Rosenqvist provided the fireworks in a tense qualifying session that saw him beat out Team Pesnke’s Will Power by 0.0039s on a set of used softer alternate tires to take the top spot for Sunday’s Grand Prix of Long Beach.
While it was the sixth pole of Rosenqvist’s career, but this one came in just his second points-paying race with MSR. In addition to qualifying second in the season-opening Grand Prix of St. Petersburg last month, he also put in the second-fastest overall – first in Group 1 qualifying to take Heat 1 pole – time in Thermal.
