Felix Rosenqvist

The 2011 Macau Grand Prix did not go according to plan for Felix Rosenqvist. The 20-year-old – who was one of several pre-event favourites following his RTL GP Masters of Formula 3 victory back in August – ran into trouble already in Thursday’s opening free practice session, where he encountered a long queue of standstill cars on the approach to the Melco hairpin and ran into the back of Estonian Marko Asmer. The Stewards held Rosenqvist responsible for the collision, and sent the Swede to the very back of the grid for Saturday’s Qualification Race. Already heavily compromi...

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Felix Rosenqvist will take part in the season-ending Macau Grand Prix – the most prestigious event on the international Formula 3 calendar – for the second successive year. The Swede, who finished ninth on his debut in the Asian street classic after an eye-catching drive in 2010, will represent his regular Formula 3 Euro Series team Mücke Motorsport with full support from engine manufacturer Mercedes-Benz. Rosenqvist’s team-mate over the weekend will be Macanese veteran Michael Ho. The Macau Grand Prix is widely regarded as the For...

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Felix Rosenqvist scored the eighth podium of his maiden Formula 3 Euro Series season when he finished second in the opening race of the weekend at Circuit Ricardo Tormo in Valencia. The Swede posted the second-fastest time overall in Friday free practice after having topped the first part of the session, and then overcame oversteering issues in qualifying to line up in third place on the grid for Race 1. A good start saw the 19-year-old out-accelerate home favourite Roberto Merhi – who later went on to claim the championship title in the final race of the...

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This weekend’s Formula 3 Euro Series round at Silverstone proved to be a case of mixed emotions for Felix Rosenqvist. The 19-year-old arrived at the British Grand Prix venue as one of the pre-event favourites following his Masters of Formula 3 victory at Zandvoort four weeks ago, and immediately showed his intentions by topping the timesheets in Friday free practice. After taking third in qualifying – where he was beaten only by the two leading cars of Italian squad Prema Powerteam – Rosenqvist found himself in a strong positi...

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Felix Rosenqvist became the first Swede ever to win the classic RTL GP Masters of Formula 3 race at Zandvoort last weekend, as he crossed the line five seconds clear of runner-up Marco Wittmann to add his name to a list of winners that includes the likes of Lewis Hamilton and David Coulthard. After a couple of hectic days in the aftershock of his career’s biggest moment so far, Felix now shares his views on how he won a race in which he wasn’t even sure he would compete just one week earlier, and how he managed to overcome a high-speed crash to produce Mücke Motorsport’s second ever victo...

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Felix Rosenqvist claimed the most significant victory of his career so far when he became the first Swede ever to win the prestigious RTL GP Masters of Formula 3 at Zandvoort on Sunday afternoon. Rosenqvist led the race, which is considered as one of the two most important on the international F3 calendar, from lights to flag and took the chequered flag more than five seconds clear of second-placed Marco Wittmann (Germany). To underline his performance even further, the Mücke Motorsport driver also set the fastest la...

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