Marcus Ericsson to TOM’s
Swedish racer Marcus Ericsson has signed to race for the Toyota factory team TOM’s for the 2009 Japanese Formula 3 season.
Marcus Ericsson stormed into the racing world in 2007 by winning the UK Formula BMW championship in his first year out of karts. He then went on to the British Formula 3 championship with Fortec Motorsport where he finished fifth with five podiums finishes, two pole positions and four fastest laps.
Team TOM’s have won the Macau Grand Prix twice in a row now and have dominated the Japanese Formula 3 championship for a long time.
“I am delighted to join Petronas Team Tom’s, Marcus Ericsson says in a press release. It’s one of the absolute best F3 teams on the planet and will provide a great opportunity for success in both the Japanese F3 Championship and the Macau F3 GP. It’s going to be both exciting and developing to live outside Europe for the first time in my career”.
