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Mattias Ekström wins the Race of Champions for the 4th time

After 2006, 2007 and 2009, the Swede Mattias Ekström won a 4th title in the Race of Champions in front of his home crowd, winning against Mick Schumacher in the final.

Published on 29/01/2023 à 14:52

Dorian Grangier

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Mattias Ekström wins the Race of Champions for the 4th time

Mattias Ekström won at home in the Race of Champions © Julien Delfosse / DPPI

In front of his audience in Sweden, Mattias Ekström became the champion of Champions. The Audi driver in Rally-Raid won his 4th Race of Champions trophy after those of 2006, 2007 and 2009. The Swede did not lose a single duel and won in the final against Mick Schumacher. He thus succeeds Sébastien Loeb and becomes joint record holder for the number of victories in the tournament, tied with Loeb and Auriol.

Imperial at home, Mattias Ekström was never worried, successively beating Travis Pastrana in the round of XNUMX, Johan Kristoffersson in the quarter-final, Thierry Neuville in the semi-final and Mick Schumacher in the final. The champion of DTM and WRX had a big scare in the final, when flames appeared on his car during the second round... but the Swede kept his cool to win against the 3rd driver Mercedes en F1. A glimpse of history: Ekström won two of his first three trophies against Michael Schumacher, in 2007 and 2009.

On the French side, our two Tricolores were eliminated in the round of 2022. Adrien Tambay failed against finalist Mick Schumacher while Sébastien Loeb, winner in XNUMX, narrowly lost his duel against Thierry Neuville.

The final table of the Race of Champions: 

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Dorian Grangier

A young journalist nostalgic for the motorsport of yesteryear. Raised on the exploits of Sébastien Loeb and Fernando Alonso.

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