'Best race in the world': Macau Grand Prix champion Felix Rosenqvist can't wait to defend title
Last year's winner returns with a different attitude after landing the blue riband race
Ice-cool Swede Felix Rosenqvist will be taking it easy when he defends his Macau Grand Prix title, saying he has nothing left to prove after scaling the summit last year.
In 2014, the Swede had something to prove having tried and failed to win the blue riband race on four previous occasions, but he finally nailed the one race he had dreamed of winning.
This time around it's very different. I arrive without any pressure at all and I know what I'm capable of
Aiming to emulate Italy's Edoardo Mortara's back-to-back Macau wins in 2009 and 2010, Rosenqvist is this year coming off a brilliant season having won the FIA F3 European Championship.
"Last year, I had a lot of pressure on me. I had a tough season in Europe [finishing eighth overall in the 2014 European Championship] and I needed to prove myself in Macau," said Rosenqvist, who will race with Italian team Prema Powerhouse in Macau on November 22.
For the third year, Prema Powerhouse is aligned with the Theodore Racing name established by Macau Grand Prix "godfather" Teddy Yip and revived by his son, Teddy Yip Jnr, in 2013.
"This time around it's very different. I arrive without any pressure at all and I know what I'm capable of.
