Felix Rosenqvist (born 7 November 1991) is a

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professional racing driver who currently drives the No. 6 Chevrolet for

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in the

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. He was named Rookie of the Year for the IndyCar Series in 2019.

Racing career

Formula Renault

Rosenqvist started his single-seater career in Asia, he won the 2008 Formula Renault 2.0 Asia and 2009 Formula Renault 2.0 Sweden/NEZ titles.

German Formula 3 Championship

In 2010 he was fifth in the German Formula Three Championship with two victories, eight podiums, and one pole position. He also attended the

2010 Macau Grand Prix Formula Three The 2010 Macau Grand Prix Formula Three was the 57th Macau Grand Prix race to be held on the streets of Macau. It was held on 21 November 2010, and was the 28th edition for Formula Three cars. The race was supported by the 2010 Guia Race of ...

where he finished ninth after having qualified seventh in his debut with the same

/British racing team

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European Formula 3 Championship

For 2011, he graduated to the

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with the

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team, where he finished fifth with one win, 10 podiums, and five fastest laps, and won the

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in his rookie year. In 2012 he finished third in the 2012 European Formula 3 Championship and finished second in

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. The year after he narrowly missed out on the

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title to

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, however winning the

for a second time from pole position. In

he started the race from the front row but collided with

and

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to retire in the first lap. In his fourth year with

, the Swede finished eighth in the 2014 European Formula 3 Championship in a disappointing campaign. He ended the year with a very welcomed win in the 2014 Macau Grand Prix from pole position ahead of teammate

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In 2015 he switched to

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, claiming the 2015 European Formula 3 Championship title with 13 victories, 24 podiums, and 17 pole positions. He would also take his second consecutive victory in the

2015 Macau Grand Prix The 2015 Macau Grand Prix (formally the 62nd Suncity Group Macau Grand Prix - FIA F3 Intercontinental Cup) was a motor race for Formula Three cars that was held on the streets of Macau on 22 November 2015. Unlike other races, such as the Maste ...

, again from pole position. His extended Formula 3 career meant that he would become the most successful Formula 3 racer of all time. Felix Rosenqvist (Mahindra Racing) at 2017 Berlin ePrix

Felix Rosenqvist (Mahindra Racing) at 2017 Berlin ePrix

Indy Lights

In February 2016 he announced that he would compete in the

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series for

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as he failed to bring the budget for a continued programme in

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with

. Rosenqvist had a reduced programme in the series, competing in only 10 of the 18 races, as he later in the season would have clashing commitments with his sportscar programme with

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in Europe. He scored 3 wins in his campaign. He had a successful test in IndyCar with Chip Ganassi Racing at Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course, saying he would be happy to return to the American racing scene later in his career.

GT Racing

Rosenqvist joined the

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together with French

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, driving a

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for AKKA-ASP Team where they together scored 1 victory, 3 podiums out of the 10 races and finished 7th in the overall standings. The same duo together with

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lined up for the classic

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where they reached 2nd place after all Mercedes-Benz cars have been given a 5-minute stop and go penalty.

DTM

Rosenqvist started 2016 with a role as official reserve driver, having continued his long partnership with Mercedes-Benz before being promoted to a race seat with one of the cars run by

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following Esteban Ocon's departure to

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. He made an impressive debut in Moscow where he finished 10th and scored points in his first-ever race in the

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Formula E

On 22 August 2016, it was announced that Rosenqvist would partner former Formula One driver

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at the Mahindra Formula E team for the 2016–17 Formula E season. On 10 June 2017, he won the first race at the Berlin ePrix. It would be the first victory for him, as well as for his team. At the end of 2018, he made his last race start in Formula E before moving on to the Indy Car Series.

Street circuits

Rosenqvist is known to be a street circuit specialist having won in Grand Prix of St. Petersburg,

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, Grand Prix de Pau,

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and

twice, where he has started 7 times from the front row.

Super Formula

Rosenqvist raced in the Super Formula series for the 2017 season with

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. The same team that his manager Stefan Johansson raced with in Japanese F2 in 1981.

Super GT

Rosenqvist raced in the

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series for the 2018 season with Team LeMans, the same team he raced in the Super Formula series the year before. He replaced

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's position in the team.

IndyCar Series

Rosenqvist signed with Chip Ganassi Racing for the

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. He went on to win Rookie of the Year honors after finishing sixth in the championship standings. In the 2020 season, Rosenqvist won his first IndyCar race at the

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. On 13 October 2020 it was announced Rosenqvist would leave the team and join

in 2021, replacing

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in the organization's No. 7 entry. On 12 June 2021, at the first of the

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weekend doubleheader, Rosenqvist suffered a significant crash on lap 28 as his #7 Arrow McLaren car experienced a stuck throttle and as a result, his car crashed hard into the wall. He did not suffer any life-threatening injuries but was taken to a downtown Detroit hospital for further evaluation. Rosenqvist was released the following day from the hospital but was not cleared to participate in the second Detroit race nor the following round at

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a week later. He was replaced in said races by

and

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respectively, with Magnussen making his IndyCar debut. He stayed with McLaren for 2022, and picked up his first podium with the team at Toronto. It was announced in September that he would also be driving for the team in 2023.

Racing record

Career summary

^† As Rosenqvist was a guest driver, he was ineligible for points.

Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results

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Complete FIA Formula 3 European Championship results

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)

American open-wheel racing results

Indy Lights

IndyCar Series

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) * Season still in progress.

Indianapolis 500

Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

(

) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete Formula E results

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) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap) ^† Driver did not finish the race but was classified as he completed more than 90% of the race distance.

Complete Super Formula results

(Races in bold indicate pole position)

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Complete WeatherTech SportsCar Championship

^† Rosenqvist did not complete sufficient laps in order to score full points.

24 Hours of Daytona

Complete Super GT results

References

External links

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