Mattias Ekström Archives - RNW | RacingNewsWorldwide.com | Your latest racing news https://racingnewsworldwide.com/tag/mattias-ekstrom/ Motorsports news from around the world Wed, 31 Jan 2018 12:11:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://racingnewsworldwide.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/cropped-web-optmizedbig-Rm1-32x32.jpg Mattias Ekström Archives - RNW | RacingNewsWorldwide.com | Your latest racing news https://racingnewsworldwide.com/tag/mattias-ekstrom/ 32 32 152545424 What a legend! https://racingnewsworldwide.com/touring/what-a-legend/ https://racingnewsworldwide.com/touring/what-a-legend/#respond Wed, 31 Jan 2018 12:11:48 +0000 https://racingnewsworldwide.com/?p=113102 Mattias Ekström retires from DTM for good. Last Monday in Salzburg, after 17 successful years on the grid of the popular touring-car series, the Swede publicly announced his decision in a press conference. A decision that is particularly regretted by the other long-term DTM drivers. DTM.com visited the paddock and asked other drivers for statements.

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]]> https://racingnewsworldwide.com/touring/what-a-legend/feed/ 0 113102 DTM DRIVERS RACED IN BELGIUM, MONACO AND THE UK https://racingnewsworldwide.com/touring/dtm/dtm-drivers-raced-belgium-monaco-uk/ https://racingnewsworldwide.com/touring/dtm/dtm-drivers-raced-belgium-monaco-uk/#respond Wed, 17 May 2017 10:52:29 +0000 https://racingnewsworldwide.com/?p=36678 Mattias Ekström (Audi) added another chapter to his WRC story and Maro Engel (Mercedes-AMG) contested the Formula E race in his hometown Monaco. Meanwhile, Maxime Martin, Bruno Spengler (both BMW) and Edoardo Mortara (Mercedes-AMG)

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]]> https://racingnewsworldwide.com/touring/dtm/dtm-drivers-raced-belgium-monaco-uk/feed/ 0 36678 AUDI DRIVER EKSTRÖM CONTINUES TO LEAD STANDINGS https://racingnewsworldwide.com/rally/world-rallycross/audi-driver-ekstrom-continues-lead-standings/ https://racingnewsworldwide.com/rally/world-rallycross/audi-driver-ekstrom-continues-lead-standings/#respond Tue, 16 May 2017 16:09:28 +0000 https://racingnewsworldwide.com/?p=36641 Rallycross world champion Mattias Ekström finishes fourth in Belgium

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]]> https://racingnewsworldwide.com/rally/world-rallycross/audi-driver-ekstrom-continues-lead-standings/feed/ 0 36641 Hattrick! Audi and Ekström rock Hockenheim https://racingnewsworldwide.com/rally/world-rallycross/hattrick-audi-ekstrom-rock-hockenheim/ https://racingnewsworldwide.com/rally/world-rallycross/hattrick-audi-ekstrom-rock-hockenheim/#respond Mon, 08 May 2017 10:51:30 +0000 https://racingnewsworldwide.com/?p=36035 Mattias Ekström wins round three in World Rallycross Championship too Swede remains unbeaten in the 2017 season and extends overall lead Ekström: “My team has done another great job” Mattias Ekström and his Team EKS remain the measure of all things in the 2017 FIA World Rallycross Championship. In round three of the season at […]

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]]> https://racingnewsworldwide.com/rally/world-rallycross/hattrick-audi-ekstrom-rock-hockenheim/feed/ 0 36035 DTM Hockenheim: Audi Sport quotes https://racingnewsworldwide.com/touring/dtm/dtm-hockenheim-audi-sport-quotes/ https://racingnewsworldwide.com/touring/dtm/dtm-hockenheim-audi-sport-quotes/#respond Mon, 08 May 2017 10:46:50 +0000 https://racingnewsworldwide.com/?p=36032 It’s great to win and give something back to the mechanics who invested so many hours of work in preparing the car. That’s the best reward I was able to give them.

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]]> https://racingnewsworldwide.com/touring/dtm/dtm-hockenheim-audi-sport-quotes/feed/ 0 36032 Dream start for World RX Champion Ekström https://racingnewsworldwide.com/rally/dream-start-for-world-rx-champion-ekstrom/ https://racingnewsworldwide.com/rally/dream-start-for-world-rx-champion-ekstrom/#respond Sun, 02 Apr 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.audi-mediacenter.com/en/press-releases/7551 The 2017 FIA World Rallycross Championship could not have been off to a better start from Audi and EKS’s point of view. The season opener at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya saw Mattias Ekström triumph. In the final, the reigning world champion relegated Timo Scheider (D) and Andreas Bakkerud (N) to positions two and three. This victory immediately puts Ekström back at top of the drivers’ standings. In the teams’ classification, team world champions EKS are in the top spot tied on points with Team PSRX Volkswagen Sweden.

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]]> https://racingnewsworldwide.com/rally/dream-start-for-world-rx-champion-ekstrom/feed/ 0 32940 Sharper look for new Audi RS 5 DTM https://racingnewsworldwide.com/touring/dtm/sharper-look-for-new-audi-rs-5-dtm/ https://racingnewsworldwide.com/touring/dtm/sharper-look-for-new-audi-rs-5-dtm/#respond Fri, 31 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.audi-mediacenter.com/en/press-releases/7508 About a month before the DTM season opens, Audi is presenting the liveries of the six Audi RS 5 DTM cars. The engineers at the Audi motorsport department prepared the race cars in the past two weeks together with the teams. From Monday to Thursday next week (April 3 to 6) the new DTM cars will participate in final pre-season tests at Hockenheim.

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]]> https://racingnewsworldwide.com/touring/dtm/sharper-look-for-new-audi-rs-5-dtm/feed/ 0 32812 World Champion Ekström attacks again with Audi https://racingnewsworldwide.com/closed-wheel/world-champion-ekstrom-attacks-again-with-audi/ https://racingnewsworldwide.com/closed-wheel/world-champion-ekstrom-attacks-again-with-audi/#respond Tue, 21 Mar 2017 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.audi-mediacenter.com/en/press-releases/7472 Mattias Ekström will again be competing in a dual role in 2017. Following remarkable years in the DTM and two titles with Audi, the Swede is determined to claim the top spot now in the new, more than 500-HP Audi RS 5 DTM too. And as the reigning World Rallycross Champion he has only one aim in the up-and-coming racing series as well: to win the title again this year. The season will open at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya not far from the Spanish metropolis, on April 1 and 2. Starting this year, Ekström can also rely on support from Audi’s motorsport department.
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