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Ericsson: Wehrlein became perfect benchmark

Marcus Ericsson says despite his frustrating results for Sauber he feels demonstrating his pace against Mercedes-backed Pascal Wehrlein paid off in 2017. The Swedish driver has retained his race seat at the Swiss squad after its new technical and title sponsorship deal with Alfa Romeo was confirmed last week, with Ericsson being joined by Charles Leclerc for his rookie Formula 1 campaign in 2018. Ericsson, who was under threat from Antonio Gionvinazzi for his race seat at the new-look Alfa Romeo Sauber squad, accepts it was a tough season running with year-old Ferrari engines which denied the team a chance to be competitive – consequently finishing last in the F1 World Constructors’...
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