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The junior single-seater rival to F1’s Norris seeking career redemption

The entry list for Formula E’s Berlin double-header wasn’t short of new names, as the World Endurance Championship’s Spa clash last weekend offered the chance for some fresh faces to make their mark. While the likes of Formula 2 frontrunner Paul Aron was getting his first taste of racing in the all-electric championship, save for a 30-minute session in Misano last month, his team-mate across the garage was no stranger to Formula E.

Joel Eriksson returned to the grid after an absence of nearly three years, during which time the 25-year-old has all but fallen off the motorsport radar despite a junior career which promised much. In particular, battling future McLaren Formula 1 driver Lando Norris for the FIA Formula 3 European title in 2017, with Eriksson pushing the young Briton throughout.

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