{"id":9722,"date":"2020-07-02T13:59:48","date_gmt":"2020-07-02T11:59:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.felixracing.se\/?p=9722"},"modified":"2020-07-02T14:47:26","modified_gmt":"2020-07-02T12:47:26","slug":"felix-rosenqvist-enters-most-intense-part-of-indycar-campaign","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/felix-rosenqvist-enters-most-intense-part-of-indycar-campaign\/","title":{"rendered":"Felix Rosenqvist\u00a0enters most intense part of IndyCar campaign"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"\"<\/figure>\n\n\n\n
NTT INDYCAR SERIES | RD. 2
PREVIEW<\/strong>: GMR GRAND PRIX, INDIANAPOLIS MOTOR SPEEDWAY (USA)<\/h5>\n\n\n\n

From a record break to an historically intense period of racing – 2020 is a year unlike any other. Felix Rosenqvist and the NTT INDYCAR SERIES fraternity sit on the eve of an ultra-packed run of action, in which a full five races are due to take place within the scope of just two weeks.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Following the championship opener at Texas Motor Speedway a month ago, in which Chip Ganassi Racing driver Rosenqvist ran second before crashing out in an incident while lapping other cars, IndyCar is now launching itself into a much more dense sequence of activity – with a third of the season’s races scheduled to play out between 4-18 July.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Starting off proceedings is this weekend’s GMR Grand Prix at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway; the first road course event of the year, and the scene of Rosenqvist’s maiden IndyCar pole position in 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“I think we’re all keen to get going again, and five races in 15 days must be some form of record,” says Felix Rosenqvist<\/strong>. “After Texas, everyone is now up to speed and we can take a lot of positives from the pace we enjoyed there as a team. However, this weekend will be a different story with the first road course race since Laguna Seca last year. It will be interesting to see where everybody stands and I hope we will get some positive answers to that.”<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sprinting away from his debut pole, Rosenqvist led last year’s race at the IMS road course for 15 laps, before a combination of factors – including the arrival of rain – conspired to leave him eighth at the chequered flag.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\"\"
Rosenqvist led the way from pole at IMS last year<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Following this weekend’s event at Indianapolis, IndyCar will travel to Road America for a double-header round on July 11-12, with a second two-race meeting then following suit at Iowa Speedway just another week later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It’s a highly demanding schedule by all standards, although eased slightly by its commencement in Indianapolis – where Rosenqvist, Chip Ganassi Racing and the INDYCAR organisation itself are actually based.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201c<\/em>I think, considering everything that’s going on right now, it\u2019s a good feeling to be racing in Indy<\/em>,” Rosenqvist argues<\/strong>. “It\u2019s easier for everyone involved, the teams, the drivers, as most of us live here. I think there\u2019s definitely some unfinished business from last year with having my first-ever pole in INDYCAR at the Indy GP, but I was not able to bring a great result to it. So, that\u2019s what we\u2019re aiming for. We\u2019re hungry and ready to go in the No. 10 NTT DATA Chip Ganassi Racing Honda.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The GMR Grand Prix kicks off with practice and qualifying on Friday. Coinciding with Independence Day and 4th of July celebrations, the 80-lap race then takes place at noon U.S. Eastern time on Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

<\/p>\n\n\n

\n
\n
\n
\n \n
\n <\/div>\n\n\n
\n

\n \n Time table <\/span>\n\n \n \n GMR Grand Prix <\/span>\n <\/h1>\n<\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
\n
\n
\n \n
\n
\n


Swedish time<\/h1> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
\n
\n \"Felix \n <\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n
\n
\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Friday 3 July
<\/u><\/strong>Free Practice:\u00a0<\/strong>17.30-19.00
Qualifying:\u00a0<\/strong>22.30-00.00

Saturday 4 July
<\/u><\/strong>Warm-up:\u00a0<\/strong>15.00-15.30
Race (80 laps):<\/strong> 18.00

Qualy+race LIVE @ Viasat Motor\/Viaplay

<\/strong><\/span><\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n

\n \n
\n
\n


Local time (US Eastern)<\/span><\/h1> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n
\n
\n \"Felix \n <\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n
\n
\n

\u00a0<\/p>\n

Friday 3 July
<\/u><\/strong>Free Practice:\u00a0<\/strong>11:30 am – 1:00 pm<\/span>
Qualifying:\u00a0<\/strong>4:30-6:00 pm<\/span>

Saturday 4 July
<\/u><\/strong>Warm-up:<\/strong> 9:00-9:30 am<\/span>
Race (80 laps):<\/strong> 12:00-2:00 pm<\/span><\/p> <\/div>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

\n
\n
\n \n
\n

\n \n Event info <\/span>\n\n \n \n Indianapolis Motor Speedway <\/span>\n <\/h1>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
\n
\n \"Felix \n <\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n
\n
\n

TYPE: <\/strong>Road course<\/span>
LENGTH:<\/strong> 2.43 miles \/ 3.925 km<\/span>
2019 POLE: <\/strong>F.Rosenqvist<\/span>
2019 WINNER: <\/strong>S.Pagenaud<\/span>
FRO 2019: <\/strong>8th<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

From a record break to an historically intense period of racing – 2020 is a year unlike any other. Felix Rosenqvist and the NTT INDYCAR SERIES fraternity sit on the eve of an ultra-packed run of action, in which a full five races are due to take place within the scope of just two weeks…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9716,"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":[78,79],"class_list":["post-9722","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news3","category-okategoriserade","category-press-releases","tag-2020-ntt-indycar-series","tag-gmr-grand-prix","has-post-title","has-post-date","has-post-category","has-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author",""],"aioseo_notices":[],"builder_content":"\n

Time tableGMR Grand Prix<\/h1>\n


Swedish time<\/h1>\n\"Felix\n

\u00a0<\/p>

Friday 3 July
<\/u><\/strong>Free Practice:\u00a0<\/strong>17.30-19.00
Qualifying:\u00a0<\/strong>22.30-00.00

Saturday 4 July
<\/u><\/strong>Warm-up:\u00a0<\/strong>15.00-15.30
Race (80 laps):<\/strong> 18.00

Qualy+race LIVE @ Viasat Motor\/Viaplay

<\/strong><\/p>\n


Local time (US Eastern)<\/h1>\n\"Felix\n

\u00a0<\/p>

Friday 3 July
<\/u><\/strong>Free Practice:\u00a0<\/strong>11:30 am - 1:00 pm
Qualifying:\u00a0<\/strong>4:30-6:00 pm

Saturday 4 July
<\/u><\/strong>Warm-up:<\/strong> 9:00-9:30 am
Race (80 laps):<\/strong> 12:00-2:00 pm<\/p>\n

Event infoIndianapolis Motor Speedway<\/h1>\n\"Felix\n

TYPE: <\/strong>Road course
LENGTH:<\/strong> 2.43 miles \/ 3.925 km
2019 POLE: <\/strong>F.Rosenqvist
2019 WINNER: <\/strong>S.Pagenaud
FRO 2019: <\/strong>8th<\/p>","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9722","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=9722"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9722\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9730,"href":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9722\/revisions\/9730"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9722"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9722"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9722"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}