CARS GLOBALMAG November2016 | Page 55

Photo Audi AG Sweden’s Mattias Ekstrom has already been crowned the new FIA World Rallycross Champion after scoring enough points at the second to last race in Germany! Driving for his own EKS rallycross team, Ekstrom enjoys a 30 point lead ahead of last year’s World RX Champion Petter Solberg, with the last race in Argentina that will only serve as a parade for the 38 year old driver. We collected his thoughts after mathematically conquering the championship