Ericsson Reflects on "disappointing race"

After the positive performance on Saturday in qualifying, Ericsson was unable to capitalise on Sunday after retiring early on.

Marcus Ericsson had an up and down Australian Grand Prix. Having qualified well on Saturday where most thought Sauber would be propping up the bottom of the timing sheets, both himself and Charles Leclerc set decent lap times and were looking at a positive race come Sunday.

However, a hydraulic failure on just lap 6 of the race saw the Sauber driver have to pull into the pits and retire the car. Despite not finishing the race, he felt his car was in the right place and could have had a good finish on Sunday.

“It was a disappointing race for me after the good job done during the race weekend,” he said.

“I had a solid start and the car felt really good – really strong and I was ready for the fight.

“Unfortunately, on lap six I had a hydraulic issue on my car and I had to retire from the race. Now, the team will analyse all the data.

“We were in the fight and this is positive so all I can do is to look forward to Bahrain.”

Charles Leclerc did manage to finish the race in a very respectable 13th position on his Formula One debut.