Marcus Ericsson

The title of this article is ambiguous. For more people with a similar name, see Marcus Eriksson .

Marcus Ericsson

Nation:	Sweden
Formula 1 world championship
Start number :	9
First start:	2014 Australian Grand Prix
Last start:	Abu Dhabi Grand Prix 2018
Constructors
2014  Caterham • 2015–2018  Clean
statistics
World Cup balance:	WM-17. ( 2018 )
Starts Victories Poles SR 97 - - -
World Cup points :	18th
Podiums :	-
Leadership laps :	-

Marcus Ericsson (born September 2, 1990 in Kumla ) is a Swedish automobile racing driver . In 2009 he won the Japanese Formula 3 championship . He drove in the GP2 series from 2010 to 2013 . His best overall placement was sixth in 2013. Ericsson competed in Formula 1 from 2014 to 2018 . From 2015 he competed for Sauber . He has been part of the IndyCar Series since 2019 .

Career

Beginnings in motorsport (1999–2009)

Ericsson 2007 in the British Formula BMW

Ericsson began his motorsport career in 1999 in karting , which he practiced until 2006. In his last year in karting, the Swedish racing driver Kenny Bräck became aware of Ericsson, who supported him from then on. In 2007 he switched to formula racing . At the age of 16, he won the British Formula BMW championship title in his first season . He won seven out of 18 races. In 2008 Ericsson competed in the British Formula 3 championship . Although he did not win a race, he was on the podium five times and was fifth overall at the end of the season. In 2009 Ericsson switched to the Japanese Formula 3 championship and won the drivers' championship title straight away. He also started in four races of the British Formula 3 Championship, of which he won two.

GP2 series (2009-2013)

Ericsson at the GP2 race in Monza 2011 for iSport

After winning the championship, Ericsson competed for ART Grand Prix on the first race weekend of the GP2 Asia Series season 2009/2010 . He also completed Formula 1 test drives for Brawn GP in December 2009 . For the second race weekend of the GP2 Asia series , he switched to Super Nova Racing . Then Ericsson did not appear again and finally finished 24th overall. For Super Nova Racing, Ericsson took part in the European main series of GP2 in 2010 as a team-mate of Josef Král . After scoring his first points in the GP2 series in the main race on the fourth race weekend in Valencia , his first victory in this championship followed a day later in the sprint race. Ericsson, who only scored in one other race, finished 17th overall at the end of the season. In 2011 he competed in the GP2 Asia and GP2 series for iSport International . The GP2 Asia Series concluded Ericsson with a third place as best result in sixth place overall from. In the GP2 series , he safely led the main race on the Hungaroring . However, since his team had let go of him too early during the pit stop and he almost collided with an opponent, the race management gave him a drive-through penalty, which made him finish in fifth place. Ericsson finished the season with two third places as the best results in tenth place overall. After the season he also took part in the 2011 GP2 Final . He finished second behind Fabio Leimer .

Marcus Ericsson at the main race of the GP2 series in Spa-Francorchamps 2013

For the 2012 season, Ericsson was again under contract with iSport International. After only occasionally scoring points in the first three quarters of the season and finishing second twice, he scooped the points in every race in the last quarter of the season, was on the podium three times and won the main race at Spa-Francorchamps . In the driver standings, Ericsson finished eighth with 124 points. With that he prevailed internally against Jolyon Palmer , who had scored 78 points. In 2013 , Ericsson moved to DAMS , the preseason championship team. After he had achieved pole position twice in the first nine races, but remained without points in the races and did not make it into the top 10, he scored his first point in the tenth race. One race later at the Nürburgring, he won his first win of the season in the main race. At the next two events on the Hungaroring and in Spa-Francorchamps he finished second in the main race. Ericsson made it onto the podium five times during the season. With 121 to 103 points, he decided the team-internal duel against Stéphane Richelmi for himself and finished the season in sixth place overall.

Formula 1 (2014-2018)

In 2014 , Ericsson received a Formula 1 cockpit from Caterham and chose # 9 as his Formula 1 starting number. At the Monaco Grand Prix he achieved his best result to date with eleventh place. At the US Grand Prix , Caterham did not appear due to financial problems. Ericsson then dissolved his contract with Caterham. He finished the season in 19th place overall. In 2015 , Ericsson moved to Sauber within Formula 1 . At the start of the season in Australia he scored his first points in the Formula 1 World Championship in eighth place. It was his best result of the season. Internally he was defeated by Felipe Nasr with 9 to 27 points and was 18th in the drivers' championship.

Ericsson in the Sauber 2016

Ericsson and Nasr stayed with Sauber in 2016 . In July 2016 it was announced that the Sauber team would be taken over by the Swiss investment company Longbow Finance SA , whose president and managing director is close to the Tetra Laval Group . This has supported Ericsson's career financially for years without appearing in public. Although Ericsson prevailed after placements with 12 to 8 against Nasr, in contrast to Nasr, who scored two points, he remained without points. At the end of the season he was 22nd overall. In the 2017 Formula 1 World Championship , Ericsson drove for Sauber again. At the end of the season he finished 20th in the overall ranking. In 2018 Ericsson competed for Sauber again. At the end of the season he was 17th in the drivers' championship.

IndyCar series (since 2019)

Ericsson has been driving in the IndyCar Series since 2019 . He replaced the cockpit of the crashed driver Robert Wickens at Schmidt Peterson Motorsports. He is also a substitute driver for the Sauber F1 Team in Formula 1 . For the 2020 season he switched to Chip Ganassi Racing .

statistics

Career stations

1999-2006: karting 2007: British Formula BMW (champions) 2008: British Formula 3 (5th place) 2009: Japanese Formula 3 (champions) 2009 : British Formula 3 (11th place) 2009 : Formula 1 (test driver)

2010 : GP2 Asia Series (24th place) 2010 : GP2 series (17th place) 2011 : GP2 Asia Series (6th place) 2011 : GP2 series (10th place) 2012 : GP2 series (8th place) 2013 : GP2 series (6th place)

2014 : Formula 1 (19th place) 2015 : Formula 1 (18th place) 2016 : Formula 1 (22nd place) 2017 : Formula 1 (20th place) 2018 : Formula 1 (17th place) 2019 : IndyCar Series (17th place)

Individual results in the GP2 series

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st	22nd	23	24	Points	rank
2010	Super Nova Racing	ESP		MON		DOOR		ESP		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA		UAE						11	17th
		11	DNF	12	9	DNF	DNF	7th	1	12	18th	6th	DNF	12	10	13	7th	DNF	11	11	DNF
2011	iSport International	DOOR		ESP		MON		ESP		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA								25th	10.
		9	8th	5	3	DNF	DNF	DNF	11	3	4th	5	16 *	5	16	DNF	12	14th	8th
2012	iSport International	MAS		BRN		BRN		ESP		MON		ESP		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA		SIN		124	8th.
		13	DNF	13	16	7th	7th	13	22nd	2	4th	2	DNF	21st	7th	11	15th	18th	DNF	1	4th	3	7th	7th	2
2013	DAMS	MAS		BRN		ESP		MON		GBR		GER		HUN		BEL		ITA		SIN		UAE				121	6th
		DNF	13	13	DNF	DNF	20th	DNF	18th	11	8th	1	13	2	4th	2	15th	DNF	23	7th	2	3	6th

Statistics in the Formula 1 World Championship

These statistics include all the driver's participations in the Formula 1 World Championship .

general overview

Status: end of season 2018

season	team	chassis	engine	run	Victories	Second	Third	Poles	nice Race laps	Points	WM-Pos.
2014	Caterham F1 team	Caterham CT05	Renault 1.6 V6 Turbo	16	-	-	-	-	-	0	19th
2015	Sauber F1 Team	Clean C34	Ferrari 1.6 V6 Turbo	19th	-	-	-	-	-	9	18th
2016	Sauber F1 Team	Clean C35	Ferrari 1.6 V6 Turbo	21st	-	-	-	-	-	0	22nd
2017	Sauber F1 Team	Clean C36	Ferrari 1.6 V6 Turbo	20th	-	-	-	-	-	0	20th
2018	Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 Team	Clean C37	Ferrari 1.6 V6 Turbo	21st	-	-	-	-	-	9	17th
total				97	-	-	-	-	-	18th

Single results

season	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	18th	19th	20th	21st
2014
	DNF	14th	DNF	20th	20th	11	DNF	18th	DNF	18th	DNF	17th	19th	15th	17th	19th
2015
	8th	DNF	10	14th	14th	13	14th	13	11	10	10	9	11	14th	DNF	DNF	12	16	14th
2016
	DNF	12	16	14th	12	DNF	15th	17th	15th	DNF	20th	18th	DNF	16	17th	12	15th	14th	11	DNF	15th
2017
	DNF	15th	DNF	15th	11	DNF	13	11	15th	14th	16	16	18 *	DNF	18th	DNF	15th	DNF	13	17th
2018
	DNF	9	16	11	13	11	15th	13	10	DNF	9	15th	10	15th	11	13	12	10	9	DNF	DNF

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Individual results in the IndyCar Series

year	team	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	17th	Points	rank
2019	Arrow Schmidt Peterson Motorsports	STP	COA	ALA	LBH	IMS	INDY	DET		TXS	ROA	GOAL	IOW	MDO	POC	STL	POR	LAG	290	17th
		20th	15th	7th	20th	24	23	13	2 °	7 °	13	20th	11	23	12	16 °		11
2020	Chip Ganassi Racing	TXS	IMS	ROA		IOW		INDY	STL		IMS		STP	MDO					137	8th.
		19th	6 °	10 °	4th	9	9

( Legend )

Web links

Commons : Marcus Ericsson  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Official website of Marcus Ericsson
• Career statistics of Marcus Ericsson (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ "Conway and Ericsson impressed by the world champion car" (Motorsport-Total.com on December 3, 2009)
2. ^ "Super Nova with Ericsson and Kral" (Motorsport-Total.com on January 15, 2010)
3. ↑ "Bird ed Ericsson iSport piloti" ( Memento of 15 September 2011 at the Internet Archive ) (italiaracing.net on January 11, 2011)
4. ↑ "Grosjean wins on the Hungaroring" (Motorsport-Total.com on July 30, 2011)
5. ↑ "GP2 - Ericsson stays with iSport" (Motorsport-Magazin.com on November 1, 2011)
6. ↑ Stefan Ziegler: "DAMS: The champions drive with Ericsson and Richelmi". Motorsport-Total.com, December 14, 2012, accessed January 1, 2013 . 
7. ↑ Norman Fischer: "Officially: Caterham 2014 with Kobayashi and Ericsson!" Motorsport-Total.com, January 21, 2014, accessed on January 21, 2014 . 
8. ↑ Kerstin Hasenbichler: "Formula 1 - Starting Number 10 for Kobayashi". Ericsson votes no.9. Motorsport-Magazin.com, January 21, 2014, accessed January 21, 2014 . 
9. ↑ Marion Rott: "Formula 1 - Official: Ericsson drives for Sauber in 2015". My best early Christmas present. Motorsport-Magazin.com, November 1, 2014, accessed November 1, 2014 . 
10. ↑ Markus Lüttgens: Marcus Ericsson and Felipe Nasr drive for Sauber in 2016. Motorsport-Total.com, July 23, 2015, accessed July 23, 2015 . 
11. ↑ Mark Lüttgens, Dieter Rencken: acquisition by investors: the future of Sauber is secured. Motorsport-Total.com, July 20, 2016, accessed July 21, 2016 .