Marcus Ericsson wi🐻ll take no part in second practice for the French Grand Prix after sustaining damage to his Sauber Formula 1 car in a fiery crash during FP1. 

In the closing moments of opening practice at Paul Ricard, Ericsson spun at🗹 high-speed and slammed into the barriers on the ꦓexit of Turn 11. 

The impact caused dam🌊age to the right-hand side of his Sauber C37 before a ꦺfire broke out and engulfed the rear-end of his car, burning away a significant portion of the Swede’s engine cover. 

After the session, Sauber team principal Frederic Vasseur confirmed Ericsson would sit out the 🥀second 90-minute practice session as a result of the 🎃crash. 

“For Marcus, it was a tough🍌 session this morning and he won't do FP2 this afternoon,” Vasseur said🍬. 

Ericsson ended FP1 14th-꧅fas🃏test and trailed teammate Charles Leclerc by just under a tenth of a second. 

Vasseur revealed the Swiss team is debuting a small update to its 2018 car, though he admitted it was difficult to gauge the effectiveness of the upgrade after both drivers endured tricky s⛎essions with a number of spin𒊎s. 

"We have a small update on the car, but it is difficult to see this morning,” Vasseur explained. “We are step 🐠by step improving. The firs🌌t package was to catch up the field and I think we did it, now we have to improve step by step."