Kaltenborn: Ericsson is a potential F1 winner!

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Sauber Team boss Monisha Kaltenborn believes that Marcus Ericsson has the potential to win in Formula 1, if he is offered the right car.

Ericsson graduated from GP2 to F1 in 2014, kick-starting his career as a Grand Prix driver with Caterham before joining Sauber the following year.

After three full years of racing at the pinnacle of motorsport, the Swede's best result to date is an 8th place finish achieved with the Swiss outfit in Australian in 2015.

Kaltenborn assessed her driver's potential and believes that on his merit Ericsson could achieve success given the proper equipment.

"You have to have that determination, have that opportunity and be at the right time at the right place and I don’t see why he can’t do that," she told Autosport.

"I’m very happy with his season. He has taken a very big step up, you see it in his whole appearance as well. He gives very valuable input to the team.

"He can definitely improve, there's a lot to do. He knows his strengths and he will learn more, and with his own experience he will find his own limits and how he can work on them."

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"That's very important because it's not easy for young drivers out there when people have their prejudices with them for them to even handle certain situations,” Kaltenborn added.

"He's found his way and he's learned how to focus much more on things that are really important to him.

"In the last races he has really taken a step up which is to say that there is a lot of potential to come from him."

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Andrew Lewin

Andrew first became a fan of Formula 1 during the time when Michael Schumacher and Damon Hill were stepping into the limelight after the era of Alain Prost, Nigel Mansell and Aryton Senna. He's been addicted ever since, and has been writing about the sport now for nearly a quarter of a century for a number of online news sites. He's also written professionally about GP2 (now Formula 2), GP3, IndyCar, World Rally Championship, MotoGP and NASCAR. In his other professional life, Andrew is a freelance writer, social media consultant, web developer/programmer, and digital specialist in the fields of accessibility, usability, IA, online communities and public sector procurement. He worked for many years in magazine production at Bauer Media, and for over a decade he was part of the digital media team at the UK government's communications department. Born and raised in Essex, Andrew currently lives and works in south-west London.