{"id":8647,"date":"2019-08-25T11:46:21","date_gmt":"2019-08-25T09:46:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/b106543.web05.cust.bluerange.se\/?p=8647"},"modified":"2020-02-21T18:24:44","modified_gmt":"2020-02-21T17:24:44","slug":"rosenqvist-completes-gateway-race-to-gain-important-oval-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/rosenqvist-completes-gateway-race-to-gain-important-oval-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Rosenqvist completes Gateway race to gain important oval experience"},"content":{"rendered":"

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NTT INDYCAR SERIES
RD. 15 \u2013 BOMMARITO AUTOMOTIVE GROUP 500, GATEWAY (USA)<\/strong><\/h5>\n

Felix Rosenqvist completed Saturday night’s Bommarito Automotive Group 500 at Gateway Motorsports Park, gathering\u00a0valuable experience in the final oval event of the 2019 NTT IndyCar Series season.<\/strong><\/span>
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In his rookie year of racing in America’s top-flight single-seater series, Rosenqvist has been in frontrunning contention at road course and street track events, but has suffered a lack of momentum on the ovals after getting tangled up in a number of incidents.<\/span>

In the last oval round of the season at\u00a0Gateway, however, Rosenqvist was able to finally complete a largely trouble-free run, finishing on the lead lap in 11th place after two hours and 15 minutes of racing.<\/span>

Rosenqvist also managed to lead one lap (the 116th out of 248) in his #10 Chip Ganassi Racing machine, this weekend sporting a striking Monster Energy livery, to\u00a0rack\u00a0up an extra championship point.<\/span>

The race was won by Takuma Sato, with Ed Carpenter and Tony Kanaan completing a highly\u00a0experienced podium.<\/span>
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\u201cI think we started out with good track position, but we were pretty average overall in the Monster Energy Honda this weekend,” says Felix Rosenqvist<\/strong>. “We were trying to save some fuel and then we went another route and I\u00a0think it was just one of those nights. We were a bit unlucky with some caution periods as well and that probably cost us a slightly better result.\u00a0The main thing here, though, is that we\u00a0got to run all the laps and at least we got that valuable experience. I’m happy to have finished the final oval race of the season and I feel like I’ve improved a lot on this type of track.\u201d<\/em><\/span>
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Following this weekend’s race, the battle over\u00a0Rookie of the Year honours is hotting up further still. Having led the rookie race for much of the season, Rosenqvist now drops down to second behind Santino Ferrucci (who finished fourth at Gateway) – with just two points separating the duo after 15 out of 17 races.\u00a0<\/span>

The NTT\u00a0IndyCar Series resumes\u00a0next weekend with the penultimate round of the season at\u00a0Portland International Raceway.<\/span><\/p>\n\n

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RESULTS
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NTT IndyCar Series | Gateway<\/em><\/span>

1: Takuma Sato (JPN), 248\u00a0laps<\/span>
2: Ed Carpenter (USA), +0.039s<\/span>
3: Tony Kanaan\u00a0(BRA), +2.245s<\/span>
4: Santino Ferrucci (USA), +4.193s<\/span>
5: Simon Pagenaud\u00a0(FRA), +6.274s<\/span>
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11: Felix Rosenqvist (SWE), +19.859s<\/strong><\/span>

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STANDINGS – OVERALL
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NTT IndyCar Series |\u00a0After 15\/17 races<\/em><\/span>

1:\u00a0Josef Newgarden\u00a0(USA), 563 p.<\/span>
2: Simon Pagenaud (FRA), 525 p.<\/span>
3: Alexander Rossi (USA), 517 p.<\/span>
4: Scott Dixon (NZL), 493\u00a0p.<\/span>
5: Will Power (AUS), 416 p.<\/span>
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10: Felix Rosenqvist (SWE), 324\u00a0p.<\/strong><\/span>

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STANDINGS – ROOKIES\u00a0
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NTT IndyCar Series |\u00a0After 15\/17 races<\/em><\/span>

1: Santino Ferrucci (USA), 326 p.<\/span>
2: Felix Rosenqvist (SWE), 324\u00a0p.<\/strong><\/span>
3: Colton Herta (USA), 282 p.<\/span>
4: Marcus Ericsson (SWE), 252 p.<\/span>
5: Patricio O\u2019Ward (MEX), 115 p.<\/span>

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Felix Rosenqvist completed Saturday night’s Bommarito Automotive Group 500 at Gateway Motorsports Park, gathering valuable experience in the final oval event of the 2019 NTT IndyCar Series season…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8638,"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":[18,1,19],"tags":[64,32],"class_list":["post-8647","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news3","category-okategoriserade","category-press-releases","tag-gateway-motorsports-park","tag-indycar-series","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"aioseo_notices":[],"builder_content":"

RESULTS
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NTT IndyCar Series | Gateway<\/em>

1: Takuma Sato (JPN), 248\u00a0laps
2: Ed Carpenter (USA), +0.039s
3: Tony Kanaan\u00a0(BRA), +2.245s
4: Santino Ferrucci (USA), +4.193s
5: Simon Pagenaud\u00a0(FRA), +6.274s
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11: Felix Rosenqvist (SWE), +19.859s<\/strong>

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STANDINGS - OVERALL
<\/strong>(TOP\u00a0FIVE)<\/strong><\/h4>\n

NTT IndyCar Series |\u00a0After 15\/17 races<\/em>

1:\u00a0Josef Newgarden\u00a0(USA), 563 p.
2: Simon Pagenaud (FRA), 525 p.
3: Alexander Rossi (USA), 517 p.
4: Scott Dixon (NZL), 493\u00a0p.
5: Will Power (AUS), 416 p.
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10: Felix Rosenqvist (SWE), 324\u00a0p.<\/strong>

View complete standings<\/a><\/p>

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STANDINGS - ROOKIES\u00a0
<\/strong>(TOP\u00a0FIVE)<\/strong><\/h4>\n

NTT IndyCar Series |\u00a0After 15\/17 races<\/em>

1: Santino Ferrucci (USA), 326 p.
2: Felix Rosenqvist (SWE), 324\u00a0p.<\/strong>
3: Colton Herta (USA), 282 p.
4: Marcus Ericsson (SWE), 252 p.
5: Patricio O\u2019Ward (MEX), 115 p.

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