Rival smoke that became Ericsson’s happiness – Expressen

Marcus Ericsson looked to finish in eleventh place – but when Max Verstappen was forced to retire drove the Swede up in tenth place.

He kept late position all the way into the goal and thus additional points.

– There is a proper success of Marcus, says expert Eje Elgh in Viasat Broadcasting.

Marcus Ericsson made a successful qualifying on the Saturday before the Chinese Grand Prix. The Swede made it to the third qualifying round where he finished in tenth place.

– It feels very hopeful for tomorrow. I have a car that is tuned more for the race than for qualifying, it feels really good, Ericsson said after qualifying.

“A decent success”

On Sunday, Ericsson did not follow up the success of the premiere in Melbourne, where he was eight and took the first Swedish scores since 1989. But the point was.

The Swede lay on the eleventh place with just a few laps to go – when Max Verstappen got car trouble who started to smoke properly. Verstappen was forced to retire and Ericsson took over tenth place and kept it until the finish. Thus ventricular home he further points.

– There is a decent success for Marcus and Sauber team, says Eje Elgh in Viasat Broadcasting.

“Think it hurts”

Meanwhile, the expert believes that the Swede even though it’s probably not completely satisfied.

– I think it stings a little bit of Marcus training had significantly better car in terms of race preferences, he said.

The winner was the Mercedes Lewis Hamilton, front runner and team mate Nico Rosberg. Ferrari’s Sebastian Vettel took third place. Ericsson’s team-mate Felipe Nasr finished in eight.

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