1. Karl Felix Helmer Rosenqvist was born on 7 November 1991 and is a Swedish professional racing driver who currently drives the No 60 Honda for Meyer Shank Racing in the NTT IndyCar Series.
23 Facts About Felix Rosenqvist
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Felix Rosenqvist was named Rookie of the Year for the IndyCar Series in 2019.
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Felix Rosenqvist ended the year with a very welcomed win in the 2014 Macau Grand Prix from pole position ahead of teammate Lucas Auer.
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Felix Rosenqvist would take his second consecutive victory in the 2015 Macau Grand Prix, again from pole position.
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Felix Rosenqvist's extended Formula 3 career meant that he would become the most successful Formula 3 racer of all time.
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Felix 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 Mercedes-Benz in Europe.
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Felix Rosenqvist 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.
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Felix Rosenqvist joined the 2016 Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup together with French Tristan Vautier, driving a Mercedes-AMG GT3 for AKKA-ASP Team where they together scored 1 victory, 3 podiums out of the 10 races and finished 7th in the overall standings.
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Felix 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 ART Grand Prix following Esteban Ocon's departure to Manor Racing in Formula One.
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Felix Rosenqvist made an impressive debut in Moscow where he finished 10th and scored points in his first-ever race in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters.
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Felix Rosenqvist is known to be a street circuit specialist having won in Grand Prix of St Petersburg, Honda Indy Toronto, Grand Prix de Pau, Norisring and Macau Grand Prix twice, where he has started 7 times from the front row.
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Felix Rosenqvist raced in the Super Formula series for the 2017 season with Team LeMans.
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Felix Rosenqvist raced in the Super GT series for the 2018 season with Team LeMans, the same team he raced in the Super Formula series the year before.
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Felix Rosenqvist signed with Chip Ganassi Racing for the 2019 IndyCar Series.
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Felix Rosenqvist went on to win Rookie of the Year honors after finishing sixth in the championship standings.
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On 13 October 2020 it was announced Felix Rosenqvist would leave the team and join Arrow McLaren SP in 2021, replacing Oliver Askew in the organization's No 7 entry.
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Felix Rosenqvist did not suffer any life-threatening injuries but was taken to a downtown Detroit hospital for further evaluation.
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Felix 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 Road America a week later.
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Felix Rosenqvist was replaced in said races by Oliver Askew and Kevin Magnussen respectively, with Magnussen making his IndyCar debut.
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Felix Rosenqvist stayed with McLaren for 2022, and picked up his first podium with the team at Toronto.
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Felix Rosenqvist picked up three pole positions on the season at Texas, the IMS Road Course, and Laguna Seca.
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On 5 September 2023, Meyer Shank Racing announced that Felix Rosenqvist would drive the No 60 Honda in a multi-year deal.
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Felix Rosenqvist did not complete sufficient laps in order to score full points.