Linus Hans Fredrik Lundqvist (; born 26 March 1999) is a

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racing driver who last competed for

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in the

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. He previously competed in

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driving for

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with

Dale Coyne Racing Dale Coyne Racing (DCR) is an American professional open-wheel racing team that currently competes in the IndyCar Series and Indy NXT. The team was founded in 1984 and is owned by former driver Dale Coyne. From 1995 to 2000, the team was known ...

, having won the 2022 championship. He is also the 2020 Formula Regional Americas Champion. He made his IndyCar debut in 2023 driving the #60

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Career

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.

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. 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. In 2017, Lundqvist moved across to the

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with

Double R Racing Double R Racing is a motor racing team, which last raced in the 2023 F4 British Championship. The team was formed in November 2004 as Räikkönen Robertson Racing by then McLaren Formula One driver and world champion with Scuderia Ferrari, Fer ...

. In the championship, he claimed five victories but a string of inconsistent performances meant he could only achieve fifth in the drivers' standings.

BRDC F3 Championship

In July 2017, Lundqvist made his debut in the

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, again with Double R. There he achieved three points finishes, the highest being a seventh in the third race. In February 2018, Double R announced Lundqvist would contest the championship full-time. There he claimed seven wins and three pole positions to claim the title at

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after a season-long battle with Nicolai Kjærgaard.

GP3 Series

In November 2018,

Campos Racing Campos Racing (formerly Adrián Campos Motorsport and Campos Grand Prix) is a Spanish motor racing team based in Alzira, Valencia, founded by former Formula One driver Adrián Campos in 1997. The team has been successful in Formula Three, GP2 S ...

confirmed they would run Lundqvist in the post-season test at Yas Marina.

Euroformula Open Championship

After taking part in the winter series and pre-season testing with

, Lundqvist once again teamed up with Double R to compete in the

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Formula Regional Americas

In April 2020, Global Racing Group announced Lundqvist would race with them in the 2020 championship. In a dominant display, Lundqvist claimed sixteen of the eighteen race wins on offer and took the championship title at the penultimate round at

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Indy Lights

As part of winning the Formula Regional Americas title, Lundqvist received a Honda-backed scholarship to contest the 2021 championship. In January 2021, Lundqvist announced he would join the grid with GRG with

. 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

. He earned five wins and nine podiums in 14 races to claim the title with a 92-point margin.

IMSA SportsCar Championship

In November 2018, Lundqvist won the Sunoco Whelen Challenge and received a drive for the

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for 2019 with

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. On 5 January 2022, Alegra Motorsports announced that Lundqvist would compete alongside

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and Michael de Quesada in the #28 Mercedes for the 2022

IndyCar Series

On 1 November 2021, Lundqvist took part in his first

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test at the

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for

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. His next test would come at the

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with

Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing (RLL) is an auto racing team that has participated in the WeatherTech SportsCar Championship and the IndyCar Series. Headquartered in Zionsville, Indiana and Hilliard, Ohio, it is co-owned by 1986 Indianapolis 50 ...

in April 2023, which was his first oval test. In June, he completed another test at Sebring.

2023 season

Lundqvist made his

debut with

during the 2023 Big Machine Music City Grand Prix, taking over the Meyer Shank Racing #60 car whilst main driver

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continued to recover from his crash at Mid-Ohio. 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. Lundqvist continued his deputisation role for the next race during the

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, being the highest-finishing rookie in 12th place. 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. Lundqvist finished 18th and set the fastest lap once again in the process. Meyer Shank Racing announced that Lundqvist would be replaced in the #60 car for the remaining two rounds by

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, as Pagenaud would not be fit to return.

2024 season

On 31 August, it was announced that Lundqvist had signed a multi-year contract with

for the 2024 season and beyond. He achieved his first IndyCar pole position at the 2024 XPEL Grand Prix at Road America, eventually finishing sixteenth in the overall standings whilst winning Rookie of the Year. Despite his success throughout the season, Lundqvist was not given a seat on the grid for the 2025 season despite an ongoing multi-year deal. The Swede later stated that he only knew his contract was terminated in mid-January.

Formula E

Lundqvist was invited to take part in the

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rookie test in April 2023 with

Karting record

Karting career summary

Racing record

Career summary

^* Season still in progress.

Complete Formula Renault 1.6 Nordic results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete F4 British Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

Complete BRDC British Formula 3 Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

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)

IndyCar Series

Indianapolis 500

Complete IMSA SportsCar Championship results

( key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; results in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

References

External links

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