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Ericsson: P9 weight off my shoulders to prove critics wrong

Marcus Ericsson says his first Formula 1 points finish for two-and-a-half years came as a big relief after producing the “near-perfect” race for Alfa Romeo Sauber. The Swedish driver ended an F1 points drought in style at the Bahrain Grand Prix with ninth place after opting to risk the one-stop strategy to leapfrog his midfield rivals. After starting from 17th on the grid, Ericsson bolted away at the start to climb up the order before his sole pit stop in Bahrain to switch to the medium Pirelli tyres – the hardest compound available at the race – and nursed his tyres to the end to take ninth place. Ericsson says the result is a relief after a series of near-misses since his last...
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