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Ericsson banks $3.1M as career booms after F1

Marcus Ericsson won the Indianapolis 500, collecting a $3.1-Million prize, while simultaneously brushing off the pay driver label, as his post Formula 1 career boomed. Indianapolis 500 winner Marcus Ericsson cashed in on the race's record purse, earning an unprecedented $3.1 million check for Sunday's victory. Prize totals were announced Monday, the same day the annual victory celebration was held in downtown Indianapolis. Indy's total purse of slightly less than $16.1 million smashed the previous mark of $14.4 million that was set in 2008. Runner-up Pato O’Ward of Mexico, who drives for Arrow McLaren SP, collected $1 million — the largest check a second-place finisher has earned in...
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