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Alexander Rossi and the 5 best IndyCar storylines to watch this season

By Brittany Frederick

The No. 9 PNC Bank Chip Ganassi Racing Honda of Scott Dixon. Photo Credit: Chris Gritzmacher/Courtesy of IndyCar.
The No. 9 PNC Bank Chip Ganassi Racing Honda of Scott Dixon. Photo Credit: Chris Gritzmacher/Courtesy of IndyCar. /
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Felix Rosenqvist joins Chip Ganassi Racing for the 2019 IndyCar season. Photo Credit: John Cote/Courtesy of IndyCar. /

3. Felix Rosenqvist joins Ganassi

While Scott Dixon has been a constant at Chip Ganassi Racing, he’s gone through several different teammates over the last few years. The team hasn’t found that person who’s going to create that dynamic duo alongside the five-time champion, even though they’ve had quite a few good drivers in the paddock.

This season, they’ve gone outside the league by hiring Felix Rosenqvist to drive the No. 10  Chip Ganassi Racing entry. Rosenqvist’s experience in American open-wheel racing is limited; he only ran one partial season of Indy Lights with Belardi, and finished 12th overall (though he did win three races). He’s a former Formula E and before that, Formula 3 champion.

That might seem like a curious choice, but the Swede has been long touted for his speed and he came into spring training finishing sixth. And while he’s lacking in specific experience, he’s done a lot of racing for being just 27.

Rosenqvist may not be as successful as Dixon—that’s a high bar to reach, especially when you’re in your freshman year—but if he can be the catalyst that Ganassi is searching for, that would be a game-changer. It’d take the team to another level.

It’ll be interesting to see how he compares to Ed Jones, who was equally fast when he came over from Dale Coyne Racing and only lasted one season at CGR. And how will Jones do having landed at Ed Carpenter Racing, where he’s running just a partial season of road and street courses? Who will get the better end of that driver shuffle?