TravelGal
12-09-18, 12:51 PM
I think I'm going to like this guy.
The Swede drove in F1 for Caterham and Sauber, but is switching to IndyCar with Schmidt-Peterson Motorsports next season.
Ericsson, 28, got his first taste of Indycar with a test at Sebring International Speedway on Tuesday.
"This sort of gets me back to why I fell in love with racing," Ericsson said after his first few hours of track time in his new Honda. "F1 is always going to be F1, you know? But it’s sort of a bit artificial in some ways. You always go to these perfect places, and that’s not racing, I would say. This takes me back to the passion of racing."
Read more: https://autoweek.com/article/indycar/marcus-ericsson-calls-f1-artificial-after-maiden-indycar-test#ixzz5ZCrJVMDH
The Swede drove in F1 for Caterham and Sauber, but is switching to IndyCar with Schmidt-Peterson Motorsports next season.
Ericsson, 28, got his first taste of Indycar with a test at Sebring International Speedway on Tuesday.
"This sort of gets me back to why I fell in love with racing," Ericsson said after his first few hours of track time in his new Honda. "F1 is always going to be F1, you know? But it’s sort of a bit artificial in some ways. You always go to these perfect places, and that’s not racing, I would say. This takes me back to the passion of racing."
Read more: https://autoweek.com/article/indycar/marcus-ericsson-calls-f1-artificial-after-maiden-indycar-test#ixzz5ZCrJVMDH