200 laps at the Indianapolis Motorspeedway was just the start.
Finish line and win the Indy 500 is far from the finish.
– I don’t have a minute left. It’s all crazy, says Marcus Ericsson, I slept two hours in two days.
– Everything is completely indescribable.
He had no sound left when Sportbladet reached him over the phone. He just landed in New York after a crazy day in Indianapolis and the clock shows it’s midnight. but for Marcus Ericsson It’s just a spinning wheel. He did not have time to sleep or to comprehend what had already happened.
It’s been a mess since he got on the podium in Indianapolis, drank his milk and got the valuable ring showing he’s the winner of the Indy 500 classic.
– Every minute after completing a reservation. I didn’t get my phone, it was a party, press conferences, interviews, team, everything. I have no voice left and it will go in one voice, he says.
In 2018, he left Formula 1 after five years. After fighting in teams at the bottom of the field, he had to move for world champion Kimi Raikkonen who wanted to make one last jerk at Alfa Romeo. Marcus Ericsson went to the States and to a completely different kind of racing. There he had to work his way forward for a season before he could dominate first team Chip Ganassi Racing.
There is no Ericsson in Formula One
Last year he won his first two IndyCar wins. This year he took his life-changing win.
Winning the Indy 500.
– Everything is great, I can’t believe it happened. It is a non-entry type. It’s totally nondescript, he says before the sound breaks and he should try to get a few hours of sleep before it’s time for the next point in the full schedule.
The Indy 500 was defined over a hundred years ago, in 1999 Kenny Brack won the competition as the first Swede and now Marcus Ericsson is responsible for one of the greatest achievements in Swedish sport history – but will he return to Formula 1?
– No, I like this. Everyone asks this question, but I’ve lived in Indianapolis for 3.5 years and want to stay as long as possible, he told Narcotics Anonymous.
The victory in Indianapolis gave him $20 million and a 2023 Corvette Z06 that’s said to be worth over a million and a ring showing he’s one of the few chosen winners of the “greatest spectacle of racing.”
Swedish sporting achievement – F1 Blog