Electric Marcus Ericsson Rides a Storm as He Claims Texas Sweep!

Motorsport photo Marcus Ericsson pulled off a herculean effort to capture his first career IndyCar Series pole in for the inaugural Grand Prix of Arlington. The 35-year-old Swede put together a remarkable lap of 1m34. 3562s around the 14-turn, 2.

73-mile temporary street circuit to seize the top spot. It’s Ericsson’s first pole in 117 career starts in North America’s premier open-wheel championship, and first since 2013 when he was in Formula 2 (then GP2). “I waited long enough, I can tell you that,” said Ericsson, the 2022 Indianapolis 500 winner.

“I think 2013 was the last pole I had, so I feel like this is a giant thing for me just because of that. And I've been second, I've been four times in IndyCar, and two hundredths of a second away in St. Pete (St.

Petersburg). So, to finally get the pole, it means a ton, and I think, you know, I want to shout out to my crew, the pit bull here, the 28 car, the in-power car, you know, they've done a tremendous job. And even in this session, we were all over the place in Q1, but in Q2, Q3, we just improved the car, and it feels amazing.