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Marcus Ericsson

(1990) Racing Automobile Driver

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Marcus Ericsson is a racing automobile driver.

Quick Facts About Marcus Ericsson

Born: September 2, 1990
Profession: Racing Automobile Driver

About Marcus Ericsson

[Wikidata] Swedish racing driver... | [Wikipedia] Marcus Thorbjörn Ericsson is a Swedish racing driver, who competes in the IndyCar Series for Andretti. Ericsson competed in Formula One from 2014 to 2018. In American open-wheel racing, Ericsson won the Indianapolis 500 in 2022 with Chip Ganassi Racing.

Quotes by Marcus Ericsson

It's been 23 years since the last Swede in Formula One, so for me to be the next F1 driver at all…

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Amazing

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Qualifying has been one of my strongest points all my career.

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Been

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I think F1 have always had smaller teams and that's been fighting it out and being there and like you say, its…

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Experience

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I was extremely underprepared for F1. So compared with that, I feel fine with IndyCar, quite honestly.

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F1

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The ovals have been the big learning curve. You have to build up to it in a different way.

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Big

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In Formula 1 it's easier to dial out the balance issues and perfect it, whereas in IndyCar it's more difficult to dial…

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Balance

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Winning a race is the goal for sure; it has to be.

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Goal

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Every lap I'm learning more about an IndyCar, because it's not an easy car to learn. It's tough to get your head…

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Best

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When I'm doing longer runs I can be very consistent on the lap times because I know what the car is doing…

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Car

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The Sauber F1 Team has put its trust in me for 2015, and it makes me proud, as Sauber is known to…

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Best

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I think always in F1 the team mate is the first one you get compared to - which is normal.

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Always

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I think Formula One is extremely difficult, obviously, and it's the best drivers in the world so it's not easy to jump…

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Best

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I've enjoyed my year with Caterham, I get on really well with the people so I think we keep all options open…

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F1

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In Formula 1 there is so much grip, you can attack the corner so hard and be so aggressive in corner entries,…

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Aggressive

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I will give my very best to develop both as a driver, and to be part of the challenge to put the…

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Best

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I still believe that Mercedes and Ferrari are the two strongest power units but then Honda is a lot stronger than they…

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Believe

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I need to find a way to improve my qualifying performances because then I think my races will be even better.

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Better

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It's a big step coming from Caterham into the Sauber team.

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Big

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I think when I got to Sauber you can really feel the difference in personal experience in the team. They've been around…

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Experience

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You cannot look too much at the result, you need to also look at yourself and what you've done, how you have…

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Cannot

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The debut season in F1 is obviously very tough but it's been OK. The aim for me is to stay in Formula…

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Aim

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I think what I've found is that in IndyCar, the balance is a bit more all over the place compared with Formula…

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Balance

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As you get to F1 as a rookie, you want to prove what you can do and show your potential and I…

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F1

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