Marcus E🐓ricsson will take no part in second practice for the Frenc꧙h 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 spꦑun at high-speed and slammed into the barriers on the exit of Turn 11. 

The impact caused damage 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 e💟ngine cover. 

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

“For Marcus, it was a tough sess❀ion this morning and he won't do FP2 this afternoon,” Vasseur said. 

Ericsson ended FP1 14th-fastest 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 sessions with a number of spins. 

"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 first package was to catch up the field and I think we did it, now we have to improve step by step."