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Ericsson was ‘praying not to get hit’ on each IndyCar restart

by Kevin Dejewski
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Ericsson was ‘praying not to get hit’ on each IndyCar restart

Ericsson fends off a challenge from Canapino in one of many close calls. Photo: Kevin Dejewski

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Sunday’s Detroit Grand Prix was a wild and chaotic race, with no less than eight caution periods interrupting the 100-lap IndyCar race.

Most of the incidents were caused by drivers diving to the inside of others in the braking zones, which led to collisions and more time spent behind the safety car.

Even when the caution was not thrown, there was a plentiful amount of side by side action and multiple damaged cars from the aggressive moves.

Marcus Ericsson mostly avoided the chaos, but related after the race that he was just hoping to not get collected in other people’s mistakes at every restart.

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“I think people are driving reckless on the restarts,” said Ericsson. “Obviously [there are] opportunities on restarts.

“I don’t know if we need to look at how we steward these kind of races. I think today more than 50% on yellow. I’m sure it was dramatic and fun to watch.

“At some point also we need to have a bit of a better standard. We’re one of the best racing series in the world. We shouldn’t be driving on top of each other every single restart.

“Obviously I haven’t seen the race, I was just driving it. I saw in my mirrors every time on the restart, four, five-wide. I was just praying not to get hit pretty much every restart.

“Again, we’re some of the best drivers in the world here racing. We shouldn’t be having incidents like today.

“I think I’ve done my fair share, as well. I do mistakes as well. I’m not going to put the finger on everyone else. I don’t stop myself, as well. I think as a series, we can definitely improve.”

Ericsson finished second on the day, his best result of the season. He related how relieved he was to finally have a good race after a stressful Month of May.

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