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Old 3 Dec 2020, 15:15 (Ref:4020420)   #26
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I'm not sure Ericsson was as bad as everyone made him out to be.
Was never going to be a WDC but he held his own against a few decent drivers. Solid peddler and definitely isn't in the Max Chilton conversations.
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He was a worthy F1 driver for sure. Very quick but perhaps not consistent enough.
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Certainly Ericsson had quite a good junior record. FBMW UK and Japanese F3 champ and race winner in British F3 and GP2 ain't bad going. Decent driver, who didn't too bad against his team mates, until Leclerc came along and we know how good he is
....and he's bottom half of pack in indycar....

I was at indycar at road america this year. Was watching from the kink for about 3 laps. Each lap, only one car had a noticeable audible lift. It wasn't marco andretti, or zach veach or anyone else. It was ericson. Of course, this doesn't definitively prove anything, but just an observation that stuck out to me when watching a recent "top driver in the world".
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Old 3 Dec 2020, 18:16 (Ref:4020447)   #27
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And I would say Indycar has quite a high quality of driving talent, despite what some would say. You have to be a special talent like Alonso to come in there and run at the front like that
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Old 3 Dec 2020, 18:56 (Ref:4020453)   #28
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....and he's bottom half of pack in indycar....

I was at indycar at road america this year. Was watching from the kink for about 3 laps. Each lap, only one car had a noticeable audible lift. It wasn't marco andretti, or zach veach or anyone else. It was ericson. Of course, this doesn't definitively prove anything, but just an observation that stuck out to me when watching a recent "top driver in the world".
I can see why you think that.

Not sure why you are battling the top driver quotation thing round here. I think the majority, if not all, realize that F1 has some stonkingly great drivers, but also some others that aren’t “top 20”. As has always been the case some aren’t just there on merit - like any other series and any other period of time.

I rarely see it elsewhere either.

I just can’t get worked up about this because we could have been annoyed about this at any time over the last 100 years.
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Exactly, F1 doesn’t necessarily have the 20 best drivers, however that to me F1 isn’t the be all and end all, even if I feel the limited number of teams on the current grid means quite a few drivers are missing out on the opportunity
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Certainly Ericsson had quite a good junior record. FBMW UK and Japanese F3 champ and race winner in British F3 and GP2 ain't bad going. Decent driver, who didn't too bad against his team mates, until Leclerc came along and we know how good he is
And he wasn't completely blown out of the water by Leclerc either. Albeit in Charles' rookie year. Put them both in an Alfa now and it's probably a different story.

Ultimately, Ericsson probably spent as much time in F1 as his talent deserved. Solid few seasons and then slip away to another series.
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Quietly decent job by P Fitti at the weekend given the circumstances?
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He seemed to be stroking it along okay, keeping in touch with those in front, and finished 3 seconds off Aitken at the end. His fastest lap was two tenths of Magnussen's, so well done to him.
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I thought it was a solid job too. Just fed himself in and got used to the car. We’ll see what he can do in Abu Dhabi now he’s got race mileage
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