Mattias Ekström

Mattias Ekström
Nationality	Swedish
Born	July 14, 1978 (1978-07-14) (age 33) Falun (Sweden)
2011 DTM
Debut season	2001
Current team	Audi Sport Team Abt Sportsline
Car no.	8
Starts	112
Wins	17
Poles	15
Fastest laps	10
Best finish	1st in 2004, 2007
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 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.

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.

Racing record

Complete DTM results

Ekström driving for Audi (Abt) in the 2006 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season.

Ekström competing at the opening round of the 2009 Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters season at Hockenheim.

(key)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Pos	Points
2001	Abt Sportsline Junior	Abt-Audi TT-R	HOC1	NÜR1 9	OSC 7	SAC 5	NOR 9	LAU 3	NÜR2 14	A1R 11	ZAN Ret	HOC2 6		8th	38
2002	Abt Sportsline	Abt-Audi TT-R	HOC1 2	ZOL 4	DON 3	SAC 7	NOR 3	LAU 2	NÜR 10	A1R 11	ZAN 1	HOC2 2		3rd	50
2003	Abt Sportsline	Abt-Audi TT-R	HOC1 8	ADR 2	NÜR1 7	LAU 3	NOR Ret	DON 3	NÜR2 4	A1R 5	ZAN 3	HOC2 2		4th	46
2004	Abt Sportsline	Audi A4 DTM 2004	HOC1 3	EST 2	ADR 1	LAU 1	NOR 4	SHA1 3	NÜR 2	OSC 5	ZAN 1	BRN 1	HOC2 6	1st	74
2005	Abt Sportsline	Audi A4 DTM 2005	HOC1 5	LAU1 4	SPA 2	BRN 1	OSC 2	NOR 3	NÜR 1	ZAN 2	LAU2 1	IST 12	HOC2 7	2nd	71
2006	Abt Sportsline	Audi A4 DTM 2006	HOC1 Ret	LAU DSQ	OSC 7	BRH 1	NOR 6	NÜR 8	ZAN 13	CAT 4	BUG Ret	HOC2 12		8th	21
2007	Abt Sportsline	Audi A4 DTM 2007	HOC1 1	OSC 7	LAU 10	BRH 3	NOR 3	MUG 2	ZAN 3	NÜR 3	CAT Ret	HOC2 3		1st	50
2008	Abt Sportsline	Audi A4 DTM 2008	HOC1 1	OSC 8	MUG 6	LAU 3	NOR 4	ZAN 1	NÜR 6	BRH 3	CAT DSQ	BUG 1	HOC2 7	3rd	56
2009	Abt Sportsline	Audi A4 DTM 2009	HOC1 7	LAU 3	NOR 3	ZAN 3	OSC 2	NÜR 3	BRH 5	CAT 6	DIJ 9	HOC2 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	HOC1 2	ZAN 8	SPL Ret	LAU 11	NOR 7	NÜR 1	BRH 2	OSC 1	VAL 1	HOC2 6		2nd	52

¹ - Shanghai was a non-championship round.

References

1. ^ "Driver profile - Mattias Ekström". eWRC-results.com. http://www.ewrc-results.com/profile.php?profile=203. Retrieved 22 June 2010. 
2. ^ Mejia, Diego (7 June 2010). "Ekstrom gets NASCAR race chance". autosport.com (Haymarket Publications). http://www.autosport.com/news/report.php/id/84221. Retrieved 7 June 2010. 

External links

• Official Homepage
• Racing career

Sporting positions
Preceded by Fredrik Ekblom	Swedish Touring Car Champion 1999	Succeeded by Tommy Rustad
Preceded by Bernd Schneider	German Touring Car Champion 2004	Succeeded by Gary Paffett
Preceded by Jean Alesi Sébastien Loeb	Race of Champions Nations' Cup 2005 with: Tom Kristensen	Succeeded by Marcus Grönholm Heikki Kovalainen
Preceded by Sébastien Loeb	Race of Champions Champion of Champions 2006-2007	Succeeded by Sébastien Loeb
Preceded by Bernd Schneider	German Touring Car Champion 2007	Succeeded by Timo Scheider
Preceded by Sébastien Loeb	Race of Champions Champion of Champions 2009	Succeeded by Filipe Albuquerque

Persondata
Name	Ekstrom, Mattias
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Date of birth	1978-07-14
Place of birth	Falun (Sweden)
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