IndyCar’s Felix Rosenqvist Joins Meyer Shank Racing

With a driver named “Rosenqvist” joining a team with a driver named “Blomqvist,” Meyer Shank Racing is hoping the “V” stands for “Victory” in the NTT IndyCar Series in 2024.

IndyCar veteran Felix Rosenqvist of Sweden was announced as a driver at Meyer Shank Racing after signing a multi-year deal with the Ohio-based team. He will join previously announced Tom Blomqvist on the team owned by Michael Shank and Jim Meyer.

“I’m super excited to start the next chapter of my IndyCar career together with MSR,” said Rosenqvist. “This will be a great opportunity for myself and MSR to elevate and get to the next level together. I’m also pretty excited to get to work with my old friend Tom (Blomqvist) again. I’m ready to start working together and getting the next season started.”

Next year’s IndyCar season will see MSR have a complete reset with an all-new driver lineup as the Ohio-based team sets its sights on a successful 2024 season and beyond.

Four-time Indianapolis 500 winner Helio Castroneves is a minority partner on the team and will drive an extra Meyer Shank entry in the 108^th Indianapolis 500 in 2024. He will also serve as driver coach and team ambassador.

Simon Pagenaud began the season as one of the team’s two drivers along with Castroneves but continues to recover from a crash at the Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course on July 1.

His future in racing has yet to be determined as a variety of drivers have filled in for him in the No. 60 SiriusXM/AutoNation
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The addition of Rosenqvist gives the team a veteran driver to work with Blomqvist, an IMSA star who will be an IndyCar rookie in 2024.

“We’re very excited to have our 2024 IndyCar plans finalized and to welcome Felix (Rosenqvist) to the team,” Shank said. “Felix has been someone that has been on our radar for quite some time now and everything lined up this year to work something out with him.

“It’s no secret that we’ve had a difficult season, with some things out of our control and some things in our control. I think we are all looking forward to resetting completely, starting over, and getting to work. I think Tom and Felix will work great together and really feed off of each other. We will also have Helio with us at every race to provide his feedback and advice which will be an added bonus, so I think we’re in for a solid year ahead.”

Rosenqvist has one victory in an IndyCar career that began with Chip Ganassi Racing in 2019. His win came at Road America in 2020 when he tracked down, and defeated a young rookie named Alex Palou who was with Dale Coyne Racing at that time.

Palou replaced Rosenqvist at Chip Ganassi Racing the following year and scored the first of his two NTT IndyCar Series Championships in 2021.

Rosenqvist joined Arrow McLaren in 2021 and has three poles and two podium finishes since then.

Ironically, Palou won Sunday’s Bitnile.com Grand Prix of Portland to claim his second IndyCar Championship on Sunday, September 3. Rosenqvist finished second.