Linus Lundqvist

Linus Hans Fredrik Lundqvist (; born 26 March 1999) is a Swedish racing driver who most recently competed in a one-off Eurocup-3 weekend for Double R Racing. He had previously competed full-time in the 2024 IndyCar Series for Chip Ganassi Racing.

Lundqvist made his IndyCar debut in 2023 with Meyer Shank Racing and claimed Rookie of the Year honors the following year in his first and only full-season campaign to date. He is the 2022 Indy Lights champion and the 2020 Formula Regional Americas champion.

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 British F4 championship with Double R Racing. 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 BRDC British Formula 3 championship, 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 Silverstone after a season-long battle with Nicolai Kjærgaard.

GP3 Series In November 2018, Campos Racing 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 Campos Racing, Lundqvist once again teamed up with Double R to compete in the Euroformula Open Championship.

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 Homestead.

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 HMD Motorsports. He scored three wins and eleven podiums in twenty races, finishing third in points.

Lundqvist entered the 2022 Indy Lights season driving for HMD with Dale Coyne Racing. He earned five wins and nine podiums in fourteen races to claim the title with a 92-point margin.

Eurocup-3 In May 2026, Lundqvist made a return to junior single-seaters, competing in the Eurocup-3 with Double R Racing.

IMSA SportsCar Championship 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. On 5 January 2022, Alegra Motorsports announced that Lundqvist would compete alongside Maximilian Götz, Daniel Morad and Michael de Quesada in the No. 28 Mercedes for the 2022 24 Hours of Daytona.

IndyCar Series On 1 November 2021, Lundqvist took part in his first IndyCar test at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway for Andretti Autosport. His next test would come at the Texas Motor Speedway with Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing in April 2023, which was his first oval test. In June, he completed another test at Sebring.

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 No. 60 car whilst main driver Simon Pagenaud continued to recover from his crash at Mid-Ohio. Lundqvist qualified in an impressive eleventh place. During the race, he regularly ran inside the top-fifteen positions, until he made a mistake heading into turn eleven 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 2023 Gallagher Grand Prix, being the highest-finishing rookie in twelfth place. He drove the No. 60 car a third time at the following race, the 2023 Bommarito Automotive Group 500, which was his first IndyCar oval race. Lundqvist finished eighteenth and set the fastest lap once again in the process. Meyer Shank Racing announced that Lundqvist would be replaced in the No. 60 car for the remaining two rounds by Tom Blomqvist, 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 Chip Ganassi Racing for the 2024 season and beyond.

Lundqvist 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 Berlin Formula E rookie test in April 2023 with Andretti Autosport.

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) 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 BHD1 BHD2 BHD3 DON1 DON2 DON3 THR1 THR2 THR3 OUL1 OUL2 OUL3 CRO1 CRO2 CRO3 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 KNO1 KNO2 KNO3 KNO4 ROC1 ROC2 ROC3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 BHGP1 BHGP2 BHGP3 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 OUL1 OUL2 OUL3 ROC1 ROC2 ROC3 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 SIL1 SIL2 SIL3 SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 BRH1 BRH2 BRH3 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 DON1 DON2 DON3 21st 32 2018 Double R Racing OUL1 OUL2 OUL3 ROC1 ROC2 ROC3 SNE1 SNE2 SNE3 SIL11 SIL12 SIL13 SPA1 SPA2 SPA3 BHD1 BHD2 BHD3 DON1 DON2 DON3 SIL21 SIL22 SIL23 1st 531

Complete Euroformula Open 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 Pos Points 2019 Double R Racing LEC1 LEC2 PAU1 PAU2 HOC1 HOC2 SPA1 SPA2 HUN1 HUN2 RBR1 RBR2 SIL1 SIL2 CAT1 CAT2 MNZ1 MNZ2 5th

Complete Eurocup-3 results (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Season still in progress.

American open–wheel racing results Formula Regional Americas Championship (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 Pos Points 2020 Global Racing Group MOH1 MOH2 VIR1 VIR2 VIR3 BAR1 BAR2 BAR3 SEB1 SEB2 SEB3 HMS1 HMS2 HMS3 COA1 COA2 COA3 1st 401

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 ALA1 ALA2 STP1 STP2 IMS1 IMS2 DET1 DET2 RDA1 RDA2 MOH1 MOH2 GTW1 GTW2 POR1 POR2 LAG1 LAG2 MOH1 MOH2 3rd 449 2022 HMD Motorsports w/Dale Coyne Racing STP ALA IMS1 IMS2 DET1 DET2 RDA MOH IOW NSH GTW POR LAG1 LAG2 1st 575

IndyCar Series Year Team No. Chassis 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 60 Dallara DW12 Honda STP TXS LBH ALA IMS INDY DET ROA MOH TOR IOW IOW NSH IMS GTW POR LAG 31st 35 2024 Chip Ganassi Racing 8 STP THE LBH ALA IMS INDY DET ROA LAG MOH IOW IOW TOR GTW POR MIL MIL NSH 16th 279

Indianapolis 500 Year Chassis Engine Start Finish Team 2024 Dallara Honda 27 28 Chip Ganassi Racing

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 Points 2019 Precision Performance Motorsports GTD Lamborghini Huracán GT3 Evo Lamborghini 5.2 L V10 DAY SEB MOH 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 SEB LBH LGA MOH DET WGL MOS LIM ELK VIR PET 69th 135