Tuesday to Thursday (where he set the second-fastest lap overall). Rosenqvist then headed east for Budapest, arriving in the city on the eve of the Blancpain event.<\/p>\n

Felix Rosenqvist will next be back in action at Germany’s N\u00fcrburgring on September 9-11 for another round of DTM racing with Mercedes-AMG.<\/p>\n

One round remains in the Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup; the finale in Barcelona (Spain) on October 1-2.<\/p>\n

Update:<\/strong> following the race, WRT Audi pair Laurens Vanthoor\/Fr\u00e9d\u00e9ric Vervisch – who had originally finished second – were handed a 30-second time penalty for an unsafe release during their mandatory pit stop. As a consequence, Felix and Tristan Vautier were promoted to fourth place.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n


\nRESULTS<\/strong> (top five – updated)
\nBlancpain GT Series Sprint Cup | Rd. 4 | Budapest<\/em><\/p>\n

1: M.Buhk\/D.Baumann (Mercedes-AMG GT3)
\n2: E.Ide\/C.Mies (Audi R8 LMS)
\n3: W.Stevens\/R.Rast (Audi R8 LMS)
\n4: F.Rosenqvist\/T.Vautier (Mercedes-AMG GT3)<\/strong>
\n5: J.Szymkowiak\/B.Schneider (Mercedes-AMG GT3)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Felix Rosenqvist and team-mate Tristan Vautier (#88 AKKA-ASP Mercedes-AMG GT3) netted a top five result in the penultimate round of the Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup season in Budapest this weekend, but were left with a bittersweet feeling having started the race on the front row. Rosenqvist and Vautier arrived in Hungary buoyed by a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4572,"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-4575","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\/4575","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=4575"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4575\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4586,"href":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4575\/revisions\/4586"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4572"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}