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Mattias Ekström
Ekström in April 2018
NationalitySweden Swedish
Born (1978-07-14) July 14, 1978 (age 46)
Falun, Sweden
FIA World Rallycross Championship career
Debut season2014
Current teamKYB Team JC
Car number5
Starts49
Championships1 (2016)
Wins11
Podiums22
Finished last season2nd
DTM
Years active2001–2018
Former teamsAbt Sportsline
Starts217
Championships2 (2004, 2007)
Wins25
Podiums83
Poles20
Fastest laps17
FIA ERX Supercar Championship
Years active2013–2014
Former teamsMarklund Motorsport
Starts3
Wins1
Podiums2
Best finish10th in 2014
STCC
Years active1997–2000
Former teamsVolvo S40 Racing Team Sweden
Kristoffersson Motorsport
Troberg – Rydell Junior Team
Starts55
Championships1 (1999)
Wins11
Podiums30
Poles6
Fastest laps9
Previous series
2013
2010
1995–1996		V8 Supercars
NASCAR Sprint Cup Series
Renault 5 Junior Sweden
Championship titles
2016
2004, 2007
1999
1996		World Rallycross
DTM
STCC
Renault 5 Junior Sweden
World Rally Championship record
Active years1999–2000, 2003–2006, 2021
TeamsŠkoda Motorsport
Rallies9
Championships0
Rally wins0
Podiums0
Stage wins0
Total points0
First rally1999 Rally Sweden
Last rally2021 Arctic Rally

Mattias Ekström (born July 14, 1978 in Falun, Sweden) is a racing driver from Sweden. He competed in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters for Audi from 2001 until his retirement in 2018, and has been competing in the FIA World Rallycross Championship, also for Audi, since its inception in 2014. He is a FIA World Rallycross Champion, a two-time DTM champion and a three-time winner of the Race of Champions.

Career

Ekström won his second DTM championship in 2007.

Ekström debuted in karting in 1993. The next years he competed at the Renault 5 Turbo Cup, winning the championship in 1996. The driver progressed to the Swedish Touring Car Championship in 1997, finishing runner-up with a Volvo 850. In 1998 he drove a Ford Mondeo, claiming four podiums. Ekström won the 1999 championship driving an Audi A4 quattro. He switched rides again in 2000, finishing third with a factory Volvo S40.

In 2001, Ekström joined the Abt Junior team to compete at the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters. Driving Audi TT, he finished 8th in his debut season, third in 2002, and fourth in 2003.

In 2004, Ekström won the 2004 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters, defeating Mercedes rivals Gary Paffett and Christijan Albers. In the 2005 DTM season he finished second behind Paffett.

Ekström has also been active in rallying and the World Rally Championship. He debuted in the WRC in 1999 and recorded his best result at the 2005 Swedish Rally, finishing tenth in a Škoda factory team Fabia WRC.[1] At the 2005 Race of Champions, Ekström won the Nations' Cup with Tom Kristensen. In 2006, he won the Henri Toivonen Memorial Trophy and earned the title Champion of Champions at the 2006 Race of Champions, by winning over Sébastien Loeb in the individual event finals.

After a poor 2006 season, Ekström won his second DTM title in 2007 and went on to win the 2007 Race of Champions, beating Michael Schumacher in the individual finals. In 2009, he won the Race of Champions once more beating the seven-time world champion in the final.

Ekström competing at the opening round of the 2009 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season at Hockenheim.

Ekström became the first Scandinavian driver to take part in the NASCAR Sprint Cup Series in June 2010. He raced for Team Red Bull at Infineon Raceway, substituting for Brian Vickers in the No. 83 Toyota Camry, as Vickers was inactive for the remainder of the 2010 season due to blood clots. Ekström was able to finish 21st and lead 7 laps mostly remaining in the top 5 or top 10 the whole day.[2] However he did so ex-aequo with another Scandinavian driver as Jan Magnussen from Denmark also took part in the same race, eventually finishing ahead of Ekström. Ekström also ran the Air Guard 400 at Richmond International Raceway where he started 42nd and finished 31st.

Ekström competing in the 2014 DTM season.
Ekström in his Audi S1 at the 2016 World RX of Sweden

Ekström followed in the footsteps of his father Bengt by branching out into rallycross in 2013, competing in the Swedish round of the European Rallycross Championship in Höljes, finishing second in a Volkswagen Polo. He subsequently announced that he was establishing his own EKS RX team to compete in the FIA World Rallycross Championship.[3] The team made their debut at the Norwegian round of the 2014 World Rallycross Championship season in Hell, fielding a pair of Audi S1s for Ekström and 2013 Junior World Rally Champion Pontus Tidemand.[4]

Ekström is widely regarded as one of the most versatile drivers in the world. He also participated in the Bathurst 1000 in 2013 alongside Andy Priaulx in a 'wildcard' entry. The entry qualified 19th and finished 10th, with former 1000 winner turned commentator Mark Skaife hailing his efforts, stating that he was "one of the best debutants I have seen", as well as being "the best international driver since Jacky Ickx". Ickx won the race on debut with Allan Moffat in 1977.

In January 2018, Ekström announced that he would be retiring from DTM,[5] to concentrate on running his rallycross team, now with added support from Audi Sport.[6] However, at the end of the season Audi decided to withdrew its works programme,[7] leaving Ekström's team in limbo, with some of the team's Audi S1 were sold to the privateers.[8] Eventually the team stayed as one-car privateer after signing Krisztián Szabó from Hungary,[9] with Ekström does a wildcard entry at the inaugural World Rallycross event in Spa Francochamps.[10]

Ekström returns to World Rallycross Championship in 2020 season, initially as a wildcard for the first two rounds in Sweden for the JC Race Teknik team, which coincidentally, running two EKS RX's Audi S1. He replaced Latvian Jānis Baumanis who was unable to do the full season with the team due to funding issues caused by COVID-19 pandemic.[11] Ekström ended up signed with the team for another two double-header rounds in Finland and Latvia,[12] which he got two wins and five podiums out of six events so far, making him the championship contender along with fellow Swede Johan Kristoffersson.

Racing record

Complete Swedish Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 DC Pts
1997 Troberg – Rydell Junior Team Volvo 850 GLT MAN
1
1 		MAN
2
1 		KIN
1
Ret 		KIN
2
4 		AND
1
1 		AND
2
4 		FAL
1
2 		FAL
2
Ret 		KNU
1
Ret 		KNU
2
2 		KAR
1
6 		KAR
2
1 		2nd 192
1998 Troberg – Rydell Junior Team Ford Mondeo Ghia MAN
1
Ret 		MAN
2
8 		KAR
1
3 		KAR
2
Ret 		AND
1
2 		AND
2
3 		FAL
1
Ret 		FAL
2
Ret 		KNU
1
4 		KNU
2
2 		MAN
1
Ret 		MAN
2
DNS 		8th 97
1999 Kristoffersson Motorsport Audi A4 Quattro MAN
1
3 		MAN
2
1 		KNU
1
1 		KNU
2
2 		KAR
1
2 		KAR
2
1 		AND
1
23 		AND
2
17 		FAL
1
3 		FAL
2
6 		AND
1
3 		AND
2
8 		ARC
1
6 		ARC
2
7 		MAN
1
1 		MAN
2
2 		1st 215
2000 Volvo S40 Racing Team Sweden Volvo S40 KAR
1
2 		KAR
2
3 		KNU
1
10 		KNU
2
9 		MAN
1
3 		MAN
2
2 		FAL
1
1 		FAL
2
2 		AND
1
4 		AND
2
6 		ARC
1
1 		ARC
2
1 		KAR
1
4 		KAR
2
5 		MAN
1
3 		MAN
2
2 		3rd 165

Complete Super Tourenwagen Cup results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points
1999 Abt Sportsline Audi A4 Quattro SAC
1 		SAC
2 		ZWE
1 		ZWE
2 		OSC
1 		OSC
2 		NOR
1 		NOR
2 		MIS
1 		MIS
2 		NÜR
1 		NÜR
2 		SAL
1 		SAL
2 		OSC
1
8 		OSC
2
4 		HOC
1 		HOC
2 		NÜR
1 		NÜR
2 		23rd 47

Complete Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 DC Points
2001 Abt Sportsline Junior Abt-Audi TT-R HOC
QR
17 		HOC
CR
DNS 		NÜR
QR
10 		NÜR
CR
9 		OSC
QR
6 		OSC
CR
7 		SAC
QR
2 		SAC
CR
5 		NOR
QR
11 		NOR
CR
9 		LAU
QR
Ret 		LAU
CR
3 		NÜR
QR
6 		NÜR
CR
14 		A1R
QR
Ret 		A1R
CR
11 		ZAN
QR
2 		ZAN
CR
Ret 		HOC
QR
6 		HOC
CR
6 		8th 38
2002 Abt Sportsline Abt-Audi TT-R HOC
QR
3 		HOC
CR
2 		ZOL
QR
4 		ZOL
CR
4 		DON
QR
9 		DON
CR
3 		SAC
QR
14 		SAC
CR
7 		NOR
QR
1 		NOR
CR
3 		LAU
QR
4 		LAU
CR
2 		NÜR
QR
16 		NÜR
CR
10 		A1R
QR
1 		A1R
CR
11 		ZAN
QR
3 		ZAN
CR
1 		HOC
QR
3 		HOC
CR
2 		3rd 50
2003 Abt Sportsline Abt-Audi TT-R HOC
8 		ADR
2 		NÜR
7 		LAU
3 		NOR
Ret 		DON
3 		NÜR
4 		A1R
5 		ZAN
3 		HOC
2 		4th 46
2004 Abt Sportsline Audi A4 DTM 2004 HOC
3 		EST
2 		ADR
1 		LAU
1 		NOR
4 		SHA1
3 		NÜR
2 		OSC
5 		ZAN
1 		BRN
1 		HOC
6 		1st 74
2005 Abt Sportsline Audi A4 DTM 2005 HOC
5 		LAU
4 		SPA
2 		BRN
1 		OSC
2 		NOR
3 		NÜR
1 		ZAN
2 		LAU
1 		IST
12 		HOC
7 		2nd 71
2006 Abt Sportsline Audi A4 DTM 2006 HOC
Ret 		LAU
DSQ 		OSC
7 		BRH
1 		NOR
6 		NÜR
8 		ZAN
13 		CAT
4 		BUG
Ret 		HOC
12† 		8th 21
2007 Abt Sportsline Audi A4 DTM 2007 HOC
1 		OSC
7 		LAU
10 		BRH
3 		NOR
3 		MUG
2 		ZAN
3 		NÜR
3 		CAT
Ret 		HOC
3 		1st 50
2008 Abt Sportsline Audi A4 DTM 2008 HOC
1 		OSC
8 		MUG
6 		LAU
3 		NOR
4 		ZAN
1 		NÜR
6 		BRH
3 		CAT
DSQ 		BUG
1 		HOC
7 		3rd 56
2009 Abt Sportsline Audi A4 DTM 2009 HOC
7 		LAU
3 		NOR
3 		ZAN
3 		OSC
2 		NÜR
3 		BRH
5 		CAT
6 		DIJ
9 		HOC
Ret 		5th 41
2010 Abt Sportsline Audi A4 DTM 2009 HOC
6 		VAL
1 		LAU
Ret 		NOR
2 		NÜR
7 		ZAN
4 		BRH
Ret 		OSC
3 		HOC
Ret 		ADR
8 		SHA
9 		5th 35
2011 Abt Sportsline Audi A4 DTM 2009 HOC
2 		ZAN
8 		SPL
Ret 		LAU
11 		NOR
7 		NÜR
1 		BRH
2 		OSC
1 		VAL
1 		HOC
6 		2nd 52
2012 Abt Sportsline Audi A5 DTM HOC
3 		LAU
5 		BRH
5 		SPL
4 		NOR
Ret 		NÜR
11 		ZAN
3 		OSC
8 		VAL
3 		HOC
Ret 		6th 81
2013 Abt Sportsline Audi RS5 DTM HOC
Ret 		BRH
7 		SPL
5 		LAU
8 		NOR
DSQ 		MSC
2 		NÜR
13 		OSC
7 		ZAN
4 		HOC
4 		7th 68
2014 Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline Audi RS5 DTM HOC
2 		OSC
13 		HUN
9 		NOR
3 		MSC
3 		SPL
7 		NÜR
Ret 		LAU
Ret 		ZAN
1 		HOC
1 		2nd 106
2015 Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline Audi RS5 DTM HOC
1
12 		HOC
2
1 		LAU
1
3 		LAU
2
2 		NOR
1
17 		NOR
2
4 		ZAN
1
13 		ZAN
2
7 		SPL
1
5 		SPL
2
1 		MSC
1
Ret 		MSC
2
3 		OSC
1
14 		OSC
2
11 		NÜR
1
10 		NÜR
2
11 		HOC
1
9 		HOC
2
2 		3rd 147
2016 Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline Audi RS5 DTM HOC
1
9 		HOC
2
Ret 		SPL
1
16 		SPL
2
2 		LAU
1
6 		LAU
2
2 		NOR
1
Ret 		NOR
2
Ret 		ZAN
1
7 		ZAN
2
7 		MSC
1
5 		MSC
2
9 		NÜR
1
DSQ 		NÜR
2
4 		HUN
1
18 		HUN
2
1 		HOC
1 		HOC
2 		7th 107
2017 Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline Audi RS5 DTM HOC
1
5 		HOC
2
11 		LAU
1
8 		LAU
2
2 		HUN
1
5 		HUN
2
2 		NOR
1
3 		NOR
2
4 		MSC
1
8 		MSC
2
2 		ZAN
1
17† 		ZAN
2
3 		NÜR
1
15 		NÜR
2
6 		SPL
1
1 		SPL
2
5 		HOC
1
11 		HOC
2
8 		2nd 176
2018 Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline Audi RS5 DTM HOC
1
17 		HOC
2
16 		LAU
1 		LAU
2 		HUN
1 		HUN
2 		NOR
1 		NOR
2 		ZAN
1 		ZAN
2 		BRH
1 		BRH
2 		MIS
1 		MIS
2 		NÜR
1 		NÜR
2 		SPL
1 		SPL
2 		HOC
1 		HOC
2 		NC‡ 0‡

1 Shanghai was a non-championship round.
† Retired, but was classified as he completed 75% of the winner's race distance.
‡ As Ekström was a guest driver, he was ineligible for championship points.

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Sprint Cup Series

NASCAR Sprint Cup Series results
Year Team No. Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 NSCC Pts
2010 Team Red Bull 83 Toyota DAY CAL LVS ATL BRI MAR PHO TEX TAL RCH DAR DOV CLT POC MCH SON
21 		NHA DAY CHI IND POC GLN MCH BRI ATL RCH
31 		NHA DOV KAN CAL CLT MAR TAL TEX PHO HOM 58th 175

Complete V8 Supercar results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 Final pos Points
2013 Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden VF Commodore ADE
R1 		ADE
R2 		SYM
R3 		SYM
R4 		SYM
R5 		PUK
R6 		PUK
R7 		PUK
R8 		PUK
R9 		BAR
R10 		BAR
R11 		BAR
R12 		COTA
R13 		COTA
R14 		COTA
R15 		COTA
R16 		HID
R17 		HID
R18 		HID
R19 		TOW
R20 		TOW
R21 		QLD
R22 		QLD
R23 		QLD
R24 		WIN
R25 		WIN
R26 		WIN
R27 		SAN
R28 		BAT
R29
10 		SUR
R30 		SUR
R31 		PHI
R32 		PHI
R33 		PHI
R34 		SYD
R35 		SYD
R36 		55th 156

Complete WRC results

(key)

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Points
1999 Mattias Ekström Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV MON SWE
30 		KEN POR ESP FRA ARG GRE NZL FIN CHN ITA AUS GBR NC 0
2000 Mattias Ekström Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV MON SWE
21 		KEN POR ESP ARG GRE NZL FIN CYP FRA ITA AUS GBR NC 0
2003 Mattias Ekström Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII MON SWE
23 		TUR NZL ARG GRE CYP GER FIN AUS ITA FRA ESP GBR NC 0
2004 Mattias Ekström Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII MON SWE
12 		MEX NZL CYP GRE TUR ARG FIN GER
24 		JPN GBR ITA FRA ESP AUS NC 0
2005 Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia WRC MON SWE
10 		MEX NZL ITA CYP TUR GRE ARG FIN GER GBR JPN FRA ESP AUS NC 0
2006 Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia WRC MON SWE
Ret 		MEX ESP FRA ARG ITA GRE GER
11 		FIN JPN CYP TUR AUS NZL GBR NC 0
2021 Mattias Ekström Škoda Fabia R5 Evo MON ARC
19 		CRO POR ITA KEN EST BEL GRE FIN ESP MNZ NC 0

Complete Global RallyCross Championship results

(key)

Supercar

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 GRC Points
2013 Marklund Motorsport Volkswagen Polo BRA MUN1
5 		MUN2
4 		LOU BRI LAN ATL CHA LVS 15th 26

Complete FIA European Rallycross Championship results

(key)

Supercar

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ERX Points
2013 Marklund Motorsport Volkswagen Polo GBR POR HUN FIN NOR SWE
2 		FRA AUT GER 17th 23
2014 EKS RX Audi S1 GBR NOR
11 		BEL GER
1 		ITA 10th 22

Complete FIA World Rallycross Championship results

(key)

Supercar

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 WRX Points
2014 EKS RX Audi S1 POR GBR NOR
19 		FIN SWE
1 		BEL CAN FRA GER
2 		ITA TUR ARG 11th 55
2015 EKS RX Audi S1 POR
7 		HOC BEL
6 		GBR
2 		GER
15 		SWE
1 		CAN
6 		NOR
12 		FRA
5 		BAR
7 		TUR
4 		ITA ARG
2 		6th 201
2016 EKS RX Audi S1 POR
7 		HOC
1 		BEL
1 		GBR
1 		NOR
3 		SWE
6 		CAN
8 		FRA
8 		BAR
1 		LAT
2 		GER
5 		ARG
5 		1st 272
2017 EKS RX Audi S1 BAR
1 		POR
1 		HOC
1 		BEL
4 		GBR
5 		NOR
4 		SWE CAN
7 		FRA
3 		LAT
2 		GER
1 		RSA
3 		2nd 255
2018 EKS Audi Sport Audi S1 BAR
6 		POR
7 		BEL
4 		GBR
4 		NOR
2 		SWE
6 		CAN
4 		FRA
4 		LAT
2 		USA
6 		GER
2 		RSA
2 		2nd 248
2019 EKS Audi Sport Audi S1 UAE ESP BEL
11 		GBR NOR SWE CAN FRA LAT RSA 22nd 8
2020 Sweden KYB Team JC Audi S1 SWE
2 		SWE
1 		FIN
7 		FIN
2 		LAT
2 		LAT
1 		ESP
5 		ESP
4 		2nd 192

Dakar Rally results

Year Class Vehicle Position Stages won
2021 Light Prototype Japan Yamaha DNF 0
2022 Car Germany Audi 9th 1

Bathurst 1000 results

Year Team Car Co-driver Position Lap
2013 Triple Eight Race Engineering Holden Commodore VF United Kingdom Andy Priaulx 10th 161

Complete Extreme E results

(key)

Year Team Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos. Points
2021 Abt Cupra XE Spark ODYSSEY 21 DES
Q
8 		DES
R
7 		OCE
Q
3 		OCE
R
5 		ARC
Q
2 		ARC
R
7 		ISL
Q
3 		ISL
R
2 		JUR
Q
4 		JUR
R
7 		6th 87

References

  1. ^ "Driver profile – Mattias Ekström". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 22 June 2010.
  2. ^ Mejia, Diego (7 June 2010). "Ekstrom gets NASCAR race chance". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 7 June 2010.
  3. ^ Ridge, Hal (17 April 2014). "DTM racer Mattias Ekstrom to run own team in World Rallycross". autosport.com. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  4. ^ Ridge, Hal (5 June 2014). "Audi DTM star Mattias Ekstrom's World Rallycross team in Hell debut". autosport.com. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  5. ^ "Mattias Ekström retires from DTM to focus on FIA World RX assault with EKS RX". The Checkered Flag. 2018-01-29. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  6. ^ "EKS Audi Sport to attack in World RX with Bakkerud and Ekström". Audi MediaCenter. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  7. ^ Ridge, Hal. "Audi to end its works World Rallycross programme after 2018 season". Autosport.com. Retrieved 2020-09-20.
  8. ^ "Ekstrom WRX team selling Audi S1s, could leave series". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 2020-09-20.
  9. ^ Ridge, Hal. "Ekstrom's EKS team returns to World Rallycross after signing Szabo". Autosport.com. Retrieved 2020-09-20.
  10. ^ "MATTIAS EKSTROM TO MAKE WORLD RX RETURN AT SPA". FIA World Rallycross. Retrieved 2020-09-20.
  11. ^ "EKSTROM BACK IN WORLD RX WITH KYB TEAM JC". FIA World Rallycross. Retrieved 2020-09-20.
  12. ^ "Ekstrom gets permission to contest Latvia World RX round". www.motorsport.com. Retrieved 2020-09-20.
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Sporting positions
Preceded by Swedish Touring Car Championship
Champion
1999 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
Champion
2004 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Race of Champions
Nations' Cup
2005 with:
Tom Kristensen 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Race of Champions
Champion of Champions
2006–2007 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters
Champion
2007 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Race of Champions
Champion of Champions
2009 		Succeeded by
Preceded by World Rallycross Champion
2016 		Succeeded by
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