Mattias Ekström
| Mattias Ekström | |
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Ekström in 2016
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| Nationality |
 Swedish |
| Born |
July 14, 1978 Falun, Sweden |
| DTM career | |
| Debut season | 2001 |
| Current team | Abt Sportsline |
| Car no. | 5 |
| Starts | 197 |
| Wins | 24 |
| Podiums | 72 |
| Poles | 20 |
| Fastest laps | 13 |
| Best finish | 1st in 2004, 2007 |
| Finished last season | 7th (107 pts) |
| FIA World Rallycross Championship career | |
| Debut season | 2014 |
| Current team | EKS RX |
| Car no. | 5 |
| Starts | 26 |
| Wins | 6 |
| Podiums | 11 |
| Best finish | 1st in 2016 |
| FIA European Rallycross Championship | |
| Years active | 2013–2014 |
| Former teams | Marklund Motorsport |
| Starts | 3 |
| Wins | 1 |
| Podiums | 2 |
| Best finish | 10th in 2014 (Supercar) |
| Previous series | |
| 1997–2000 1995–1996 |
STCC Renault 5 Junior Sweden |
| Championship titles | |
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2016 2004, 2007 1999 1996 |
World Rallycross 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 FIA World Rallycross Champion, a two-time DTM champion and a three-time winner of the Race of Champions.
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. 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.
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