page_title: Marcus Ericsson
section_title: 2018
hierarchical_section_title: Marcus Ericsson / Career / Formula One / Sauber (2015–2018) / 2018
caption_attribution_description: Marcus Ericsson, British GP 2018
context_page_description: Marcus Thorbjörn Ericsson is a Swedish racing driver and former Formula One racing driver. Ericsson competed in Formula One between 2014 and 2018. He is currently driving 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, Ericsson drove for iSport. Ericsson completed the 2013 GP2 season with DAMS, and debuted in Formula One in 2014 with Caterham F1.
context_section_description: For 2018 Ericsson retained his seat at Sauber, which became Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 team in partnership with the car outfit. Alongside he had a new teammate Charles Leclerc. At the Bahrain Grand Prix, Ericsson finished in ninth position, scoring his first points since the 2015 Italian Grand Prix, after a total of 49 races without scoring a point. He then scored further points at the Austrian, German, Belgian, USA and Mexican Grands Prix. At the Italian Grand Prix, Ericsson had a high speed accident in second practice at Turn 1, with a DRS issue causing the car to lose control and slam the wall where the runoff is. Ericsson hit the wall heavily, and flipped 3 times before coming to rest on all wheels but was uninjured.
caption: Ericsson in 2018
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