Marcus Ericsson Biography

Marcus Thorbjorn Ericsson, professionally known as Marcus Ericsson is a Swedish racing driver who is currently competing in the NTT IndyCar Series with Chip Ganassi Racing driving the No. 8 Honda. Ericsson previously competed in Formula One between 2014 and 2018. He started racing karts in local circuits at age nine and won the Swedish Junior Racer of the Year award in 2007 and 2009. He drove for iSport between 2011 and 2012 and completed the 2013 GP2 season with DAMS, and debuted in Formula One in 2014 with Caterham F1. Additionally, Ericsson has won the 2022 Indianapolis 500 under caution after holding off Pato O’Ward on a late restart.

Marcus Ericsson Famous For

• Being a Swedish racing driver.
• For competing in the NTT IndyCar Series with Chip Ganassi Racing driving the No. 8 Honda.

What is Marcus Ericsson’s Real Name?

Marcus Ericsson opened his eyes for the very first time on 2nd September 1990 in Kumla, Sweden. He was born with the real name of Marcus Thorbjorn Ericsson in a Christian religious family. He is of Swedish nationality and he came from Swedish-white ethnic background. Marcus has celebrated his 31st birthday as of 2021 and as per his birthdate, his zodiac sign is Virgo. Thus, his race is white. He is the son of Tomas Ericsson (father) and Kerstin Ericsson (mother). He also has one sibling named Hampus Ericsson who is also a Professional Racing Driver.

Marcus Ericsson Racing Career

• Marcus Ericsson began his career winning 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. 
• He won the title by 40 points from Kral, becoming the final Champion of the British Formula BMW series at the age of 16.
• Then he started aiming for a seat in Formula Three and signed a contract with the Japanese F3 team TOM’S to compete full-time in the championship for the upcoming 2009 season during the winter of 2008.
• He won the Japanese F3 championship and also won races when making guest appearances back in British F3 and moved into the GP2 Asia Series for the 2009-2010 GP2 Asia Series, driving originally for the ART Grand Prix team.
• It was later confirmed that he would drive for Super Nova Racing in the 2010 GP2 Series as he took his first series victory at Valencia.

• He switched to the iSport International team for 2011 and finished sixth in the Asia series championship, and tenth in the main series championship.
• He won at Spa, beginning a run of six consecutive points finishes to the end of the season, and got the chance to drive for the reigning champions DAMS in 2013.
• Furthermore, Marcus drove for Brawn GP at the young driver test at Circuito de Jerez over three days, on 1st-3rd December 2009 and it was announced on 21st November 2013 that Ericsson was a candidate to drive for the Caterham F1 Team in 2014 with Kamui Kobayashi as a teammate.
• He qualified 20th in his debut race the 2014 Australian Grand Prix, running 11th before he fell back with oil pressure problems however, he outqualified Kobayashi for the first time in his career, but he was behind both Marussia cars in Spain. He finished the race in 20th position, the last classified finisher.
• In Singapore, Marcus finished in 15th place, and in Japan, he out-qualified both Marussia’s and Kobayashi for 19th position.
• He qualified in a career-best 17th position and this time, he was 0.15 seconds from making it into Q2 at the inaugural Russian Grand Prix and terminated his contract with Caterham on 12th November and eventually finished the season in 19th position, the highest of the Caterham drivers that took part in 2014.
• Sauber announced on 1st November 2014 that it had signed Ericsson for 2015 at the 2014 United States Grand Prix.
• Ericsson finished in the eighth position in his first race with the team in Australia and Malaysia was the first time that Ericsson made it into Q3, qualifying 10th but was ultimately promoted to 9th. 
• In the first European leg of the season, he finished 14th in Spain and 13th in Monaco and qualified for Q3, where he ended up 10th at the Italian Grand Prix.
• Ericsson was running in 15th before a power issue in Australia in 2016 and he drove a good race to take twelfth in Bahrain in the next round.
• In Spain he was fantastic again as he was twelfth and in Monza, he maximized the car finishing sixteenth whilst in Singapore he made Q2 and was close to scoring his first point until a strategic blunder from the team.
• His 2017 campaign did not start well as he had to retire due to a hydraulic issue in Australia.
• He finished 15th in Russia beating his teammate for the first time in the season and got his best result of the season in 11th in Azerbaijan where he fought wildly for points in Azerbaijan with his teammate.
• He retained his seat at Sauber, which became the Alfa Romeo Sauber F1 team in partnership with the car outfit for 2018.
• He finished in the ninth position, scoring his first points since the 2015 Italian Grand Prix, after a total of 49 races without scoring a point at the Bahrain Grand Prix and then scored further points at the Austrian, German, Belgian, USA, and Mexican Grands Prix.
• It was announced just before the 2018 Russian Grand Prix that he was to be replaced at Sauber by Antonio Giovinazzi but would remain with the team as their third driver and brand ambassador.
• It was announced on 30th October 2018 that Ericsson would race full-time for Schmidt Peterson Motorsports in the 2019 IndyCar Series.
• Ericsson scored a podium finish at the Detroit Grand Prix during his rookie year in 2019 and ended the 2019 season 17th in points.
• he moved to Chip Ganassi Racing for the 2020 IndyCar Series season and during the pandemic shortened season he scored top ten finishes in over half of his races, with his best result being a fourth-place finish at the second race Road America.
• He was confirmed for longer tenure with Chip Ganassi in October 2020 and scored his first win in IndyCar and his first win in any category since 2013 in GP2 when he won the first race of the doubleheader in Detroit.
• He would be mathematically eliminated from the championship after a sixth-place finish at Laguna Seca as he would end the season in 6th place in the driver’s championship with 435 points.
• Marcus continued to show pace in his third season with Chip Ganassi Racing as he recorded his first podium finish on an oval at the XPEL 375 at the Texas Motor Speedway with a third-place finish.
• He won the 2022 Indianapolis 500 under caution after holding off Pato O’Ward on a late restart and he is the second Swedish-born driver to win the Indianapolis 500, after Kenny Brack in 1999.
• His win in the 500-plus solid early-season results vaulted him into the points lead of the IndyCar Series championship for the first time in his career.

Is Marcus Ericsson Married?

Marcus Ericsson is not married yet. He has been in a romantic relationship with Iris Tritsaris Jondahl who is from Greece. There is a greater possibility of his marriage after all he seems happy in his relationship with his girlfriend. Talking about Ericsson’s sexual orientation, he is straight.

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What is the Net Worth of Marcus Ericsson?

Marcus Ericsson is a versatile man who has a net worth of $4 million as of 2022 whereas he also earns a handsome amount of salary which is around $500,000 per year. He has established himself an identity already and he’s also superbly ambitious and continues to work even harder to reach his set objectives. In addition, Erricson’s major source of income is from his racing driver career.

How tall is Marcus Ericsson?

Marcus Ericsson is 5 ft 11 in or 180.5 cm tall and his body weighs around 75 kg or 165.5 lbs. He has blonde hair and blue eyes color. Moreover, his body build type is average.