Marcus Ericsson Quotes

I think I've explained earlier on in the year that I kind of underestimated how important experience was in this series, especially when you're up against such good quality drivers.

When I joined Formula One, I knew that what I found is that the cars are so much faster, and it took me a little while to understand where to always put the car.

It's true that driving an F1 car in testing is helpful, it's not that you learn everything.

There's obviously a lot of drivers that are in F1 because they're one of the best drivers out there, so I can learn from everyone.

It was an unbelievable experience! The brakes, the g-forces and the power of the engine are beyond description. Thanks to BMW and WilliamsF1 for giving me this chance to test. The test team looked after me brilliantly and I learnt plenty.

It's obviously nerve-wracking, because I don't know the ropes really, William is obviously used to it, but I'm willing to learn quickly and work hard.

In karting, in the European races, you have the cameras and the film crews and you do interviews. At around 13 I'd already started doing bit of media and it just increases more and more with every level you take, especially when you get into cars - and when you hit F1 it's an even higher step up. It's something you get used to over time.

I had to prepare hard for number four because that's not where I batted all my life.

I feel like when you're out there and getting reps up and getting a lot of time, then the game's starting to slow down a whole lot.

I didn't really ever race for points growing up, and so I had to learn that.

I have been in Formula One for 12 years, and out of that I had one year with the perfect car.

I'm better than Olivier.

I've never been to a race car race before.

I'm just having a wonderful time. It's an interesting thing that I'm very comfortable with this material and I don't know why. Maybe it's because I did MacBeth.

A college football star, by his senior year, is used to running out there with 110,000 people going nuts. They feel comfortable in that environment. To me, a set feels like that. The one thing that I do know is that, as long as I'm prepared, I know this environment and this world.

You know, it's always good to have seen a track before, just to kind of know where the little bumps are here and there, and just the general feel for the size.

I've been racing for my whole life, and I know what I need to do to be able to win.

Why stop now when I'm just getting the hang of it?

Then as everything, like I say, things started to come together, when things started to go our way, that's when you results started to come. I was no different driver. I was certainly learning every time I went in the car.

I can't count on both hands how many Grand Prixs I've done and how many world championships I've been to, so I think I've really earned the experience to know that when I step on the ice at nationals and when I step on the ice at the Olympics that I feel completely aware of my environment and what to expect.

It is true - maybe with five or seven points more, I could be five times world champion. But on the other hand, I could have zero world championships, and zero wins or zero podiums, because F1 is an extremely competitive environment. So I just take the positives, and I am happy with my achievements.

I just used to back my instincts and go with the flow. Lately, I've realised that once you play at the highest level you've got to take that maturity to another stage.

It's been a big challenge to get into F1.

It was always my dream to drive for Ferrari.

In an F1 team at the end you have your little family and I feel that Red Bull is definitely mine and my place to be at the moment.