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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 ...
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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...
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Appearance in Audi S1 EKS RX quattro at action sports event in the United States
New rallycross competition with spectacular jumps
Audi rallycross driver Mattias Ekström will take part in the Nitro World Games (September 22–23) in Salt Lake City for the first time. He will compete in the new rallycross event in an Audi S1 EKS RX quattro. Ekström will meet with top-class drivers from the rallycross series and popular U.S. action sports stars. The acti...
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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...
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Mattias Ekström misses podium by a hair’s breadth
In spite of rocket start: Andreas Bakkerud’s race ends in semi-finals
A crazy race weekend with many highs and lows: in round seven of the FIA World Rallycross Championship at Trois-Rivières, Canada, Mattias Ekström as the best Audi driver placed fourth with a small deficit.
During the season’s first overseas race both Mattias Ekström and his teammate, Andreas Bakkerud, shone with...
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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...
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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.
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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...
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Norwegian second on World Rallycross Championship premiere in Silverstone
Mattias Ekström completes string result for EKS Audi Sport with fourth place
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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...
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Round three of twelve on rallycross calendar
Race track one of the most unusual and difficult ones
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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.
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2013 DTM Champion storms to second place from ninth on the grid
Spectators witness one of the most gripping DTM races of all time
Fans celebrate Mattias Ekström’s DTM farewell
What a DTM opener at Hockenheim! In Sunday’s spectacular second race, Mike Rockenfeller in the Schaeffler Audi RS 5 DTM of Audi Sport Team Phoenix stormed forward to second position after starting from ninth on the grid. His teammate, Loïc Duval, and René Rast (Audi Spo...
Snow in final! Qualifying winner Andreas Bakkerud finishes fourth
Mattias Ekström misses final at Montalegre by 0.5 seconds
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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...
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Audi factory driver says goodbye to fans at DTM season opener
Additional Audi RS 5 DTM to be fielded for two-time DTM Champion
Mattias Ekström: “Plenty of goose-bump moments”
Emotional farewell after 17 years in DTM: Mattias Ekström will race in an additional Audi RS 5 DTM in the DTM season opener at the Hockenheimring, so giving motorsport fans yet another reason to watch the races on May 5 and 6 either live at the venue or on television.
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Second generation Audi S1 EKS RX quattro celebrates premiere
Mattias Ekström targets third successive Barcelona victory
Moment of truth for Audi factory driver Mattias Ekström and his team in Spain: the fifth World Rallycross Championship season commences at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya on April 14–15. And the new Audi S1 EKS RX quattro makes its competitive race debut. To start the World RX season, the EKS Audi Sport squad must assert itself against the teams from ...
Second-generation Audi S1 EKS RX quattro presented at Silverstone
Audi factory driver Mattias Ekström relies on new technology and new teammate
Season kicks off at Barcelona on April 14 and 15.
On the official test and media day of the racing series at Silverstone (Great Britain) this Monday, EKS Audi Sport presents the second-generation Audi S1 EKS RX quattro in which Ekström and his new teammate, Andreas Bakkerud, will contest the 2018 season.
The ...
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Mattias Ekström’s rallycross project to continue with Audi factory support
Andreas Bakkerud at the wheel of the second Audi S1 EKS RX quattro
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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...
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Swede to concentrate on FIA World RX commitment in 2018
Dutchman Robin Frijns promoted from GT program
Remainder of driver squad unchanged for DTM 2018
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It marks the end of an era: After 17 years, 193 races, 23 victories and two championship titles, factory driver Mattias Ekström ends his DTM career, which means that Audi’s most successful DTM campaigner to date is leaving this racing series. In 2018, Ekström will concentrate ...
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Decision about the multi-talent’s future in racing
Details on January 29 to be announced at partner Red Bull’s Hangar-7 in Salzburg
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Will he end his unique career? Will he continue his dual-track commitment in the DTM and in the FIA World Rallycross Championship or concentrate on one of these two racing series in the 2018 season? There has been a lot of speculation about Audi factory driver Mattias Ekström’s future in racing i...