Sauber’s Marcus Ericsson has labelled Friday in Brazil as a ‘good day’ as he got to grips with the Interlagos circuit.
The Swede finished 18th in opening practice, he was one place higher in second practice, finishing 17th.
2015 is the first time Ericsson has driven the Interlagos circuit after Caterham did not participate in the last couple of races due to financial problems at the end of the 2014 season.
“It was a good Friday. It was my first time driving on this track, so in FP1 I wanted to cover as many kilometres as possible. In the morning, we tried different set-ups on the car and then made the right changes for FP2. I felt more comfortable in the car. I had a good feeling on the high and low-fuel runs with the medium tyres.
A red flag caused by Fernando Alonso stopping out on the circuit meant Ericsson was unable to complete a qualifying simulation.
Ericsson was happy with his running on the medium tyre but admits there is work to do on the soft tyre.
“We postponed this low-fuel run to the end of the session, but lost the edge of the tyres as I had already been out with this set. On soft tyres, we have some work to do, but on the medium tyres we had a reasonable session.”
