Marcus
Ericsson

Marcus Ericsson was born in Kumla, Sweden, on 2 September 1990 and started karting at the age of nine. In 2007, aged 16, he won the British Formula BMW title with Fortec Motorsport, and in 2008 he finished fifth overall in British Formula Three. In 2009 he won the Japanese Formula Three championship in his first season there, and he took pole position at the Macau Grand Prix. From 2010 to 2013 he raced in GP2 for Super Nova Racing, iSport and DAMS, winning races at Valencia, Spa and in Germany, and finished sixth overall in 2013.

He made his Formula One debut with Caterham in 2014. The team went into administration in October, so Ericsson missed the United States Grand Prix. He ended the championship in 19th place, the highest of the Caterham drivers that year.

From 2015 to 2018 he drove for Sauber. In the 2015 season opener in Australia he finished eighth, giving Sweden its first points-scoring finish in Formula One since Stefan Johansson's third place in Portugal in 1989. Ericsson ended 2015 in 18th place, 2016 in 22nd and 2017 in 20th. In 2018 the team raced as Alfa Romeo Sauber, with Charles Leclerc as his team-mate. Ericsson scored for the first time since 2015 with ninth place in Bahrain, and added points in Austria, Germany, Belgium, the United States and Mexico. His 17th place in the standings was the best of his career. He made 97 Grand Prix starts in total, without a podium finish. Antonio Giovinazzi took his seat for 2019, while Ericsson stayed with the team as third driver and brand ambassador.

From 2019 he raced in the IndyCar Series, first for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports and from 2020 for Chip Ganassi Racing. In 2021 he won at Detroit and Nashville and finished sixth in the standings. In 2022 he won the Indianapolis 500, becoming the second Swede to do so after Kenny Bräck in 1999. In 2023 he won the opening race at St. Petersburg and finished second in the Indianapolis 500. He moved to Andretti for 2024.

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