Anton Marklund
Anton Marklund is a Swedish racecar driver who won the 2017 FIA European Rallycross Championship. He has competed most of his career for his father's team Marklund Motorsport.Career
Marklund entered five rounds of the 2011 European Rallycross Championship for Marklund Motorsport with a Ford Fiesta TouringCar, scoring a third place finish at Sweden. In the 2011 European Rallycross Championship he scored two wins and six second place finishes, claiming the TouringCar title.
For the 2013 European Rallycross Championship, Marklund moved to the Supercar to drive a Volkswagen Polo, finishing seventh in points.
Marklund raced the 2014 FIA World Rallycross Championship for Marklund Motorsport in a Volkswagen Polo Supercar. He made 5 finals, including a career-best 2nd in Canada. He ended the season 6th in the points, having scored points in every event.
In 2015, Marklund raced at the FIA World Rallycross Championship with Mattias Ekström's team, EKS RX, driving an Audi S1 at races except Canada, where he drove a Volkswagen Polo. He endured a tough start to the season, rolling in the season opener in Portugal and launched off Daniel Holten in Sweden. He finished the season strongly, with a 6th in Turkey and a 4th in Italy. Also in 2015, Marklund also ran in the Audi Sport TT Cup, finishing 16th in the standings with 63 points and a best finish of 8th.
For the 2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship, Kristoffersson Motorsport and Marklund Motorsport combined their operations to participate under the brand Volkswagen RX Sweden. Driving a Volkswagen Polo Supercar, Marklund finished 13th in points, with best results of fourth at Belgium and Sweden.
He left the World Rallycross Championship in 2017, and returned to the European Rallycross Championship with Marklund Motorsport. He won the title with three wins in five races.TouringCar
Supercar
| Year | Entrant | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ERX | Points |
| 2013 | Marklund Motorsport | Volkswagen Polo | GBR
7 | POR
9 | HUN
8 | FIN
9 | NOR
7 | SWE
21 | FRA
13 | AUT
7 | GER
9 | 7th | 102 |
| 2017 | Marklund Motorsport | Volkswagen Polo | BAR
1 | NOR
2 | SWE
1 | FRA
4 | LAT
1 | | | | | 1st | 129 |
| 2018 | Marklund Motorsport | Volkswagen Polo | BAR
2 | BEL
1 | SWE
14 | FRA
3 | LAT
3 | | | | | 2nd | 101 |
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 | Marklund Motorsport | Volkswagen Polo | POR
5 | GBR
12 | NOR
8 | FIN
5 | SWE
14 | BEL
4 | CAN
2 | FRA
8 | GER
17 | ITA
6 | TUR
4 | ARG
7 | | 6th | 173 |
| 2015 | EKS RX | Audi S1 | POR
17 | HOC
20 | BEL
7 | GBR
14 | GER
11 | SWE
25 | | NOR
8 | FRA
9 | BAR
15 | TUR
6 | ITA
4 | ARG
11 | 12th | 78 |
| 2015 | EKS RX | Volkswagen Polo | | | | | | | CAN
14 | | | | | | | 12th | 78 |
| 2016 | Volkswagen RX Sweden | Volkswagen Polo | POR
12 | HOC
15 | BEL
4 | GBR
9 | NOR
15 | SWE
4 | CAN
6 | FRA
18 | BAR
14 | LAT
15 | GER
15 | ARG
11 | | 13th | 76 |
| 2018 | Marklund Motorsport | Volkswagen Polo | BAR
| POR
| BEL
| GBR
17 | NOR
11 | SWE
| CAN
| FRA
| LAT
| USA
12 | GER
9 | RSA
8 | | 14th | 35 |
