“I needed a fast freaking guy”


Msr Felix Rosenqvist star replaced the old Indy 500 Winner Simon Pagenaud at Meyer Shank Racing for the 2024 season. The Swedish driver had some big shoes to fill, as many interrogated Meyer Shank Racing's signing. However, MSR's co -owner, Mike Shank, has come out of the Indycar race at the Motorsports Park barber to justify Rosenqvist's signature.

Rosenqvist, who ran for Arrow McLaren in 2023, was allowed to pass the papaya team at the end of the season, as he was the lowest McLaren driver. The number 6 McLaren arrow He saw several drivers the following season, with Callum Ilott, Nolan Siegel and Theo Pourchaire.

However, none of them could have a result of the first five places, unlike Rosenqvist in 2024, which ended in the first four times, including two podium finishes. Mike Shank sat down with the Fox Broadcast crew, including Willonton, during the warm -up at Barber Motorsport Park.

Shank was questioned about the team's electric start for the 2025 season and if the Msr The co -owner is content with the actions. He took the opportunity to greet Felix Rosenqvist, justify his signing and silence those who had questioned the Swedish driver.

“We talked first about Felix. We brought Felix then because I felt in 2023, I only needed someone really fast. There was some questions about their race capacity, why did he quit McLaren, but what he needed, he only needed a fast guy. He is that,” said Mike Shank. (3:00 forward)

“And, by the way, by 2024. We ranked. If you count the oval between two cars, we qualified in the first six 15 times since 2023 in accordance, so it is a large game, speed. On Sundays they were a little hard, although they improved towards the end of 24, so this year the focus has been in the races,” he added.

Marcus Armstrong was able to convert it into the Top 12 classification session at the Alabama Grand Prix Indy and will begin the race at P11. Felix Rosenqvist has just lost the second classification session and will begin his degree at P14.

“It's going to come to us”: Felix Rosenqvist at the coincidence of Meyer Shank Racing at a victory by 2025

The 2025 Indy Alabama Grand Prix will be the centenary of Felix Rosenqvist Indicate. The Swedish pilot sat with Motorsport for an interview before the Barber race and discussed how the team has improved in the last year.

Speaking of the possibility of climbing the podiums and winning this year, he said:

“I think the Long Beach podium was very close, to be honest. In the end we had a fuel reading error, which definitely did not help. We were the third for most of the race. I think our approach is that, if you continue to call the door, you continue well, you have a good race pace, it will come to us. Not only a podium, but I think a victory at some point.”

Felix Rosenqvist began the first race in St. Pete in the second row and ended in P7. The 33 -year -old races ended at the Thermal Club and Long Beach in P5 and P4, on the outskirts of the podium positions.