The Autosportradio.com 2020 Show for May 6th…
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Guest…
Marcus Ericsson
Marcus Ericsson is a Swedish racing driver and former Formula One racing driver. Ericsson competed in Formula One between 2014 and 2018. He is currently set to drive the No. 8 Honda for Chip Ganassi Racing in the NTT IndyCar Series.
After a successful debut in car racing in 2007 which saw him take the
British
Formula
BMW title with
Fortec
Motorsport, he moved up into the British team’s
British
Formula Three Championship squad. After finishing as one of the top rookies in the category, Ericsson turned his attentions to the
All-Japan
Formula Three Championship where he won the championship in his
debut
year. In 2010, he moved up to the
GP2
Series where he secured one victory during his maiden campaign for
Super
Nova Racing. Between
2011
and 2012,
Marcus drove for iSport.
Marcus also completed the 2013
GP2 season with DAMS, and debuted in Formula One in 2014
with Caterham
F1.
On 30 October 2018, it was announced that Ericsson would race full-time for
Schmidt
Peterson Motorsports in the
2019
IndyCar Series.
During his rookie year, he scored a podium finish at the Detroit
Grand Prix.[61]
In September, Ericsson missed the Grand
Prix of Portland as he was on standby for an injured
Kimi
Räikkönen at the
Belgian
Grand Prix; Räikkönen would ultimately run the race.[62]
He ended the 2019 season 17th in points.