Departing Ericsson says F1 'artificial'
Marcus Ericsson has departed F1 by saying the category is "a bit artificial".
The Swede drove in F1 for Caterham and Sauber, but he has lost his race seat for 2019 and is switching to Indycar.
Ericsson, 28, got his first taste of Indycar with a test in America this week.
He is quoted by Brazil's Globo: "This brings me back to why I fell in love with racing.
"F1 will always be F1, but it's a bit artificial in some ways," Ericsson added.
"In F1 you always start with perfection, but here you have to deal with the car and then perfect it. It's a lot more work for the driver, which is the biggest difference.
"It brings me back to the passion of racing," he said.
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There was a time in F1 when the driver's talent meant something but these days if you put any one of the top ten drivers in the fastest car they would win races.
Ban power-steering and that would be the end of wings as they are now which would bean drivers would drift the car around corners in much the same way MotoGp riders use the throttle to drift around corners.
It says something when a person can challenge the top F1 drivers in his first few years of F1.
@Clive Cooper
In Motogp, Marquez a rookie not only challenged the established stars and world champions, he blew them away from his rookie season. How about that
I think you Marquez would be on the best bike (marginally) But that is what I like about MotoGP - any one of four different makes could win a race. With F1 Mercedes would win 75% of all races. Fangio was a master https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8GewTBczsQ
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