In
the Germany RX event (held in Estering on October 14) Mattias Ekstrom
finished just fifth but gaining enough
points to secure its first title in the Rallycross
world, ahead of two-time champion Solberg,
with the Argentinian round still to come.
The race was won by Kevin Eriksson (this
was his very first overall win) who bested Petter Solberg and Andreas Bakkerud to the finish line.
As a matter of fact it was a dominant season for the Swedish driver, winner of four
events after the bad start in the first race in
France (the only event won by rival Solberg),
cruising on top of the charts for the entire season and delivering the final blow to the competition in the last three races (Spain, Latvia
and Germany) also taking advantage of Petter Solberg’s difficulties.
World RX Managing Director for IMG, Paul
Bellamy, said: “Congratulations to Mattias
Ekstrom who has become our new FIA World
Rallycross Champion after forfeiting his first
DTM race in over 15 years. Both Mattias and
EKS have worked relentlessly since entering
full-time in 2015 and for Mattias to have won
in both DTM and now in rallycross proves
what a natural talent he is behind the wheel.
To become World RX Champion is no easy
feat - we have some of the best drivers in the
world competing in our Championship. Well
done to Kevin Eriksson and Olsbergs MSE
who took the first win of the year, Kevin’s pace
during today final was extraordinary. Congratulations also to Krisztian and Ben-Philip who
are our new Super1600 and TouringCar