Linus_Lundqvist
Linus Lundqvist
Swedish racing driver (born 1999)
Linus Hans Fredrik Lundqvist[1] (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈliːnɵs ˈlɵnːd.kvɪsːt]; born 26 March 1999) is a Swedish racing driver who currently competes for Chip Ganassi Racing in the IndyCar Series. He previously competed in Indy Lights driving for HMD Motorsports with Dale Coyne Racing, having won the 2022 championship.[2] He is also the 2020 Formula Regional Americas Champion. He made his IndyCar debut in 2023 driving the #60 Meyer Shank Racing Honda.
| Linus Lundqvist | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nationality |  Swedish | ||||||
| Born | (1999-03-26) 26 March 1999 (age 25) Tyresö, Sweden | ||||||
| IndyCar Series career | |||||||
| 5 races run over 2 years | |||||||
| Team(s) | No. 8 (Chip Ganassi Racing) | ||||||
| 2023 position | 31st | ||||||
| Best finish | 31st (2023) | ||||||
| First race | 2023 Music City Grand Prix (Streets of Nashville) | ||||||
| Last race | 2024 Grand Prix of Long Beach (Long Beach) | ||||||
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| Indy Lights career | |||||||
| Debut season | 2021 | ||||||
| Starts | 34 | ||||||
| Championships | 1 | ||||||
| Wins | 8 | ||||||
| Podiums | 20 | ||||||
| Poles | 10 | ||||||
| Fastest laps | 5 | ||||||
| Best finish | 1st in 2022 | ||||||
| Previous series | |||||||
| 2020 2019 | Formula Regional Americas Championship Euroformula Open Championship | ||||||
| Championship titles | |||||||
| 2022 2020 | Indy Lights Formula Regional Americas Championship | ||||||
Karting
Born in Tyresö, Lundqvist began karting at the age of six during a holiday in Finland and from there contested numerous championships in his native Sweden and across Europe and won numerous titles.[3][4]
Lower formulae
In 2015, Lundqvist made his single-seater debut in the Formula Renault 1.6 Nordic championship with Team TIDÖ, where he claimed fourth in the Nordic championship, second in the JSM standings and third in the NEZ championship.[5] The following year, Lundqvist returned to the renamed Formula STCC Nordic championship with the LL Motorsport Junior Team, where he dominated proceedings to claim ten wins and finish as Drivers and NEZ champion.[6][7]
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In 2017, Lundqvist moved across to the British F4 championship with Double R Racing.[8] In the championship, he claimed five victories but a string of inconsistent performances meant he could only achieve fifth in the drivers' standings.[9][10]
BRDC F3 Championship
In July 2017, Lundqvist made his debut in the BRDC British Formula 3 championship, again with Double R.[11] There he achieved three points finishes, the highest being a seventh in the third race.[12]
In February 2018, Double R announced Lundqvist would contest the championship full-time.[13] There he claimed seven wins and three pole positions to claim the title at Silverstone after a season-long battle with Nicolai Kjærgaard.[14]
GP3 Series
In November 2018, Campos Racing confirmed they would run Lundqvist in the post-season test at Yas Marina.[15]
Euroformula Open Championship
After taking part in the winter series and pre-season testing with Campos Racing, Lundqvist once again teamed up with Double R to compete in the Euroformula Open Championship.[16][17]
Formula Regional Americas
In April 2020, Global Racing Group announced Lundqvist would race with them in the 2020 championship.[18] In a dominant display, Lundqvist claimed sixteen of the eighteen race wins on offer and took the championship title at the penultimate round at Homestead.[19][20]
Indy Lights
As part of winning the Formula Regional Americas title, Lundqvist received a Honda-backed scholarship to contest the 2021 championship.[21] In January 2021, Lundqvist announced he would join the grid with GRG with HMD Motorsports.[22] He scored three wins and 11 podiums in 20 races, finishing third in points.
The Swede entered the 2022 Indy Lights season driving for HMD with Dale Coyne Racing. He earned five wins and nine podiums in 14 races to claim the title with a 92-point margin.
In November 2018, Lundqvist won the Sunoco Whelen Challenge and received a drive for the 24 Hours of Daytona for 2019 with Precision Performance Motorsports.[23] On 5 January 2022, Alegra Motorsports announced that Lundqvist would compete alongside Maximilian Götz, Daniel Morad and Michael de Quesada in the #28 Mercedes for the 2022 24 Hours of Daytona.[24]
On 1 November 2021, Lundqvist took part in his first IndyCar test at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for Andretti Autosport.[25][26] His next test would come at the Texas Motor Speedway with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing in April 2023, which was his first oval test.[27] In June, he completed another test at Sebring.[28]
2023 season
Lundqvist made his IndyCar debut with Meyer Shank Racing during the 2023 Big Machine Music City Grand Prix, taking over the Meyer Shank Racing #60 car whilst main driver Simon Pagenaud continued to recover from his crash at Mid-Ohio.[29] Lundqvist qualified in an impressive 11th place. During the race he regularly ran inside the top 15 positions, until he made a mistake heading into turn 11 and crashed out with only twelve laps remaining. He was classified 25th, setting the fastest lap of the race.[30][31] Lundqvist continued his deputisation role for the next race during the 2023 Gallagher Grand Prix,[32] being the highest-finishing rookie in 12th place.[33] He drove the #60 car a third time at the following race, the 2023 Bommarito Automotive Group 500, which was his first Indycar oval race.[34] Lundqvist finished 18th and set the fastest lap once again in the process.[35] Meyer Shank Racing announced that Lundqvist would be replaced in the #60 car for the remaining two rounds by Tom Blomqvist, as Pagenaud would not be fit to return.[36]
2024 season
On 31 August, it was announced that Lundqvist had signed a multi-year contract with Chip Ganassi Racing for the 2024 season and beyond.[37]
Lundqvist was invited to take part in the Berlin Formula E rookie test in April 2023 with Andretti Autosport.[38]
Karting career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | MKR Series Sweden — Formula Micro | Södertälje KRC | 10th |
| 2010 | MKR Series Sweden — Formula Micro | Södertälje KRC | 1st |
| Swedish Cup — Formula Mini | 4th | ||
| Götesborgs Stora Pris — Formula Micro | 10th | ||
| 2011 | Swedish Karting Championship — Junior 60 | 5th | |
| MKR Series Sweden — Formula Mini | Södertälje KRC | 1st | |
| Juniorfestivalen — Formula Mini | 2nd | ||
| ROK Cup International Final — Mini ROK | 33rd | ||
| 2012 | Swedish Karting Championship — KF3 | 11th | |
| Rotax Max Challenge Sweden — Junior | 6th | ||
| ROK Cup International Final — Junior ROK | 32nd | ||
| 2013 | Trofeo Andrea Margutti — KF3 | Ward Racing | 13th |
| Swedish Karting Championship — KFJ | 3rd | ||
| NEZ Championship — KF3 | 6th | ||
| Tom Trana Trophy — KF3 | 4th | ||
| Götesborgs Stora Pris — KF3 | 26th | ||
| FIA Karting European Championship — KFJ | 29th | ||
| 2014 | Trofeo Andrea Margutti — KF | Ward Racing | 17th |
| Swedish Karting Championship — KF | 11th | ||
| FIA Karting European Championship — KF | 24th | ||
| CIK-FIA Karting World Championship — KF | 14th | ||
Career summary
| Season | Series | Team | Races | Wins | Poles | F/Laps | Podiums | Points | Position |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | Formula Renault 1.6 Nordic Championship | Team TIDÖ | 15 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 150 | 4th |
| Formula Renault 1.6 NEZ Championship | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 66 | 3rd | ||
| 2016 | Formula STCC Nordic Championship | LL Motorsport Junior Team | 14 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 319 | 1st |
| Formula STCC NEZ Championship | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 90 | 1st | ||
| 2017 | F4 British Championship | Double R Racing | 30 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 13 | 306.5 | 5th |
| BRDC British Formula 3 Championship | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 32 | 21st | ||
| 2018 | BRDC British Formula 3 Championship | Double R Racing | 23 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 531 | 1st |
| Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia | Mtech Competition | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC† | |
| 2018–19 | MRF Challenge Formula 2000 Championship | MRF Racing | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 11th |
| 2019 | Euroformula Open Championship | Double R Racing | 18 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 144 | 5th |
| Euroformula Open Winter Series | Campos Racing | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 37 | 1st | |
| IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD | Precision Performance Motorsports | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 65th | |
| Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia | Mtech Competition | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | NC† | |
| 2020 | Formula Regional Americas Championship | Global Racing Group | 17 | 15 | 6 | 14 | 16 | 401 | 1st |
| 2021 | Indy Lights | GRG with HMD Motorsports | 20 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 449 | 3rd |
| 2022 | Indy Lights | HMD Motorsports with Dale Coyne Racing | 14 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 575 | 1st |
| IMSA SportsCar Championship - GTD | Alegra Motorsports | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 135 | 69th | |
| 2023 | Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia | Porsche Experience Racing | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 58 | 13th |
| IndyCar Series | Meyer Shank Racing | 3 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 35 | 31st | |
| 2024 | IndyCar Series | Chip Ganassi Racing |
* Season still in progress.
Complete F4 British Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Double R Racing | BRI 1 Ret |
BRI 2 Ret |
BRI 3 Ret |
DON 1 2 |
DON 2 Ret |
DON 3 1 |
THR 1 5 |
THR 2 2 |
THR 3 4 |
OUL 1 3 |
OUL 2 5 |
OUL 3 C |
CRO 1 1 |
CRO 2 4 |
CRO 3 1 |
SNE 1 3 |
SNE 2 5 |
SNE 3 3 |
KNO 1 8 |
KNO 2 Ret |
KNO 3 Ret |
KNO 4 6 |
ROC 1 1 |
ROC 2 Ret |
ROC 3 5 |
SIL 1 6 |
SIL 2 9 |
SIL 3 5 |
BHGP 1 1 |
BHGP 2 8 |
BHGP 3 2 |
5th | 306.5 |
Complete BRDC British Formula 3 Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | DC | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Double R Racing | OUL 1 |
OUL 2 |
OUL 3 |
ROC 1 |
ROC 2 |
ROC 3 |
SNE 1 |
SNE 2 |
SNE 3 |
SIL 1 |
SIL 2 |
SIL 3 |
SPA 1 16 |
SPA 2 9 |
SPA 3 7 |
BRH 1 |
BRH 2 |
BRH 3 |
SNE 1 |
SNE 2 |
SNE 3 |
DON 1 |
DON 2 |
DON 3 |
21st | 32 |
| 2018 | Double R Racing | OUL 1 1 |
OUL 2 88 |
OUL 3 5 |
ROC 1 2 |
ROC 2 37 |
ROC 3 1 |
SNE 1 3 |
SNE 2 411 |
SNE 3 1 |
SIL1 1 1 |
SIL1 2 611 |
SIL1 3 2 |
SPA 1 1 |
SPA 2 810 |
SPA 3 1 |
BHI 1 2 |
BHI 2 113 |
BHI 3 3 |
DON 1 8 |
DON 2 Ret |
DON 3 11 |
SIL2 1 1 |
SIL2 2 16 |
SIL2 3 C |
1st | 531 |
Complete Euroformula Open Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
American open–wheel racing results
Formula Regional Americas Championship
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Indy Lights
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) (Races with L indicate a race lap led) (Races with * indicate most race laps led)
| Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | Rank | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Global Racing Group w/ HMD Motorsports | ALA 1 1 |
ALA 2 2 |
STP 1 9 |
STP 2 3 |
IMS 1 1 |
IMS 2 5 |
DET 1 2 |
DET 2 2 |
RDA 1 4 |
RDA 2 5 |
MDO 1 4 |
MDO 2 4 |
GTW 1 9 |
GTW 2 4 |
POR 1 3 |
POR 2 3 |
LAG 1 2 |
LAG 2 3 |
MDO 1 6 |
MDO 2 1 |
3rd | 449 |
| 2022 | HMD Motorsports w/ Dale Coyne Racing | STP 3 |
ALA 1L* |
IMS 1 5L |
IMS 2 1L* |
DET 1 1L* |
DET 2 1L* |
RDA 4 |
MDO 3 |
IOW 4 |
NSH 1L* |
GTW 2L* |
POR 3 |
LAG 1 6 |
LAG 2 4 |
1st | 575 |
IndyCar Series
| Year | Team | Chassis | No. | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | Rank | Points | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Meyer Shank Racing | Dallara DW12 | 60 | Honda | STP | TXS | LBH | ALA | IMS | INDY | DET | ROA | MDO | TOR |
IOW |
IOW |
NSH 25 |
IMS 12 |
GTW 18 |
POR |
LAG |
31st | 35 | [39] | |
| 2024 | Chip Ganassi Racing | 8 | STP 21 |
THE 6 |
LBH 13 |
ALA |
IMS |
INDY |
DET |
ROA |
LAG |
MDO |
IOW |
IOW |
TOR |
GTW |
POR |
MIL |
MIL |
NSH |
17th* | 26* | [40] |
Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Team | Class | Make | Engine | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos. | Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Precision Performance Motorsports | GTD | Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo | Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 | DAY 18 |
SEB | MDO | DET | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | LGA | PET | 65th | 13 | |
| 2022 | Alegra Motorsports | GTD | Mercedes-AMG GT3 Evo | Mercedes-AMG M159 6.2 L V8 | DAY 20 |
SEB | LBH | LGA | MDO | DET | WGL | MOS | LIM | ELK | VIR | PET | 69th | 135 |
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- Official website
- Linus Lundqvist career summary at DriverDB.com
| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Oliver Söderström (Formula Renault 1.6 Nordic) |
Formula STCC Nordic Champion 2016 |
Succeeded by Hugo Nerman |
| Preceded by Oliver Söderström (Formula Renault 1.6 NEZ) |
Formula STCC NEZ Champion 2016 |
Succeeded by Hugo Nerman |
| Preceded by | BRDC British Formula 3 Championship Champion 2018 |
Succeeded by |
| Preceded by Stuart Middleton |
Sunoco Whelen Challenge Winner 2018 |
Succeeded by |
| Preceded by Dakota Dickerson (F3 Americas Championship) |
Formula Regional Americas Championship Champion 2020 |
Succeeded by |