Felix Rosenqvist

Felix Rosenqvist

Nation:	Sweden
DTM
First race:	Volokolamsk 2016
Last race:	Hockenheim II 2016
Teams (manufacturers)
2016 ART ( Mercedes )
statistics
Starts Victories Poles SR 8th - - -
Podiums:	-
Overall wins:	-
Points:	5

Felix Rosenqvist (born November 7, 1991 in Värnamo ) is a Swedish racing driver . He won the Formula 3 Masters in 2011 and 2013 and the Macau Grand Prix in 2014 and 2015 . From 2012 to 2015 he competed in the European Formula 3 championship . In 2015 he won the European Championship. From 2016 to 2018 he competed in the FIA Formula E championship . He has been competing in the IndyCar Series since 2019 .

Career

Rosenqvist began his motorsport career in karting in 2004 and was active in this sport until 2006. In 2007 he made his debut in formula racing in the Asian Formula Renault Challenge. Rosenqvist won a race and finished the season in fourth place overall. He also took part in two races of the northern European Formula Renault. In 2008 he switched to Formula Asia 2.0 . He won ten out of 13 races and won the championship title. In addition, he started in a total of six other races in the Asian Formula Renault Challenge and in the Italian Formula Renault. He won two races in the Asian Formula Renault Challenge.

In 2009 Rosenqvist returned to Europe and won the championship titles of the Swedish Formula Renault and the NEZ Formula Renault. He also took part in a Formula Palmer Audi race weekend and won two out of three races. In addition, he gained experience outside of formula racing and competed as a guest starter in two races in the German Seat Leon Supercopa. In 2010 Rosenqvist switched to Performance Racing in the German Formula 3 Cup . He was on the podium in eight races and won two races. He finished the season in fifth place overall.

Formula 3 Euro Series

In 2011 Rosenqvist switched to Mücke Motorsport in the Formula 3 Euro Series . With a win he finished the season in fifth place in the drivers' championship. With 219 to 251 points he lost the team-internal duel against Nigel Melker . In addition, Rosenqvist won the Formula 3 Masters this year . In 2012 Rosenqvist completed his second season in the Formula 3 Euro Series for Mücke Motorsport. In 2012 , he was also eligible for the European Formula 3 Championship , which included several races in the Formula 3 Euro Series. Rosenqvist won four races in the second half of the season, which counted towards both series. In the Formula 3 Euro Series he was defeated by his team mate Pascal Wehrlein , who was runner-up, and finished the season in fourth place. In the European Formula 3 he prevailed against Wehrlein, who was fourth there, and was third in the championship. In addition, Rosenqvist took part in the Macau Grand Prix in 2012 and finished second for Mücke Motorsport.

Felix Rosenqvist in Spa-Francorchamps in the European Formula 3 Championship 2015

In 2013 , Rosenqvist stayed with Mücke Motorsport in the European Formula 3 championship. In Spielberg and Zandvoort , he won all three races. In Zandvoort he benefited from the fact that a guest starter crossed the finish line ahead of him, but this did not count for the classification. Rosenqvist won eleven races and was on the podium 18 times. With 457 to 489.5 points he lost to Raffaele Marciello in the end and was runner-up. Rosenqvist had about five times as many points as his teammates put together. He also won the Formula 3 Masters for the second time in his career. This made Rosenqvist the second driver after Valtteri Bottas to do this. In 2014 Rosenqvist contested his third season in the European Formula 3 championship for Mücke Motorsport. Rosenqvist won a race and was on the podium again. While his team-mate Lucas Auer finished fourth overall with 365 points, he was eighth overall with 198 points. Following the European Formula 3 season, Rosenqvist won the Macau Grand Prix for Mücke Motorsport . In addition to his Formula 3 involvement, Rosenqvist contested four races in Formula Acceleration 1 for Performance Racing . He won twice and was third on the podium again. He finished fifth in the drivers' championship.

In 2015 , Rosenqvist switched to the Prema Powerteam , the championship team of the previous year, within the European Formula 3 championship . He scored his first victory at the first race weekend at Silverstone . He also won a race at the second event in Hockenheim and came second twice. After a race weekend without a podium finish, he managed to win all three races in Monza . After being on the podium once at the next two events, he consistently achieved podium finishes on the following four race weekends. He won one race each in Zandvoort and Spielberg, two in Portimão and another three at the Nürburgring . He secured the European title at the penultimate event. At the end of the season Rosenqvist was with 508 points ahead of Antonio Giovinazzi with 412.5 points. In addition, he won the Macau Grand Prix again.

Different series

In 2016 , Rosenqvist completed single-posto races in North America in the Indy Lights for Belardi Auto Racing . He won a race on the first race weekend in St. Petersburg . In Toronto he won both runs. Since Rosenqvist participated in other racing series, he only took part in 10 of 18 Indy Lights races and was twelfth overall. With three wins, however, he had won more races than the overall winner Ed Jones . In formula racing, Rosenqvist also competed again in the Macau Grand Prix and came second behind António Félix da Costa . In addition, Rosenqvist started in 2016 in the sports car prototype at the Daytona 24-hour race in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship . In addition, Rosenqvist was involved in several GT racing series for Mercedes in Europe in 2016. He started the 2016 DTM season as a substitute driver for Mercedes and replaced Esteban Ocon at the ART Grand Prix in the middle of the season . He already scored a point in his first DTM race. At the end of the season he finished 25th overall. Rosenqvist also took part in the Blancpain GT championships. For AKKA ASP Rosenqvist went along with Tristan Vautier in 2016 in the Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup at the start. The two won a race and finished seventh in the drivers' championship. In the Blancpain GT Endurance Series Cup Rosenqvist met with Vautier and Renger van der Zande for Spa 24 Hours at. The trio reached second place. The race was also part of the Intercontinental GT Challenge . In addition, Rosenqvist drove together with Nikolaj Rogivue at a racing weekend of the ADAC GT Masters in 2016 .

Formula E.

Rosenqvist's vehicles at the 2018 Mexico City E-Prix

In the 2016/17 season , Rosenqvist competed for Mahindra Racing in the FIA Formula E Championship . In his debut race in Hong Kong , he was 15th and achieved the fastest lap, which he immediately scored a point. In the next ePrix in Marrakech , starting from pole position, he achieved third place. Rosenqvist and Mercedes decided that Rosenqvist would no longer continue his DTM involvement in order to focus on Formula E. At the Berlin ePrix , he won his first Formula E race on the first run. In the second run he was again on the podium in second place. Another two second places followed in the next races in New York City and Montreal . Rosenqvist finished his debut season in third place overall. With 127 to 88 points he prevailed internally against Nick Heidfeld . In addition, Rosenqvist drove in Japan in 2017 in the Super Formula for the SUNOCO Team LeMans . He was on the podium three times and finished the season in third place in the drivers' championship. With 28.5 to 6 points against Kazuya Ōshima , he also decided the internal duel for himself. Rosenqvist also competed in the 2017 Le Mans 24-hour race for DragonSpeed and made guest starts in the Scandinavian Porsche Carrera Cup .

For the formula e 2017/18 Rosenqvist stayed with Mahindra Racing. He won the second run in Hong Kong and also the following race in Marrakech ; in Mexico he suffered technical problems while in the lead and had to retire. After further technical problems in the following races, he finished sixth overall at the end of the season. Rosenqvist also took part in a race in the IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship in 2018.

IndyCar Series

In 2019 Rosenqvist switched to the IndyCar Series , but competed again for Mahindra Racing at the season opener of the FIA ​​Formula E Championship 2018/19 in Diriyya . Here he was eliminated. In the IndyCar Series, he was able to win the title of Rookie of the Year with a five point lead over Colton Herta . In 2020 he won an IndyCar race for the first time in Elkhart Lake , at his 21st start.

statistics

Career stations

2004–2006: karting 2007: Asian Formula Renault Challenge (4th place) 2007: Northern European Formula Renault (46th place) 2008: Formula Asia 2.0 (champion) 2008: Asian Formula Renault Challenge (8th place) 2008: Italian Formula Renault 2009: Swedish Formula Renault (champions) 2009: NEZ Formula Renault (champion) 2009: Formula Palmer Audi (21st place) 2010 : German Formula 3 (5th place)

2011 : Formula 3 Euro Series (5th place) 2012 : Formula 3 Euro Series (4th place) 2012 : European Formula 3 (3rd place) 2013 : European Formula 3 (2nd place) 2014 : European Formula 3 (8th place) 2014 : Formula Acceleration 1 (5th place) 2015 : European Formula 3 (champions) 2016 : Indy Lights (12th place) 2016 : DTM (25th place) 2016 : Blancpain Sprint Series (7th place)

2016 : Blancpain Endurance Series (23rd place) 2016 : ADAC GT Masters (37th) 2016: Intercontinental GT Challenge (7th place) 2016 : IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship , PC (31st place) 2017 : Formula E (3rd place) 2017 : Super Formula (3rd place) 2018 : Formula E (6th place) 2018 : IMSA WeatherTech SportsCar Championship, Prototype 2019 : IndyCar Series (6th place)

Individual results in the Formula 3 Euro Series

year	team	engine	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24	25th	26th	27	Points	rank
2011	Mücke Motorsport	Mercedes Benz	LEC			HO1			ZAN			SPI			NOR			ONLY			SIL			VAL			HO2			219	5.
			2	4th	DNF	5	5	3	2	3	2	DNF	10	DNF	DSQ	5	5	3	2	4th	4th	7th	DNF	2	6th	4th	2	1	DNF
2012	Mücke Motorsport	Mercedes Benz	HO1			BRH			SPI			NOR			ONLY			ZAN			VAL			HO2						212.5	4th
			3	3	3	7th	5	DNF	9	DNF	11	6th	4th	14th	4th	3	DNF	1	6th	4th	13	8th	1	1	9	1

Individual results in the European Formula 3 championship

year	team	engine	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24	25th	26th	27	28	29	30th	31	32	33	Points	rank
2012	Mücke Motorsport	Mercedes	HO1		PAU		BRH		SPI		NOR		SPA		ONLY		ZAN		VAL		HO2															192	3.
			3	3	4th	6th	7th	DNF	9	11	6th	14th	9	DNF	4th	DNF	1	4th	13	1	1	1
2013	Mücke Motorsport	Mercedes	MON			SIL			HO1			BRH			SPI			NOR			ONLY			ZAN			VAL			HO2						457	2.
			DNF	4th	11	3	1	2	8th	10	1	4th	5	3	1	1	1	2	2	1	3	9	5	2	1	1	10	9	6th	1	1	2
2014	kfzteile24 Mücke Motorsport	Mercedes	SIL			HO1			PAU			HUN			SPA			NOR			MOS			SPI			ONLY			IMO			HO2			198	8th.
			9	14th	7th	5	7th	DNF	14th	DNF	1	3	4th	17th	7th	4th	9	6th	6th	11	8th	7th	5	4th	DNF	DNF	8th	7th	DNF	4th	9	DNF	5	6th	4th
2015	Prema Powerteam	Mercedes	SIL			HO1			PAU			MNZ			SPA			NOR			ZAN			SPI			POR			ONLY			HO2			508	1.
			1	7th	12	2	1	2	13	5	6th	1	1	1	2	DNF	5	3	17th	13	2	1	3	2	1	2	3	1	1	1	1	1	3	3	1

Individual results in the Indy Lights

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	Points	rank
2016	Belardi Auto Racing	STP		PHO	BAR		INDY			ROA		IOW	GOAL		MDO		WGL	LAG		185	12.
		7th	1*	15th	14th	8th	4th	6th	9				1*	1*

Individual results in the FIA ​​Formula E Championship

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	Points	rank
2016/17	Mahindra Racing	HKG	MAR	BUE	MEX	MON	PAR	BER		NYC		MTR						127	3.
		15th	3	18th	*16 *	6th	4th	1	2	15th	2	9	2
2017/18	Mahindra Racing	HKG		MAR	SAN	MEX	PUN	ROME	PAR	BER	ZUR	NYC						96	6th
		14th	1	1	4th	°DNF °	°5 °	DNF	8th	°11 °	15th	14th	5
2018/19	Mahindra Racing	TO YOU	MAR	SAN	MEX	HKG	SAY	ROME	PAR	MCO	BER	BRN	NYC					0	-
		DNF

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Le Mans results

year	team	vehicle	Teammate	Teammate	placement	Failure reason
2017	DragonSpeed ​​10 Star	Oreca 07	Henrik Hedman	Ben Hanley	Rank 14

Individual results in the DTM

season	team	Manufacturer	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	Points	rank
2016	ART Grand Prix	Mercedes	HO1		SPI		LAU		NOR		ZAN		MOS		ONLY		HUN		HO2		5	25th
													10	21st	12	18th	8th	11	DNF	21 *

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Individual results in the IndyCar Series

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	Points	rank
2019	Chip Ganassi Racing	STP	COA	ALA	LBH	IMS	INDY	DET		TXS	ROA	GOAL	IOW	MDO	POC	STL	POR	LAG	425	6th
		4 °	23	10	10	8 °	28 °	4th	16	12	6th	5	14th	2 °	22nd	11 °	2 °	5
2020	Chip Ganassi Racing	TXS	IMS	ROA		IOW		INDY	STL		IMS		STP	MDO					120	9.
		20th	15th	18th	1 °	14 °	15th

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Individual evidence

1. ↑ CV ( Memento from August 13, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) (felixracing.se; accessed October 27, 2010)
2. ↑ “FELIX ROSENQVIST STEPS UP TO FORMULA 3 EURO SERIES” ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (felixracing.se on January 27, 2011)  
3. ↑ "Rosenqvist triumphs in the Formula 3 Masters" (Motorsport-Total.com on August 14, 2011)
4. ↑ "Mücke mit Wehrlein 2012 in the Euro Series" (Motorsport-Total.com on December 23, 2011)
5. ↑ "Rosenqvist extends Mücke". Motorsport-Total.com, February 18, 2013, accessed March 3, 2013 . 
6. ↑ Valentin Khorounzhiy: “Rosenqvist among drivers confirmed by FIA F3 entry list”. paddockscout.com, March 7, 2014, accessed December 29, 2014 . 
7. ^ Peter Allen: Felix Rosenqvist stays in F3 to take fourth Prema seat. paddockscout.com, February 20, 2015, accessed March 7, 2015 . 
8. ↑ Peter Allen: Felix Rosenqvist to race in Indy Lights with Belardi. paddockscout.com, February 23, 2016, accessed on March 12, 2016 . 
9. ↑ European F3 champion Rosenqvist grabs race win in Indy Lights debut. autosport.com, March 13, 2016, accessed March 13, 2016 . 
10. ↑ Felix Rosenqvist gets Mercedes DTM role and GT race programs. autosport.com, February 26, 2016, accessed March 13, 2016 . 
11. ↑ Ruben Zimmermann: Felix Rosenqvist becomes Nick Heidfeld's teammate. Motorsport-Total.com, August 22, 2016, accessed on August 22, 2016 . 
12. ↑ Marcus Simmons, Sam Smith: Mercedes wanted to give Felix Rosenqvist 2017 DTM drive. autosport.com, January 26, 2017, accessed February 18, 2017 . 

Web links

Commons : Felix Rosenqvist  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Official website of Felix Rosenqvist (Swedish)
• Career statistics from Felix Rosenqvist (English)