Marcus Ericsson Parents: Who Are Tomas Ericsson and Kerstin Reinhold

Marcus Thorbjörn Ericsson is a Swedish racing driver currently competing in the NTT IndyCar Series with Chip Ganassi Racing driving the No. 8 Honda.

Ericsson was born on 2 September 1990 in Kumla, Örebro County to parents Tomas Ericsson and Kerstin Reinhold.

Much is not known about Ericsson’s parents but in a interview, he revealed that his parents were not well-to-do and as a result, he didn’t believe he could make a career out of racing since the cars used for it are expensive.

Erisson said;

“I’d never really thought about racing as a career.” He added, “My family didn’t have the money for me to race formula cars so we never thought about it.”

However, Fredrik Ekblom also a professional car racer from his hometown Kumla persuaded Ericsson’s father to buy a kart for Ericsson and that was the beginning of Ericsson’s career into the world of racing.

Ericsson started racing when he was nine years old.

Ericsson’s debut in car racing in 2007 saw him take the British Formula BMW title with Fortec Motorsport, moving up into the British team’s British Formula Three Championship squad.

After finishing as one of the top rookies in the category, Ericsson turned his attentions to the All-Japan Formula Three Championship where he won the championship in his debut year.

In 2010, Ericsson moved up to the GP2 Series where he secured one victory during his maiden campaign for Super Nova Racing.

Between 2011 and 2012, Ericsson drove for iSport.

Ericsson completed the 2013 GP2 season with DAMS, and debuted in Formula One in 2014 with Caterham F1.