In order to start the IndyCar season, the competition weekends are compressed with training, qualification and the race itself on the same day. A challenge that Felix Rosenqvist thinks will suit him well.
- When people get a lot of training I may not be the best, but when you get thrown in quickly in a situation I usually get out of there pretty quickly and figure out how I need to drive and so there. So I think this arrangement will actually benefit me a lot, he tells SVT Sport.
"Will bite to 100 percent"Indycar launches in Texas on June 6 and it will be the first time in six months that Rosenqvist will sit in an Indycar car and drive. And with minimal preparation in the car, it will be physically tough for drivers when it's time for race.
- It is extremely heavy in the steering wheel and the neck is usually very tired. Even though you have been training hard, those muscles can never really be trained if you are not sitting in a car, so it will be bite to 100 percent, he says.
Opportunities to prepare in the best way on the course are also limited. Usually, the teams can spend hours analyzing the data and discussing with the drivers what adjustments on the car needed to be made. A job that can now be done in minutes and which will make drivers not as interplay with their cars.
- You have to have a little more respect for it than you usually have. At the training hour we have, you may not be able to run at full speed, but build up the feeling slowly and try to see that you have to get through the whole day, says Rosenqvist.