{"id":9790,"date":"2020-07-08T23:08:11","date_gmt":"2020-07-08T21:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.felixracing.se\/?p=9790"},"modified":"2020-07-09T00:29:43","modified_gmt":"2020-07-08T22:29:43","slug":"felix-rosenqvist-revving-up-for-road-america-double-header","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/en\/felix-rosenqvist-revving-up-for-road-america-double-header\/","title":{"rendered":"Felix Rosenqvist revving up for Road America double-header"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"2560\" height=\"1704\" src=\"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/JDC_IMS-GP_7-2-2020_0356-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9778\" srcset=\"https:\/\/felixracing.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/JDC_IMS-GP_7-2-2020_0356-scaled.jpg 2560w, https:\/\/felixracing.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/JDC_IMS-GP_7-2-2020_0356-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/felixracing.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/JDC_IMS-GP_7-2-2020_0356-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/felixracing.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/JDC_IMS-GP_7-2-2020_0356-768x511.jpg 768w, https:\/\/felixracing.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/JDC_IMS-GP_7-2-2020_0356-1536x1022.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/felixracing.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/JDC_IMS-GP_7-2-2020_0356-2048x1363.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/felixracing.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/JDC_IMS-GP_7-2-2020_0356-1024x681-561x373.jpg 561w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2560px) 100vw, 2560px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>NTT INDYCAR SERIES | RD. 3&amp;4<br>PREVIEW<\/strong>:&nbsp;REV GROUP GRAND PRIX, ROAD AMERICA (USA)<\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Just days after the chequered flag fell at Indianapolis Motor Speedway,&nbsp;Felix Rosenqvist and the NTT INDYCAR SERIES are back on track this weekend for the first double-header event of the season at Wisconsin&#8217;s iconic Road America roller-coaster&nbsp;course.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rosenqvist has endured a challenging start to the 2020 INDYCAR&nbsp;campaign, crashing out when running second in the opening race at Texas Motor Speedway and then coming home an unrepresentative 15th following an untimely caution&nbsp;last weekend at the IMS road course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While those results have left Rosenqvist down in 19th place in the current championship standings, pace-wise things have been looking a lot brighter for the&nbsp;2019 Rookie of the Year, who is determined to score big this weekend in the two races at the REV Group Grand Prix&nbsp;&#8211; an event which will also see fans return track-side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>&#8220;I&#8217;m glad we have this double-header weekend ahead of us, providing a quick opportunity to improve on our recent results,&#8221;&nbsp;<strong>says Felix Rosenqvist<\/strong>. &#8220;Also, it&#8217;s fantastic to have the fans back. I really like Road America. It&#8217;s the longest track on the calendar at over four miles, it&#8217;s a beautiful setting, and the layout offers a great mix of corners. I think it will suit us well and we should have a&nbsp;competitive weekend in the No. 10 NTT DATA Honda.&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Rosenqvist finished sixth at&nbsp;Road America last year (only one race was staged at the track in 2019), producing one of his best drives of the season in the process. With the&nbsp;Chip Ganassi Racing cars struggling&nbsp;in qualifying, Rosenqvist started the race as lowly as 18th, but then battled his way back through the pack to finish as the leading&nbsp;rookie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The events of Road America in 2019 are reminiscent of&nbsp;the tendencies seen&nbsp;in the early parts&nbsp;of 2020, with the CGR cars flying in race trim &#8211; as demonstrated by Scott Dixon&#8217;s back-to-back wins in Texas and Indianapolis &#8211; but finding qualifying a bit&nbsp;more difficult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>\u201c<\/em><em>Qualifying has been our weak spot so far, but we&#8217;re working hard on it and we are bringing some interesting things to the track this weekend<\/em><em>,&#8221;&nbsp;<strong>Felix&nbsp;Rosenqvist continues<\/strong>. &#8220;We know that we&#8217;ve got a very efficient car over a race distance, so the target now is to improve&nbsp;in qualifying as well to ensure we start a bit further up the grid. We have two qualifying sessions this weekend, so we will be able to test a bit more stuff. I think this will be a very interesting weekend for many reasons.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The REV Group&nbsp;Grand Prix is the first of three double-header events on the revised 2020 INDYCAR calendar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Running begins on Saturday with\u00a075\u00a0minutes of practice, followed later in the day by the first qualifying session and Race 1 of the weekend. 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src=\"https:\/\/b106543.web05.cust.bluerange.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/Swe.jpg\" width=\"50\" height=\"127\" title=\"Felix Rosenqvist revving up for Road America double-header\" alt=\"Felix Rosenqvist revving up for Road America double-header\">\n<p>\u00a0<\/p> <p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><u>Saturday 11 July<\/u><\/strong><br \/><strong>Free Practice:\u00a0<\/strong>17.00-18.15<br \/><strong>Qualifying 1:\u00a0<\/strong>20.15-20.45<br \/><strong>Race 1 (55 laps): <\/strong>23.15<br \/><br \/><strong><u>Sunday 12 July<\/u><\/strong><br \/><strong>Qualifying 2:\u00a0<\/strong>16.00-16.30<br \/><strong>Race 2 (55 laps):<\/strong>\u00a018.40<br \/><br \/><strong><br \/>Qualy+races LIVE @ V Sport Motor &amp; Viaplay<br \/><br \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\"><br \/>Local time (US Eastern)<\/h1>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/b106543.web05.cust.bluerange.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/US.jpg\" width=\"50\" height=\"127\" title=\"Felix Rosenqvist revving 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center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.indycar.com\/Drivers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.indycar.com\/Drivers\">View complete standings<\/a><\/p>\n<h1>Event info<br\/>Road America<\/h1>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/www.felixracing.se\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/12\/RoadAmerica.png\" width=\"125\" height=\"100\" title=\"Felix Rosenqvist revving up for Road America double-header\" alt=\"Felix Rosenqvist revving up for Road America double-header\">\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>TYPE: <\/strong>Road course<br \/><strong>LENGTH<\/strong>: 4.04 miles \/ 6.45\u00a0km<br \/><strong>2019 POLE: <\/strong>Colton Herta<br \/><strong>2019 WINNER: <\/strong>Alexander Rossi<br \/><strong>FRO 2019: <\/strong>6th<\/p> <p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>TIMING:\u00a0<\/strong>The\u00a0IndyCar App and <a href=\"https:\/\/racecontrol.indycar.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" 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