- Mads Østberg
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Mads Østberg Personal information Nationality Norwegian
Born October 11, 1987 World Rally Championship record Active years 2006–present Teams Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team Rallies 31 Championships 0 Rally wins 0 Podiums 1 Stage wins 6 Total points 54 First rally 2006 Swedish Rally Mads Østberg (born October 11, 1987) is a Norwegian rally driver. His co-driver is Jonas Andersson.
Østberg competed in his first rally in 2004. His first World Rally Championship event was the 2006 Swedish Rally, in which he finished 31st in his Subaru Impreza WRC. In the 2006 season, he competed in two more WRC rallies; retiring at the Rally Finland and finishing 23rd at the Wales Rally GB.
In the 2007 season, Østberg continued with an Impreza WRC and competed in six world rallies for the Prodrive-supported Adapta team. He took his first stage win on a super special stage of the 2007 Swedish Rally,[1] and later achieved his first WRC point by finishing eighth at the 2007 Rally Finland.[2] Østberg also contested the Norwegian Rally Championship and won the national title.[3]
In 2008, Østberg continued to race with Adapta Motorsport in the WRC, using a Subaru Impreza WRC. He did not score any championship points in his seven events. In the 2009 season, Østberg scored points on three WRC rounds and recorded his best-ever finish at the Rally Portugal, finishing sixth. His Adapta AS team was supported by Prodrive because of Subaru's withdrawal from the championship.
In the following season, Østberg contested four WRC rallies in an Impreza and two in a Ford Fiesta S2000. For the second year in running, he placed 11th in the drivers' world championship. In November 2010, it was confirmed that Østberg and Adapta Motorsport will race in the 2011 WRC with a Ford Fiesta RS WRC.
WRC results
Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Points 2006 Mads Østberg Subaru Impreza WRC MON SWE
31MEX ESP FRA ARG ITA GRE GER FIN
RetJPN CYP TUR AUS NZL - 0 Adapta GBR
232007 Adapta AS Subaru Impreza WRC MON SWE
9NOR
37MEX POR
RetARG ITA
RetGRE FIN
8GER NZL ESP FRA JPN IRE GBR
1121st 1 2008 Adapta AS Subaru Impreza WRC MON SWE
9MEX ARG JOR ITA
11GRE
24TUR FIN
RetGER NZL ESP
14FRA
9JPN GBR
Ret- 0 2009 Adapta AS Subaru Impreza WRC2008 IRE NOR
9CYP POR
6ARG ITA
7GRE
7POL
RetFIN
RetAUS ESP GBR
Ret11th 7 2010 Adapta AS Subaru Impreza WRC2007 SWE
8MEX JOR TUR NZL BUL FIN
7ESP GBR
911th 18 Subaru Impreza WRC2008 POR
7Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team Ford Fiesta S2000 GER
16JPN FRA
412011 M-Sport Stobart Ford World Rally Team Ford Fiesta RS WRC SWE
2MEX
5POR
31JOR
13ITA
5ARG
5GRE
12FIN
6DEU
RetAUS FRA
7ESP
6GBR 6th* 70* * Season in progress
References
- ^ "Swedish Rally: Subaru leg two summary". Motorsport.com. http://www.motorsport.com/news/article.asp?ID=243115. Retrieved 2008-02-09.
- ^ "Ostberg gets first point at top level". Crash.net. http://www.crash.net/news_view~cid~4~id~152564.htm. Retrieved 2008-02-09.
- ^ "Mads Østberg ble norgesmester" (in Norwegian). NRK. http://www.nrk.no/nyheter/distrikt/ostfold/1.2851790. Retrieved 2008-02-09.
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