13 Nov 2011

Second place in Abu Dhabi for Marcus Ericsson

 
The GP2 series concluded the year with a non-chapmionship race weekend in Abu Dhabi. Marcus Ericsson, driving for iSport finished in second place in Sundays sprint race.
 
The Sunday sprint race format in GP2 have a top 8 reverse grid system. Marcus started in 5th position after finishing in 4th position in the Saturday GP2 feature race.
 
Ericsson made a good start and climbed to 3rd immediately, then overtook newcomer Felix Da Costa for second place halfway through the race. 
 
Rookie and GP3 runner-up James Calado, ART, started from pole position and led away from the green light. After advancing to second place Marcus closed the gap to the leader but did not find a chance to overtake and had to settle for second place.

Marcus also finished in second place overall for the weekend, behind Saturdays feature race winner Fabio Leimer, Racing Engineering.
 
Next outing for Marcus and the iSport team will be early 2012 when the GP2 series kicks off with official testing for the 2012 GP2 championship.