Mattias Ekström
Mattias Ekström | |
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Nationality | Swedish |
Born | Falun, Sweden | July 14, 1978
DTM career | |
Debut season | 2001 |
Current team | Abt Sportsline |
Car number | 5 |
Starts | 181 |
Wins | 23 |
Poles | 20 |
Fastest laps | 11 |
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
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.
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 #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 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 |
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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)
1 – Shanghai was a non-championship round.
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 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | Red Bull Racing Team | 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
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 |
BEL |
GBR |
NOR |
SWE |
CAN |
FRA |
BAR |
LAT |
GER |
ARG |
7th* | 19* |
* Season in progress.
References
- ^ "Driver profile – Mattias Ekström". eWRC-results.com. Retrieved 22 June 2010.
- ^ Mejia, Diego (7 June 2010). "Ekstrom gets NASCAR race chance". autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 7 June 2010.
- ^ Ridge, Hal (17 April 2014). "DTM racer Mattias Ekstrom to run own team in World Rallycross". autosport.com. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
- ^ Ridge, Hal (5 June 2014). "Audi DTM star Mattias Ekstrom's World Rallycross team in Hell debut". autosport.com. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
External links
- Living people
- 1978 births
- People from Falun
- Swedish racing drivers
- 24 Hours of Spa drivers
- Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters champions
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- Swedish Touring Car Championship drivers
- Blancpain Endurance Series drivers
- NASCAR drivers
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- Swedish expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- World Rallycross Championship drivers
- Global RallyCross Championship drivers