2022 Indianapolis 500 winner Marcus Ericsson has vowed to get “revenge” for his controversial final-lap defeat at the hands of Team Penske’s Josef Newgarden last year.
The ex-Formula 1 racer, who moved to Andretti Global’s IndyCar team from Chip Ganassi Racing in the off-season, came within 0.0974s of being the first back-to-back winner of the Indy 500 since Helio Castroneves achieved the feat in 2002. The race was red flagged while he was leading and, instead of ending under yellow as in previous years, the race was restarted for an unprecedented one-lap shootout, during which Newgarden passed him.
It'll be interesting, but I have good confidence that we should be in the mix.” Marcus Ericsson, Andretti Global Honda Photo by: Richard Dole / Motorsport Images When asked by Motorsport.com if he carries a chip on his shoulder about last year’s controversial defeat, he replied: “Yeah, I mean, for sure. “When you're that close to going back-to-back, the first driver in over 20 years and for a minute or so I was pretty certain I had it.
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