CARS GLOBALMAG November2016 | Page 66

T H E M AT T I A S ’ S L AW The 38 year old Mattias Ekstrom is one of the most experienced drivers that you could meet on track. As many fellow Swedes he always had rallies in his mind participating often in the Rally of Sweden. But Ekstrom is mostly well known for his successes with Audi in the DTM, conquering the title twice, in 2004 and 2007. In 2013 he was back to rally cars with a brief appearance in the Global Rallycross, joining Audi once more one year later in the FIA World Rallycross Championship (he never stopped racing in the DTM all these years). Driving for his own EKS rallycross team he is crowned champion in 2016. CGM