{"id":8079,"date":"2019-06-05T19:42:08","date_gmt":"2019-06-05T17:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/b106543.web05.cust.bluerange.se\/?p=8079"},"modified":"2019-06-05T19:47:09","modified_gmt":"2019-06-05T17:47:09","slug":"600-km-texas-race-caps-off-intense-month-for-felix-rosenqvist","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/600-km-texas-race-caps-off-intense-month-for-felix-rosenqvist\/","title":{"rendered":"600 km Texas race caps off intense month for Felix Rosenqvist"},"content":{"rendered":"

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NTT INDYCAR SERIES
PREVIEW: RD. 9 \u2013 TEXAS MOTOR SPEEDWAY (USA)<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

The last four weeks have seen Felix Rosenqvist live life literally in top gear – perhaps more so than ever before. Taking in a career-first IndyCar pole position, a maiden Indy 500 start and a double-header encounter on the streets of Detroit, a highly hectic period of racing comes to a (temporary) close this weekend with race nine of the season at the Texas Motor Speedway oval.\u00a0

<\/strong><\/span>“I actually did my very first IndyCar oval test at Texas Motor Speedway earlier this year, so it’s one of the tracks I do know,” says Felix Rosenqvist<\/strong>. “And it’s right in NTT DATA’s backyard in Plano, Texas – so a home race for them. Adding the full month of May experience at Indianapolis, I have a much better feeling for the ovals now, so it will be interesting to see how that reflects out on track this weekend.”\u00a0

<\/em><\/span>With Rosenqvist’s only taste of IndyCar oval racing having come\u00a0at the recent Indy 500, the Swede is aware that he’s still very much a newcomer to the concept of tackling\u00a0banked high-speed turns, and he is keen to make\u00a0his pre-weekend homework.\u00a0<\/span>
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“I think we can expect a very different kind of race to what we had in Indy,” Rosenqvist continues<\/strong>. “Texas normally seems to produce closer pack racing with lots of overtaking, and I hear the tyres can go off massively around there. Strategy, and making it through traffic, should be key factors for success this weekend. I can’t wait to take it on in the NTT DATA car!”

<\/em><\/span>This weekend’s race takes place on Saturday evening local time (US Central).\u00a0It will\u00a0run\u00a0for 248 laps around the 2.3 km Texas Motor Speedway, giving a near-600 km\u00a0race distance.<\/span><\/p>\n


GUIDE: <\/strong><\/span>IndyCar – rules and information<\/a>
LIVE TIMING:<\/span>\u00a0<\/strong>racecontrol.indycar.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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TIME TABLE<\/strong><\/span>
NTT IndyCar Series – Texas Motor Speedway<\/span>
All times local (US Central)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Thursday 6 June<\/u><\/strong><\/span>
Free Practice 1:\u00a0<\/strong>7.00-9.00 pm<\/span><\/p>\n

Friday 7 June<\/strong><\/u><\/span>
Free Practice 2:\u00a0<\/strong>2.00-3.00 pm<\/span>
Qualifying:\u00a0<\/strong>5.45-6.45 pm<\/span><\/p>\n

Saturday 8 June<\/strong><\/u><\/span>
Race (248 laps):\u00a0<\/strong>7.40-9.40 pm<\/span><\/p>\n

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STANDINGS (TOP\u00a0FIVE)<\/strong><\/span>
NTT IndyCar Series<\/span>
After 8\/17 races<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

1:\u00a0Josef Newgarden\u00a0(USA), 316 p.<\/span>
2: Alexander Rossi (USA), 301 p.<\/span>
3: Simon Pagenaud (FRA), 291 p.<\/span>
4: Scott Dixon (NZL), 264 p.<\/span>
5: Takuma Sato (JPN), 255 p.<\/span>
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11: Felix Rosenqvist (SWE), 163 p.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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