Marcus Ericsson

Quick Facts

Full Name	Marcus Ericsson
Occupation	Race Car Driver
Date Of Birth	Sep 2, 1990(1990-09-02)
Age	34
Birthplace	Kumla
Country	Sweden
Birth City	Örebro County
Horoscope	Virgo

Marcus Ericsson Biography

Marcus Ericsson is one of the most popular and richest Race Car Driver who was born on September 2, 1990 in Kumla, Örebro County, Sweden. He was a race car driver who won in 2009 the All-Japan Formula Three Championship. Throughout his career, he has been involved with racing teams such as Fortec Motorsport or Super Nova.

Both he and Germany’s He and Germany’s Adrian Sutil both competed in the 2014 Formula One season. competed in 2014 Formula One.

Marcus Thorbjörn Ericsson (Swedish pronunciation: [ˈmǎr:kʉs ˈtɔ̂r:bjøːɳ ˈêːrɪk:sɔn] ; born 2 September 1990) 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.

In 2006 Ericsson’s career got backing from former Champ Car driver and 1999 Indianapolis 500 winner Kenny Bräck. “I spotted Marcus at a race in Gothenburg” Bräck said, “He didn’t win the race because his engine blew up with two laps to go but he was clearly the best out there. He didn’t get caught in any battles when passing – he’d just wait for the right opportunity, then he pounced and he was away. He has such patience but when he does go for it, it measures so perfectly. He reminded me of watching Alain Prost” Bräck added.

Tomas, his father, bought him his first Kart.

Marcus Ericsson Net Worth

Marcus Ericsson is one of the richest Race Car Driver from Sweden. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Marcus Ericsson 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

At nine years old, he began racing karts on local circuits.

In 2007 and 2009, he was awarded the Swedish Junior Racer Of The Year Award.

Bräck convinced Richard Dutton, who ran Bräck in the British Formula Three Championship in 1989, to race Ericsson for his Fortec Motorsport team’s 2007 Formula BMW UK title challenge. Ericsson said of his chances during the season, “I was thinking that I should be around top eight to start with, trying for podiums and maybe wins by the end of the year”. Ericsson’s first win came at the first meeting of the series at Brands Hatch where he took third place in the first race and won from pole position in the second race. Following his win, Ericsson was described by Autosport as “the best young talent” Bräck had ever seen. Ericsson was in the title race for the whole season, challenging Czech Josef Král and Brit Henry Arundel. In the end Ericsson, aged 16, won the title by 40 points from Kral, becoming the final Champion of the British Formula BMW series prior to the series merge with the German series to make a European championship.

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Malaysia was the first time that Ericsson made it into Q3, qualifying 10th but was ultimately promoted to 9th. He spun on the fourth lap after an unsuccessful overtaking attempt on Force India’s Nico Hülkenberg which resulted in retirement. In China, Ericsson again made it into Q3 in qualifying, again qualifying 10th. He finished the race in the same position, scoring one point after Max Verstappen’s engine blew up with only a few laps remaining. In Bahrain he qualified outside the top 10, and held 8th position when a pit stop failure caused him to fall down the field, and he ultimately finished the race in 14th position. In the first European leg of the season he finished 14th in Spain and 13th in Monaco.

Facts & Trivia

Marcus Ranked on the list of most popular Race Car Driver. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in Sweden. Marcus Ericsson celebrates birthday on September 2 of every year.

After this, he suffered a crash in the rain in Hungary, when he lost control of his car on the exit of turn 3 and hit the barriers very hard. He was unhurt, but the car was completely destroyed and it took him until the Belgian Grand Prix where he could match the Marussias again, losing 16th place to Chilton on the penultimate lap. In Singapore, he finished in 15th place and in Japan, he out-qualified both Marussias and Kobayashi for 19th position. He started 17th, but spun behind the safety car in heavy rain, and had to fight back from last place. He finished 17th, in front of both Marussias and Kobayashi, but his performance was overshadowed by the crash of Bianchi. At the inaugural Russian Grand Prix, he qualified in a career-best 17th position and this time, he was 0.15 seconds from making it into Q2. During the race, he started 16th but fell back, finishing 19th overall but in front of his main rivals – the other Caterham and the sole Marussia of Chilton, who both eventually retired from the race.