Felix Rosenqvist
| Felix Rosenqvist | |
|---|---|
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Rosenqvist in 2010. | |
| Nationality |
 Swedish |
| Born |
7 November 1991 Värnamo, Sweden |
| European Formula 3 Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2012 |
| Current team | Prema Powerteam |
| Car no. | 1 |
| Former teams | Mücke Motorsport |
| Starts | 116 |
| Wins | 28 |
| Poles | 25 |
| Fastest laps | 27 |
| Best finish | 1st in 2015 |
| Previous series | |
| 2011-12 2010 2009 2009 2008 2007–08 |
Formula 3 Euro Series German Formula Three Formula Renault 2.0 NEZ Formula Renault 2.0 Sweden Formula Asia 2.0 Asian Formula Renault |
| Championship titles | |
| 2015 2009 2009 2008 |
European Formula 3 Championship Formula Renault 2.0 NEZ Formula Renault 2.0 Sweden Formula Asia 2.0 |
Felix Rosenqvist (born 7 November 1991 in Värnamo) is a Swedish racing driver who is the reigning European Formula Three Champion, having won the title in 2015 with the Italian team Prema Powerteam. He holds the record of being the only one ever winning the Macau Grand Prix (twice), Masters of Formula 3 (twice), Grand Prix de Pau and the European Formula Three Championship.
Racing career
Rosenqvist won the 2008 Formula Renault 2.0 Asia and 2009 Formula Renault 2.0 Sweden.
In 2010 he was fifth German Formula Three Championship with 2 victories, 8 podiums and 1 pole position. He also attended the 2010 Macau Grand Prix Formula Three where he finished on ninth after have qualified seventh in his debut with the same Swedish/British racing team Performance Racing.
He has also competed in such series as Formula Palmer Audi and few different Formula Renault series where he was very successful and won 3 championship titles.
For 2011, he graduated to the Formula 3 Euro Series with the Mucke Motorsport team, where he finished 5th. In 2012 he finished fourth in the Formula 3 Euro Series and third at the FIA European Formula 3 Championship. In 2013 he was runner-up at the FIA European Formula 3 Championship.
In his fourth year with Mücke, the Swede finished eighth at the FIA F3 Championship. In 2015 he switched to Prema, claiming the FIA F3 Championship.
Also, Rosenqvist won the 2011 and 2013 Masters of Formula 3, as well as the Macau Grand Prix in 2014 and 2015.
In February 2016 he announced that he would compete in the 2016 Indy Lights series for Belardi Auto Racing,[1] and would also combine a campaign in the 2016 Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup, sharing a Mercedes with Tristan Vautier, with a role as reserve driver for Mercedes in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters.[2]
Racing record
Career summary
* Season still in progress.
Complete Formula 3 Euro Series results
(key)
| Year | Entrant | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Mücke Motorsport | Mercedes | LEC 1 2 |
LEC 2 4 |
LEC 3 Ret |
HOC 1 5 |
HOC 2 5 |
HOC 3 3 |
ZAN 1 2 |
ZAN 2 3 |
ZAN 3 2 |
RBR 1 Ret |
RBR 2 10 |
RBR 3 Ret |
NOR 1 DSQ |
NOR 2 5 |
NOR 3 5 |
NÜR 1 3 |
NÜR 2 2 |
NÜR 3 4 |
SIL 1 4 |
SIL 2 7 |
SIL 3 Ret |
VAL 1 2 |
VAL 2 6 |
VAL 3 4 |
HOC 1 2 |
HOC 2 1 |
HOC 3 Ret |
5th | 219 |
| 2012 | Mücke Motorsport | Mercedes | HOC 1 3 |
HOC 2 3 |
HOC 3 3 |
BRH 1 7 |
BRH 2 5 |
BRH 3 Ret |
RBR 1 9 |
RBR 2 Ret |
RBR 3 11 |
NOR 1 6 |
NOR 2 4 |
NOR 3 14 |
NÜR 1 4 |
NÜR 2 3 |
NÜR 2 Ret |
ZAN 1 1 |
ZAN 2 6 |
ZAN 3 4 |
VAL 1 13 |
VAL 2 8 |
VAL 3 1 |
HOC 1 1 |
HOC 2 9 |
HOC 3 1 |
4th | 212.5 |
Complete FIA European Formula 3 Championship results
(key)
American open-wheel racing results
Indy Lights
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Belardi Auto Racing | STP 7 |
STP 1* |
PHX 15 |
ALA 14 |
ALA 8 |
IMS |
IMS |
INDY |
RDA |
RDA |
IOW |
TOR |
TOR |
MDO |
MDO |
LAG |
LAG |
7th* | 74* |
* Season still in progress.
Complete Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup results
| Year | Team | Car | Class | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | AKKA ASP | Mercedes-AMG GT3 | Pro | MIS QR 7 |
MIS CR 32 |
BRH QR |
BRH CR |
NÜR QR |
NÜR CR |
HUN QR |
HUN CR |
CAT QR |
CAT CR |
NC* | 0* |
* Season still in progress.
References
- ↑ Simmons, Marcus (23 February 2016). "Macau GP winner and F3 champ Rosenqvist secures Indy Lights move". autosport.com. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
- ↑ "Felix Rosenqvist gets Mercedes DTM role and GT race programme". autosport.com. 26 February 2016. Retrieved 12 April 2016.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Felix Rosenqvist. |
- Official website
- Felix Rosenqvist career summary at DriverDB.com
| Sporting positions | ||
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| Preceded by Valtteri Bottas |
Masters of Formula 3 Winner 2011 |
Succeeded by Daniel Juncadella |
| Preceded by Daniel Juncadella |
Masters of Formula 3 Winner 2013 |
Succeeded by Max Verstappen |
| Preceded by Alex Lynn |
Macau Grand Prix Winner 2014-2015 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
| Preceded by Esteban Ocon |
European Formula 3 Champion 2015 |
Succeeded by Incumbent |
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