9 Oct 2018

Rallycross: Notorious First Corner of Estering Awaits EKS Audi Sport

source: Audi Sport Mattias Ekström returns to the place of his Rallycross title win Audi pilot travels to Estering race weekend ranking second in World RX Ekström: “Spectacular spot and one of the best on the World RX calendar” This weekend (October 13/14), the FIA World Rallycross Championship (World RX) comes to Germany. For Audi driver Mattias Ekström and EKS Audi Sport, the Estering race track in Buxtehude is very special. In 2017, Mattias ...
Tue, Oct 09 , 2018 Bill
25 Sep 2018

Rallycross: U.S. Premiere for EKS Audi Sport

source: Audi Sport FIA World Rallycross Championship to visit United States for the first time Race track in Austin with spectacular jump U.S. premiere for EKS Audi Sport: This weekend (September 29/30) Austin (Texas) is hosting the first FIA World Rallycross Championship (World RX) round in the United States. Audi driver Mattias Ekström knows the Circuit of the Americas primarily as a race track for Formula One and MotoGP events. “So far, I’ve only s...
Tue, Sep 25 , 2018 Bill
17 Sep 2018

Another Podium Finish for EKS Audi Sport in Riga

source: Audi Sport Mattias Ekström takes second place in Audi S1 EKS RX quattro Audi drivers Andreas Bakkerud and Nico Müller knocked out in semi-final EKS Audi Sport celebrate a podium finish for the sixth time in the current FIA World Rallycross Championship season: at the ninth round of the season in the Latvian capital Riga, Mattias Ekström in the Audi S1 EKS RX quattro finished second, only 2.3 seconds behind the winner and championship leader Johan Kristoffe...
Mon, Sep 17 , 2018 Bill
31 Jul 2018

Rallycross: first overseas round for EKS Audi Sport

[source: Audi Sport] Second half of the World RX season begins in Canada Final races live on SPORT1 for the first time With two Audi S1 EKS RX quattro cars that have received detailed improvements EKS Audi Sport will compete at Trois-Rivières, Canada, on August 4 and 5. The race weekend is ringing in the second half of the FIA World Rallycross Championship (World RX) season. Detailed improvements to the suspension and engine of the Audi S1 EKS RX quattro prov...
Tue, Jul 31 , 2018 Bill
1 Jul 2018

Celebration at Höljes: Audi Driver Bakkerud Reclaims World RX Position Two

[source: Audi Sport] Fifth podium in succession for Andreas Bakkerud in Sweden 51,600 spectators make for a record turnout and a festival atmosphere On clinching second place on the “Magic Weekend” in Höljes, Sweden, Audi driver Andreas Bakkerud improved from fourth to second position again in the FIA World Rallycross Championship (World RX). With a strong home round EKS Audi Sport bumped the Peugeot factory team from position two in the teams’ standings. ...
Sun, Jul 01 , 2018 Bill
30 Jun 2018

Audi Driver Bakkerud With Goose Bumps at Höljes: “Good first day“

[source: Audi Sport] EKS Audi Sport is setting its sights on another podium result at its home round in the FIA World Rallycross Championship (World RX) at Höljes, Sweden. After day one, Andreas Bakkerud in his 580-hp Audi S1 EKS RX quattro is in the runner-up position behind World Champion Johan Kristoffersson (Volkswagen) in second place. Mattias Ekström maintains position five overnight. The two Audi drivers met with each other in their two qualifying races on Saturday displaying goo...
Sat, Jun 30 , 2018 Bill
26 Jun 2018

Rallycross: EKS Audi Sport Before “Magic Weekend”

[source: Audi Sport] Season highlight with 40,000 fans in the forests of central Sweden Level pegging: Audi drivers Ekström and Bakkerud both with two victories so far in Höljes Season highlight in the FIA World Rallycross Championship (World RX): the event in Swedish Höljes is held from June 29 to July 1. It is regarded as the craziest world championship round of the year and is simultaneously the home race for EKS Audi Sport and Mattias Ekström. ...
Tue, Jun 26 , 2018 Bill
5 Jun 2018

Rallycross Home Round for Audi Driver Bakkerud

[source: Audi Sport] Fifth World RX round for EKS Audi Sport at Hell, Norway Race track near Trondheim birthplace of EKS Five events in only eight weeks: EKS Audi Sport is engaged in a program of truly mammoth proportions right at the beginning of the FIA World Rallycross Championship (World RX). Next weekend, the supercars will be racing at Hell in Norway. These are exciting times for the World RX that is to become a fully electric racing series start...
Tue, Jun 05 , 2018 Bill
27 May 2018

Huge Celebrations in Silverstone: First Podium for Audi Driver Andreas Bakkerud

[source: Audi Sport] Norwegian second on World Rallycross Championship premiere in Silverstone Mattias Ekström completes string result for EKS Audi Sport with fourth place Silverstone -  Huge celebrations in Silverstone (Great Britain): in his fourth event for EKS Audi Sport in the FIA World Rallycross Championship (World RX), Andreas Bakkerud made the step onto the winners’ podium for the first time after finishing second. Mattias Ekström completed the strong showin...
Sun, May 27 , 2018 Bill
11 May 2018

Test of Courage for Audi Drivers at Rallycross in Belgium

[source: Audi Sport] Round three of twelve on rallycross calendar Race track one of the most unusual and difficult ones Circuit Jules Tacheny at Mettet, Belgium - Tight turns, tire walls as track barriers and a spectacular jump into the valley: Circuit Jules Tacheny at Mettet, Belgium, some 80 kilometers southeast of Brussels will host round three of the FIA World Rallycross Championship (World RX) this weekend (May 12/13) – and test the drivers’ courage. ...
Fri, May 11 , 2018 Bill
30 Apr 2018

Rallycross: Roller Coaster Ride for EKS Audi Sport

Snow in final! Qualifying winner Andreas Bakkerud finishes fourth Mattias Ekström misses final at Montalegre by 0.5 seconds Montalegre - Sun, rain and even snow in the end: totally crazy April weather in round two of the FIA World Rallycross Championship (World RX) and a roller coaster ride for EKS Audi Sport. After positions one and three in qualifying, expectations of the two Audi campaigners, Andreas Bakkerud and Mattias Ekström, in Portugal had been higher than positio...
Mon, Apr 30 , 2018 Bill
31 Jan 2018

EKS Audi Sport to Attack in World RX with Bakkerud and Ekström

source: Audi Sport Mattias Ekström’s rallycross project to continue with Audi factory support Andreas Bakkerud at the wheel of the second Audi S1 EKS RX quattro Neuburg a.d. Donau - Audi remains committed to rallycross in the 2018 season. The Ingolstadt-based brand will continue to provide factory support to Mattias Ekström’s project. Under its new name, EKS Audi Sport, the team will compete in the FIA World Rallycross Championship (World RX) with two newly prepared...
Wed, Jan 31 , 2018 Bill