Marcus Ericsson Quotes

Despite a good season and 22 points, I'll not drive any more for Toro Rosso in 2015.

I saw Lotus F1 racing as the best choice for me to progress my career, after considering several other options that were available to me.

I have to say it's been tough to leave the Ferrari family, which has been a big part of my career.

If I don't get a race deal then I expect to be a test driver for a top team.

I really want to thank Red Bull Racing and Dr. Helmut Marko for the confidence they have in me.

That was my dream, to drive for Ferrari, but I am not a kid any more. If Ferrari is the best team and if I get the chance to drive for Ferrari, it would be with pleasure.

If someone said to me that you can have three wishes, my first would have been to get into racing, my second to be in Formula 1, my third to drive for Ferrari.

Eddie Jordan found me all the drives. If I am with Tyrrell today, it is because Eddie was there.

My time in the World Rally Championship has been a useful stage in my career, but I can't deny the fact that my hunger for F1 has recently become overwhelming.

My goal is to be a racer, and I want to be someone who inspires Americans to watch Formula One.

Winning in Monaco is always special. That track has always been good to me. I won there in Formula 3000, battled for the victory with Williams in 2006 and now I've won two of the last three grands prix there.

I was always interested in maybe being in Formula E as I said many times when I was still racing in F1.

After your time passes at Ferrari, you may drive for another team, but you're always a Ferrari driver.

It was always a dream for me to come to Jordan. Of course I want to be back in Formula One.

I obviously hope that I can continue my career with McLaren but that might not be possible and if it isn't possible then I need to continue racing.

My return is not about seeing Formula One as the best option, but is about seeing the role at Williams as the best option. I would not have returned for any other team.

Being team-mate to Michael Schumacher at Benetton in my first year of Formula One was certainly a high pressure situation.

With this opportunity that I have with McLaren, the way I look at it is if I can't succeed straightaway with McLaren now and be good enough for them then I won't ever be good enough.

I had a great opportunity to be an F1 driver but, on the other hand, I have a great opportunity to become a rally driver with a very good programme.

I'd like to thank the management at Force India for giving me the chance to return to Formula One as a team driver.

The McLaren prizes can only help me in my quest to ultimately reach Formula One.

I'm loving my role as a McLaren Young Driver, spending time in the simulator at the McLaren Technology Centre and attending some Grands Prix with the team.

Jean Todt's system will never succeed, not even with Michael Schumacher.

The debut season in F1 is obviously very tough but it's been OK. The aim for me is to stay in Formula One for many years and that's what we're working at doing at the moment.

You can't have F1 without Ferrari - you just can't have it. It's part of the theme that is the red car, and a lot of it is to do with the colour.