Marcus Ericsson has lately snubbed Formula 1 over IndyCar. Once a driver in F1, Ericsson switched his belief after the ‘boring’ allegations post-conclusion of the Miami GP came into the light, where Red Bull emerged as the winner, yet again.
Taking his official Twitter handle, the former F1 driver asked all the people watching F1 to give IndyCar a chance. He said that he knows every race can’t be a classic, but there are many interesting things to look at in IndyCar.
I know every race can’t be a classic. But imagine if all the people watching @F1 today would give @IndyCar a chance. We always have min 2-3 stops with different strategies, refuelling, P2P instead of DRS, plenty of teams+ drivers that can win each weekend. It’s fun I promise! #F1
— Marcus Ericsson (@Ericsson_Marcus) May 7, 2023
Comparing the American-based motorsport with the pinnacle form of motorsport, the Swedish driver conveyed that in IndyCar, there are always 2-3 pit stops minimum with different strategies. There are also refueling and P2P instead of DRS.
The current IndyCar driver also emphasized the huge number of teams and drivers “that can win each weekend,” unlike Red Bull in F1, which makes the sport a bit ‘boring’ according to some of the fans. Ericsson then concluded with, “It’s fun, I promise!”
Damon Hill slammed people like Marcus Ericsson
The former F1 driver called out people who were not enjoying the race, notably the Miami GP race. Taking to his Twitter handle, the 1996 F1 world champion stated that people who were not enjoying didn’t understand Formula 1.
Admittedly, the Miami GP saw yet another dominance by Red Bull Racing. With rivals like Mercedes, Ferrari, and Aston Martin languishing far behind, fans and experts on the internet began to call the sport “boring.”
Some people are not enjoying this race. Which tells me they don’t understand Formula One. This is two guys fighting it out to become World Champion. Its down to split seconds. And Max has to have a perfect stop #f1
— Damon Hill (@HillF1) May 7, 2023
Hill, slamming them, wrote about how Max Verstappen and Sergio Perez were battling it out for supremacy. As there was a split-second difference between them, so was the jump in excitement.
Miami GP was all about Red Bull, yet again
For the fifth race in a row, there was no match for Red Bull in Formula 1. The Austrian team took their fifth win of the season and their fourth 1-2 finish. If Perez wouldn’t go off in Melbourne and start from the back, that could’ve well been another 1-2 for the Milton-Keynes-based team.
Verstappen, who started from P9, was mighty on Sunday at the Miami International Autodrome. Despite starting from the back, the Dutchman was at the tail of his pole-sitter teammate at the end of lap 15.
As the Mexican driver could do little to stop the two-time world champion, he had to settle for P2 in the end, 21 seconds ahead of P3 Fernando Alonso. The Austrian team leads the constructors’ championship, with Verstappen and Perez in P1 and P2, respectively, in the drivers’ standings.
