Several accidents, dashed hopes and three angry old men. That leads to five harsh words from Marcus Ericsson to Romain Grosjean.
Their bitter F1 battle is still alive in IndyCar.
Marcus Ericsson traveled to Nashville with high hopes of regaining the lead in IndyCar, but was instead left disappointed, losing second in the championship to finish third.
Scott Dixon won the mayhem race in Nashville, driving Felix Rosenqvist in seventh, but although Rosenqvist was promising in the last restart, Eriksson was so unlucky he was injured by Romsen Grosjean and forced to retire due to mechanical issues – but Grosjean He also had to retire after receiving assistance in the Wall by Joseph Newgarden.
The former F1 driver was not happy then:
Romain Grosjean is not happy with Joseph Newgarden. #INDYCAR pic.twitter.com/fWDZwVz14U
– INDYCAR on NBC (IndyCaronNBC) August 7, 2022
Harsh words from Marcus Ericsson to Romain Grosjean
But Joseph Newgarden was not punished, nor did he consider that he had done anything wrong:
Welcome to IndyCar. It’s tight, Newgarden told NBC after watching the replay.
– He was the one who caused things before, I don’t know what to say to him. I was lucky to be ahead, and that was the most important thing. You always want to be one step ahead of this guy in this kind of situation, but yeah. It’s a tight race on a city track.
Newgarden also noted that “if you’re not aggressive, you’re going to get run over.”
“If you are not aggressive, then you will be run over.”
In Joseph Newgarden’s battle with Romain Grosjean, Newgarden says “You’re welcome Tweet embed. ” pic.twitter.com/UqiYGJcrrL
– INDYCAR on NBC (IndyCaronNBC) August 8, 2022
Five bitter words
Romain Grosjean posted three angry men on Twitter after the race – and that made Marcus Ericsson react. The drivers had big feuds on the track already when they were driving Formula 1 and now Ericsson hasn’t been slow to respond:
Is there any leftover beef? # F1 days? 🥩
Marcus Ericsson shared on Twitter after Romain Grosjean crashed from the Music City Grand Prix on Sunday. #INDYCAR pic.twitter.com/GzxHmXpJuP
– INDYCAR on NBC (IndyCaronNBC) August 8, 2022
The drivers had a history with them from F1 to IndyCar. In Shanghai 2016, Ericsson achieved the best standings of the year, finishing 16th – but he was involved in an incident with Romain Grosjean, who was then racing for Haas:
– It was the worst birthday imaginable for me. That idiot Erickson hit me in turn and wrecked my front wing, Grosjean angry on the French Channel and went on:
He saw nothing and understood nothing. I think he should open his eyes.
Two years later, in Baku 2018, it’s time again. At the time, Romain Grosjean crashed while heating the tires in relation to the safety car that was on the track and made a terrible mistake when he shouted over the team radio:
He shouted – I think Erickson met us.
Ericsson was not at the time near Haas from Grosjean, and this has since become a constant joke in F1:
What was Ericsson thinking? 😱💥😂#AzerbaijanGP 🇦🇿 # F1 pic.twitter.com/p8NVAyx0kQ
– Formula 1 (@F1) April 22, 2019
Romain Grosjean has been involved in many accidents since joining IndyCar just over a year ago. Among other things, calling teammate Alexander Rossi an “absolute idiot” after the end of the race in mid-Ohio, Graham Rahal said many drivers were frustrated with Grosjeans after the race at Barber and now Joseph Newgarden, who continued the discussion on Twitter – included.
I got away with much worse 🤷♂️
– Joseph Newgarden (@josefnewgarden) August 8, 2022
The success of Linus Lundqvist
Linus Lundqvist continues to impress in IndyLights, the championship under IndyCar. He started in pole position for the sixth time this year and took his fifth win of the season on the narrow streets of Nashville.
– One is very cute and the other is very ImportantVictory, says Linus Lundqvist.
– I was actually a little sad because we couldn’t go to the playoffs. I think he could have been strong expertise On this path, but we I started At least in first place and I was able to gradually form a comfortable ride. Then it was just a matter of guarding and taking care of her Tires. It really was a perfect race in every way.
Lundqvist became the first driver to win an Indy Lights race on a city track in Nashville, which debuted on the championship calendar. The 23-year-old won a double earlier this year on a similar city track in Detroit.
– I like city trails, and I really enjoyed it over here in Nashville. It’s tough And a bumpy track just like Detroit, and you can’t afford any big mistakes.
The Swede is now close to winning the championship. He leads by the next 100 points after 10 races out of 14.