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Ericsson on fiery Sauber: I realised I should hurry up

Marcus Ericsson has laughed off a tense moment jumping out of his Alfa Romeo Sauber after initially not realising it was on fire after a crash towards the end of the morning practice session which ruled him out of FP2. The Swedish driver suffered a fast spint into the barriers in the closing minutes of FP1 at Paul Ricard and after losing his right mirror in the crash Ericsson did not see the flames engulfing his car caused by a suspected oil line break. The incident became momentarily tense as Ericsson slowly emerged out of his car as the fire grew larger behind him before track marshals were able to extinguish the flames. Ericsson revealed after the crash, with fire damage on his chassis...
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