{"id":4976,"date":"2017-03-30T12:00:34","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T10:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/b106543.web05.cust.bluerange.se\/?p=4976"},"modified":"2017-03-30T12:01:16","modified_gmt":"2017-03-30T10:01:16","slug":"high-altitude-of-mexico-city-next-up-for-felix-rosenqvist-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/high-altitude-of-mexico-city-next-up-for-felix-rosenqvist-2\/","title":{"rendered":"High altitude of Mexico City next up for Felix Rosenqvist"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Felix Rosenqvist will be back behind the wheel of his Mahindra Racing M3Electro for\u00a0round four of the 2016-17 FIA Formula E Championship this weekend, gunning for a strong result in the\u00a0Mexico City ePrix to bolster his position in the overall standings.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Despite racking up\u00a0two fastest laps, one pole position and one podium from his first three races in Formula E,\u00a0Rosenqvist – rather remarkably – has still been left with a feeling of opportunities lost in the early parts of his rookie campaign.<\/p>\n

A spin at the season-opening Hong Kong ePrix dashed hopes of a potential podium on debut, and while the Swede recovered to grace the rostrum next time out in Marrakesh, technical gremlins in February’s\u00a0Buenos Aires ePrix again meant his haul of points was limited to just one for setting the fastest lap of the race.<\/p>\n

As the field now descends on\u00a0Mexico City, therefore, Rosenqvist will be looking for a trouble-free run to improve his position in the standings, where he currently sits fifth.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve had a great start to the season and the M3Electro has been strong at most circuits, but unfortunate events have prevented us from scoring the points we could have done,” says Felix Rosenqvist<\/strong>. “The aim in Mexico will be to get back in the championship fight, taking away the best possible result without\u00a0risking too much. We’ve been doing the regular pre-event work back home in Europe and I think we have reason to be optimistic.”<\/em><\/p>\n

Unlike other Formula E events, the Mexican round of the championship does not take place on a street circuit, being staged instead at the\u00a0Aut\u00f3dromo Hermanos Rodr\u00edguez – known as the popular venue of Formula 1’s Mexican Grand Prix. The Formula E track\u00a0will incorporate parts of the famous F1 layout, including a passage through\u00a0the iconic Foro Sol baseball stadium where fans gather in hordes to get the best possible view of the cars and drivers.<\/p>\n

Another Mexico City feature is the high altitude of the city, which sits at 2,250 metres above sea level – making battery cooling a prime concern amid the low air pressure and high temperatures expected.<\/p>\n

“I think the stadium section of the circuit will be really special; there will be a lot of spectators and the Mexican racing fans seem really keen,” Rosenqvist continues<\/strong>.\u00a0“The high altitude could have an effect on the way we drive, too.\u00a0This will be my first time in Mexico \u2013 Buenos Aires was my first time in South America, so I\u2019m looking forward to seeing the country as well. It’ll be a great experience, I’m sure.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n

The Mexico City ePrix takes place\u00a0on Saturday, with the lights set to go out at\u00a016.00 local time (GMT-06:00). It will be the 25th Formula E\u00a0race in\u00a0history.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Felix Rosenqvist will be back behind the wheel of his Mahindra Racing M3Electro for\u00a0round four of the 2016-17 FIA Formula E Championship this weekend, gunning for a strong result in the\u00a0Mexico City ePrix to bolster his position in the overall standings. Despite racking up\u00a0two fastest laps, one pole position and one podium from his first […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4972,"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-4976","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\/4976","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=4976"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4978,"href":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4976\/revisions\/4978"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}