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PRUETT: Marcus Ericsson reimagined

Sitting in the Indianapolis 500 winner’s press conference, Marcus Ericsson said it with his patented smile. But the smile was a mask. Knives were drawn with every word spoken: “Not bad for a pay driver.” Listen to the endless stream of folks who can’t wait to tell you he was a hack who couldn’t cut it in Formula 1, or that he was only there because of a wealthy industrialist who’s sponsored him since he was a teen, and it would be easy to believe Ericsson's current station in life — the winner of the world’s biggest open-wheel race — is something he does not deserve. In casual settings, even his first IndyCar team, Arrow McLaren SP, struggled to offer kind words about...
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