Felix Rosenqvist to continue racing for Mercedes at the Nürburgring

Felix Rosenqvist made his DTM debut in the previous race weekend at Moscow Raceway and has renewed his contract with Mercedes to compete at the coming round at the Nürburgring.

“We sat down together after the race weekend, and Uli Fritz told me that I will be driving again at the Nürburgring. I’m really pleased about that. I can hardly wait and hope that I can repeat my performance from Moscow again in the Eiffel,” said Rosenqvist.

The Swede had a strong debut, qualifying ninth and scoring points in his first ever race, that was held in pouring rain, by finishing tenth.

“It was really terrific. Finishing in the points in my first DTM race was way more than I ever expected. The speed was there right from the start. I’ve heard that only two drivers before me have ever managed to score points like that since the entry of BMW, and certainly no one from Mercedes. That obviously makes me proud,” said Rosenqvist.

Rosenqvist also managed to be involved in controversy on his debut, after Marco Wittmann complained that he was blocked by the Swede during qualifying.

“It’s absolutely ridiculous. You’ve only got to take an objective look at the data. On the lap where Marco says I blocked him, I was on my fastest outlap of the weekend, and there was more than one second between us at the end of the lap. All my sectors were green after that. Besides, there wasn’t even an investigation by the race control, and Marco was on pole. Qualifying has generally been much closer in the other series, in which I’ve previously competed, and no one ever complained,” said Rosenqvist.

The DTM continues at the Nürburgring on September 11th.