Mattias Ekström

Mattias Ekström 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 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. 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.
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. 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.
.
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. 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.
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, to concentrate on running his rallycross team, now with added support from Audi Sport.

Racing record

Complete Swedish Touring Car Championship results

Year

Team

Car

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

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

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

Year

Team

Car

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Sprint Cup Series

Complete V8 Supercar results

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

WDC

Points

1999

Mattias Ekström

Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV

MON

SWE
30

KEN

POR

ESP

FRA

ARG

GRE

NZL

FIN

CHN

ITA

AUS

GBR

2000

Mattias Ekström

Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IV

MON

SWE
21

KEN

POR

ESP

ARG

GRE

NZL

FIN

CYP

FRA

ITA

AUS

GBR

2003

Mattias Ekström

Mitsubishi Lancer Evo VII

MON

SWE
23

TUR

NZL

ARG

GRE

CYP

GER

FIN

AUS

ITA

FRA

ESP

GBR

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

2005

Škoda Motorsport

Škoda Fabia WRC

MON

SWE
10

MEX

NZL

ITA

CYP

TUR

GRE

ARG

FIN

GER

GBR

JPN

FRA

ESP

AUS

2006

Škoda Motorsport

Škoda Fabia WRC

MON

SWE
Ret

MEX

ESP

FRA

ARG

ITA

GRE

GER
11

FIN

JPN

CYP

TUR

AUS

NZL

GBR

Complete Global RallyCross Championship results

Supercar

Year

Entrant

Car

GRC

Points

2013

Marklund Motorsport

Volkswagen Polo

BRA

MUN1
5

MUN2
4

LOU

BRI

LAN

ATL

CHA

LVS

15th

Complete FIA European Rallycross Championship results

Supercar

Complete FIA World Rallycross Championship results

Supercar

Bathurst 1000 results

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