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Ericsson lucky to avoid broken bones in chicken shunt

A bruised Marcus Ericsson has admitted that he was lucky not to break any bones after colliding with a chicken while out training on his bike in Thailand at the weekend. The Swede was spending the break between the Singapore and Malaysian Grands Prix with his trainer in Thailand and it was during a cycle session that disaster struck. Travelling at around 45 km/h, he struck a chicken that had wandered onto the road. The collision threw him to the ground – leaving him with cuts and bruises, and a badly damaged bike. “I came around a corner and there was a big chicken that ran out in the road and I hit it,” explained Ericsson, who has had his injuries to his arms and hands bandaged up....
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