{"id":94570,"date":"2021-06-16T06:40:00","date_gmt":"2021-06-13T02:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-marcus-ericsson-honda-win-opening-round-of-detroit-doubleheader\/"},"modified":"2021-06-16T06:50:02","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T10:50:02","slug":"marcus-ericsson-ronda-de-apertura-de-honda-win-en-la-doble-jornada-de-detroit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/marcus-ericsson-ronda-de-apertura-de-honda-win-en-la-doble-jornada-de-detroit\/","title":{"rendered":"Marcus Ericsson, Honda Win Opening Round of Detroit Doubleheader"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n.prngen1{\nBORDER-TOP:0pt; BORDER-RIGHT:0pt; BORDER-COLLAPSE: COLLAPSE; BORDER-BOTTOM:0pt; BORDER-LEFT:0pt\n}\n.prngen2{\nBORDER-TOP:black 0pt; BORDER-RIGHT:black 0pt; VERTICAL-ALIGN: BOTTOM; BORDER-BOTTOM:black 0pt; PADDING-LEFT:0.50em; BORDER-LEFT:black 0pt; PADDING-RIGHT:0.50em\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">DETROIT<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">June 12, 2021<\/span> \/PRNewswire\/ &#8212;\u00a0Taking advantage of a late-race mechanical problem for <span class=\"xn-person\">Will Power<\/span>, Chip Ganassi Racing&#8217;s <span class=\"xn-person\">Marcus Ericsson<\/span> leapt to the front of the field following the second of two red flag race stoppages to win the opening round of the Detroit Grand Prix NTT INDYCAR SERIES weekend.\u00a0 The victory is the first for Ericsson, now in his third season of Indy car competition, the third for Chip Ganassi Racing this season and the fifth for Honda.<\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpgc404left\" style=\"WIDTH: 100%; TEXT-ALIGN: left\" dir=\"ltr\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"prnejpgc404left\" title=\"Marcus_Ericsson_IndyCar_win\" border=\"0\" alt=\"Marcus_Ericsson_IndyCar_win\" align=\"middle\" imagelabel=\"General\" src=\"https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1532132\/Marcus_Ericsson_IndyCar_win.jpg\"\/><\/div>\n<p>The 70-lap contest was stopped twice, first on Lap 24 for a single-car crash that sent <span class=\"xn-person\">Felix Rosenqvist<\/span> hard into the Turn 6 retaining wall.\u00a0 Rosenqvist was alert and conscious following the impact, but was transported to a local hospital for additional evaluation.<\/p>\n<p>Running a close second to race leader Power in the closing laps, a second red flag \u2013 for <span class=\"xn-person\">Romain Grojean&#8217;s<\/span> single-car crash \u2013 stopped the race with just seven laps remaining.\u00a0 A mechanical issue for Power prevented him from taking the restart, and Ericsson led the rest of the way to take the checkers by 1.7 seconds over Rinus VeeKay.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p>Following Ericsson, the Rahal Letterman Lanigan trio of <span class=\"xn-person\">Takuma Sato<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-person\">Graham Rahal<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-person\">Santino Ferrucci<\/span> finished fourth through sixth, respectively.\u00a0 <\/p>\n<p><b><u>Detroit Grand Prix Race 1 Honda Results<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<div>\n<table id=\"convertedTable5d18\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" class=\"prngen1\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">&#8211; 1<sup>st<\/sup> Marcus Ericsson<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Chip Ganassi Racing Honda <\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">&#8211; 4<sup>th<\/sup> Takuma Sato<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">&#8211; \u00a05<sup>th<\/sup> Graham Rahal<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">&#8211; 6<sup>th<\/sup> Santino Ferrucci<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Rahal Letterman Lanigan Honda<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">&#8211; 7<sup>th<\/sup> Alexander Rossi<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Andretti Autosport Honda<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">&#8211; 8<sup>th<\/sup> Scott Dixon<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Chip Ganassi Racing Honda<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">&#8211; 9<sup>th<\/sup> Ed Jones<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Dale Coyne Racing with Vasser-Sullivan Honda<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">&#8211; 14<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Colton Herta<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Andretti Autosport Honda<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">&#8211; 15<sup>th<\/sup> Alex Palou<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Chip Ganassi Racing Honda<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">&#8211; 16<sup>th<\/sup> Jack Harvey<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Meyer Shank Racing Honda<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">&#8211; 17<sup>th<\/sup> James Hinchcliffe<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Andretti Autosport Honda<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">&#8211; 23<sup>rd<\/sup> Romain Grosjean<b>-R<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Dale Coyne Racing with RWR Honda<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">&#8211; 21<sup>st<\/sup> Ryan Hunter-Reay<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Andretti Autosport Honda<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">&#8211; 24<sup>th<\/sup> Jimmie Johnson<b>-R<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Chip Ganassi Racing Honda<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><b><u>NTT INDYCAR SERIES Manufacturers&#8217; Championship (unofficial, after 7 rounds)<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<div>\n<table id=\"convertedTable471b\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" class=\"prngen1\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Honda<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">576 pts<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">Chevrolet<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">556<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><b><u>NTT INDYCAR SERIES Drivers&#8217; Championship (unofficial, after 7 rounds)<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<div>\n<table id=\"convertedTable6ddd\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" border=\"0\" class=\"prngen1\">\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">1. Alex Palou, Chip Ganassi Racing Honda<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">263 [1 race win]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">2. Pato O&#8217;Ward, Arrow McLaren SP<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">248 [1 race win]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">3. Scott Dixon, Chip Ganassi Racing Honda<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td class=\"prngen2\">\n<p class=\"prnews_p\"><span class=\"prnews_span\">237 points [1 win]<\/span><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p><b><u>Quotes<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Marcus Ericsson<\/span> <\/b>(Chip Ganassi Racing Honda<b>) Started 15<sup>th<\/sup>, finished first, first career INDYCAR win in his third season with the series: <\/b>&#8220;The team&#8217;s done such a great job, the Husky&#8217;s Chocolate crew and Honda, everyone on the [timing] stand and in the pits. It&#8217;s a team effort.\u00a0 Obviously, I feel bad for Will [Power, who was unable to take the final restart due to a mechanical issue], but it was my day today.\u00a0 For once, the luck was on my side and I have to say it was about time!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Piers Phillips<\/span> <\/b>(President, Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing) <b>On placing three cars in the top six today: <\/b>&#8220;Well, what a day.\u00a0 We definitely had some challenges in qualifying, so to bring all three cars home fourth, fifth and sixth is a credit to the team. I think it&#8217;s a credit to the guys that drove them [<span class=\"xn-person\">Graham Rahal<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-person\">Takuma Sato<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-person\">Santino Ferrucci<\/span>], particularly in the difficult conditions we had today.\u00a0 But now the focus is on tomorrow [and the second race] and the goal is to finish one-two-three rather than four-five-six.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b><span class=\"xn-person\">Kelvin Fu<\/span> <\/b>(Program Director, Honda Performance Development) <b>on today&#8217;s Honda win in <span class=\"xn-location\">Detroit<\/span>: <\/b>&#8220;I guess you can say &#8216;the red flag giveth, and the red flag taketh away&#8217;.\u00a0 First, and most important, it appears that [Arrow McLaren SP driver] <span class=\"xn-person\">Felix Rosenqvist<\/span> escaped serious injury in his massive crash.\u00a0The first red flag [for the Rosenqvist crash] effectively ended the victory chances for several of our drivers, including <span class=\"xn-person\">Scott Dixon<\/span> and <span class=\"xn-person\">Alexander Rossi<\/span>.\u00a0 But the late race stoppage, and <span class=\"xn-person\">Will Power&#8217;s<\/span> subsequent mechanical problem, opened the door for <span class=\"xn-person\">Marcus Ericsson<\/span> to score an overdue first victory, a great result for Marcus and the #8 Chip Ganassi Racing team. It also is the first victory for HPD&#8217;s <span class=\"xn-person\">Nicole Rotondo<\/span>, trackside engineer for Marcus.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><b><u>Fast Facts<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li>With Ericsson&#8217;s win today, seven different drivers \u2013 from seven different countries \u2013 have won the first seven races of 2021, tying the post-war record for different INDYCAR SERIES winners to start a season. <\/li>\n<li>In addition to Brazilian <span class=\"xn-person\">Helio Castroneves&#8217;<\/span> historic win last month at the <span class=\"xn-location\">Indianapolis<\/span> 500, other Honda race winners this year include current championship points leader, Spaniard Alex Palou (Honda Indy Grand Prix of <span class=\"xn-location\">Alabama<\/span>); defending and six-time champion <span class=\"xn-person\">Scott Dixon<\/span> (Texas Race 1) from <span class=\"xn-location\">New Zealand<\/span>; and American <span class=\"xn-person\">Colton Herta<\/span> (Firestone Grand Prix of <span class=\"xn-location\">St. Petersburg<\/span>). <\/li>\n<li>Honda continues to hold the mid-season lead in the 2021 INDYCAR Manufacturers&#8217; Championship, with five victories in the first seven races. Honda has a 20-point advantage (576-556) over rival Chevrolet. The company is seeking its fourth consecutive NTT INDYCAR SERIES Manufacturers&#8217; Championship in 2021. <\/li>\n<li>Honda-powered drivers have now won six of the last seven Indy car events run on the Belle Isle Park street circuit.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><u>Next<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n<p>NTT INDYCAR SERIES racing activities on Belle Isle Park continue tomorrow with the second round of the doubleheader weekend. Sunday&#8217;s 70-lap closer starts at <span class=\"xn-chron\">12 p.m. EDT<\/span> with live television coverage again on NBC. <\/p>\n<p>Honda Racing social media content and video links from <span class=\"xn-location\">Detroit<\/span> can be found on Instagram (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3194589-1&amp;h=429998463&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Fhondaracing_hpd&amp;a=www.instagram.com%2Fhondaracing_hpd\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.instagram.com\/hondaracing_hpd<\/a>), Twitter (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3194589-1&amp;h=1154323593&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FHondaRacing_HPD&amp;a=twitter.com%2FHondaRacing_HPD\" rel=\"nofollow\">twitter.com\/HondaRacing_HPD<\/a>) and Facebook (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3194589-1&amp;h=4261335464&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FHondaRacingHPD)&amp;a=www.facebook.com%2FHondaRacingHPD)\" rel=\"nofollow\">www.facebook.com\/HondaRacingHPD)<\/a>.\u00a0 Additional features and long-form videos can be found on the Honda Racing\/HPD YouTube channel (<a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3194589-1&amp;h=969787231&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2FHondaRacingHPDTV)&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2FHondaRacingHPDTV)\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/HondaRacingHPDTV)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Photo:<br \/><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3194589-1&amp;h=1599314030&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F1532132%2FMarcus_Ericsson_IndyCar_win.jpg&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F1532132%2FMarcus_Ericsson_IndyCar_win.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/1532132\/Marcus_Ericsson_IndyCar_win.jpg<\/a><br \/>Logo: <a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3194589-1&amp;h=1740631788&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F83597%2Fhonda_performance_development__inc__honda_racing_logo.jpg&amp;a=https%3A%2F%2Fmma.prnewswire.com%2Fmedia%2F83597%2Fhonda_performance_development__inc__honda_racing_logo.jpg\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/mma.prnewswire.com\/media\/83597\/honda_performance_development__inc__honda_racing_logo.jpg<\/a><\/p>\n<div id=\"prni_dvprnejpgc9f0left\" style=\"WIDTH: 100%; 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