Mattias Ekström

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Mattias Ekström
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Ekström in 2016
Nationality Sweden Swedish
Born (1978-07-14) July 14, 1978 (age 45)
Falun, Sweden
DTM career
Debut season 2001
Current team Abt Sportsline
Car no. 5
Starts 185
Wins 23
Poles 20
Fastest laps 12
Best finish 1st in 2004, 2007
Finished last season 3rd (147 pts)
Previous series
1997–2000
1995–1996		 STCC
Renault 5 Junior Sweden
Championship titles
2004, 2007
1999
1996		 DTM
STCC
Renault 5 Junior Sweden

Mattias Ekström (born July 14, 1978 in Falun, Sweden) is a racing driver from Sweden. He has been competing in the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters for Audi since 2001. He is a two-time DTM champion and a three-time winner of the Race of Champions.

Career

File:Mattias Ekström 2007 DTM.jpg
Ekström won his second DTM championship in 2007.

Ekström was the Swedish Touring Car champion in 1999. In 2004, he won the Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (DTM). Before that, he had finished fourth in the series in 2003 and third in 2002. In the 2005 DTM season he finished second behind Gary 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.

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.

File:DTM Audi A4 Ekstroem09 amk.jpg
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.

File:2014 DTM HockenheimringII Mattias Ekstroem by 2eight 8SC4973.jpg
Ekström competing in the 2014 DTM season.

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 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.

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 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters results

(key)

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
 LAU
2
 NOR
1
 NOR
2
 ZAN
1
 ZAN
2
 MSC
1
 MSC
2
 NÜR
1
 NÜR
2
 HUN
1
 HUN
2
 HOC
1
 HOC
2
 10th* 20*

1 – Shanghai was a non-championship round. * Season still in progress.

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

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

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

Complete Global RallyCross Championship results

Supercar

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

Complete FIA European Rallycross Championship results

Supercar

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ERX Points
2013 Marklund Motorsport Volkswagen Polo R 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

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
20		 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
 SWE
 CAN
 FRA
 BAR
 LAT
 GER
 ARG
 1st* 105*

* Season still in progress.

References

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External links

Sporting positions
Preceded by Swedish Touring Car Champion
1999		 Succeeded by
Tommy Rustad
Preceded by DTM Champion
2004		 Succeeded by
Gary Paffett
Preceded by Race of Champions
Nations' Cup
2005 with:
Tom Kristensen		 Succeeded by
Marcus Grönholm
Heikki Kovalainen
Preceded by Race of Champions
Champion of Champions
2006–2007		 Succeeded by
Sébastien Loeb
Preceded by DTM Champion
2007		 Succeeded by
Timo Scheider
Preceded by Race of Champions
Champion of Champions
2009		 Succeeded by
Filipe Albuquerque
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