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Who is Marcus Ericsson?
Marcus Ericsson makes a surprise step up to Formula 1 with Caterham this season, despite a disappointing 2013 with DAMS in GP2.The 23-year-old Swede was born on 2 September 1990 in Kumla, Orebro County and got his first taste of motorsport in 1999 when he entered the Swedish kart series Cadetti, taking six podiums in seven races.
He continued in karts until the end of 2006 when he met former IndyCar champion and Indy 500 winner Kenny Brack and former Swedish Formula 1 driver Eje Elgh, who offered to help him graduate to single-seaters. With Brack and Elgh's backing, it wasn't long until Ericsson was testing a Formula BMW car.
The Swede made the move to Formula BMW UK in 2007 and made an...
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