Rosenqvist gets second Ganassi test

Former Indy Lights race winner and current FIA Formula E star Felix Rosenqvist has been drafted into the Chip Ganassi Racing organization to split a test day with championship leader Scott Dixon later this week at Mid-Ohio.

It marks the second time the young Swede has been asked to test for CGR at Mid-Ohio alongside Dixon; both drivers are managed by former IndyCar and Formula 1 driver Stefan Johansson.

CGR managing director Mike Hull confirmed the test when reached by RACER, and also cited the team's use of IndyCar's testing rules, which provide an extra day of private testing if a current Lights driver or one of similar pedigree in a different championship spends half the day in the car.

In his first Mid-Ohio visit with CGR during the same late July test window last year, the 25-year-old completed 93 laps in Dixon's then-Chevy-powered No. 9 entry, and was fastest among the first-timers, which included Robert Frijns with Andretti Autosport and RC Enerson with Dale Coyne Racing.

During a partial 2016 Lights season with Belardi Racing, Rosenqvist scored three wins before existing race commitments in Europe pulled the promising talent away from the Mazda Road to Indy. Driving for the Mahindra Formula E team, Rosenqvist has one victory, three podium finishes and holds third in the championship heading into the July 29-30 season finale in Montreal.