EKS RX is a Swedish auto racing team founded by racing driver Mattias Ekström. The team is competing in FIA World Rallycross Championship since 2014 and entered the team championship in 2015.

Sweden EKS Audi Sport
Founded2014
Team principal(s)Mattias Ekström
Current seriesFIA World Rallycross Championship
Former seriesFIA European Rallycross Championship
Current drivers1. Sweden Johan Kristoffersen
91. Belgium Enzo Ide
Teams'
Championships
2016 FIA WRX
Drivers'
Championships
2016 FIA WRX (Mattias Ekström)

In January 2017 it was announced that the team would receive full factory support from Audi Sport for the 2017 World Rallycross Championship. The team had previously been run with assistance from Audi Sport's official suppliers.[1]

On 29 January 2018, team owner Mattias Ekström announced that he would be leaving the DTM series and concentrating on his World RX team.[2] An announcement two days later confirmed that Andreas Bakkerud would be racing for the team in 2018.[3]

After the 2018 season on December 10, EKS announced that it would end its rallycross factory program due to Audi pulling the funding. The team did however make a return in 2019, now as a privateer, with Hungarian driver Krisztián Szabó. Ekström also competed at Spa-Francorchamps, in a technical partnership with JC Raceteknik.

For the 2020 FIA World Rallycross Championship, Ekström became a full-time driver for KYB Team JC, finishing runner-up with two wins. His teammate Robin Larsson ranked 6th in points. The partnership was strengthened for the 2021 season, so the team was rebranded KYB EKS JC.[4] Also in 2021, the team partnered with Dreyer & Reinbold Racing to compete at Nitro Rallycross.[5]

Racing record

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Complete FIA European Rallycross Championship results

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Pontus Tidemand competing in the 2014 World RX of Finland.
 
Mattias Ekström competing in the 2016 World RX of Norway.

Supercar

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Year Entrant Car No. Driver 1 2 3 4 5 ERX Points
2014 EKS RX Audi S1 5   Pontus Tidemand GBR
NOR
6
BEL
2
GER
4
ITA
6
3rd 50
10   Mattias Ekström GBR
NOR
11
BEL
GER
1
ITA
10th 22
79   Edward Sandström GBR
NOR
BEL
5
GER
ITA
12
14th 17

Complete FIA World Rallycross Championship results

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Supercar

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Year Entrant Car No. Driver 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 WRX Points Teams Points
2014 EKS RX Audi S1 5   Pontus Tidemand POR
GBR
NOR
13
FIN
13
SWE
10
BEL
5
CAN
FRA
5
GER
4
ITA
13
TUR
ARG
8th 84 N/A N/A
10   Mattias Ekström POR GBR NOR
19
FIN SWE
1
BEL CAN FRA GER
2
ITA TUR ARG 11th 55
79   Edward Sandström POR GBR NOR FIN SWE BEL
12
CAN FRA
14
GER ITA
20
TUR
12
ARG 11th 55
80   Markus Winkelhock POR GBR NOR FIN
24
SWE BEL CAN FRA GER ITA TUR ARG 57th 0
100   Per-Gunnar Andersson POR GBR NOR FIN SWE BEL CAN FRA GER ITA TUR
13
ARG 37th 8
2015 EKS RX Audi S1 5   Edward Sandström POR
HOC
13
BEL
GBR
GER
SWE
CAN
NOR
FRA
BAR
TUR
ITA
ARG
28th 4 5th 258
10   Mattias Ekström POR
7
HOC
BEL
6
GBR
2
GER
15
SWE
1
CAN
6
NOR
12
FRA
5
BAR
7
TUR
4
ITA
ARG
2
6th 201
92   Anton Marklund POR
17
HOC
20
BEL
7
GBR
14
GER
10
SWE
25
NOR
8
FRA
9
BAR
15
TUR
6
ITA
4
ARG
11
12th 78
Volkswagen Polo CAN
14
Audi S1 177   Andrew Jordan POR
HOC
BEL
GBR
GER
SWE
CAN
NOR
FRA
BAR
TUR
ITA
21
ARG
24th 13
2016 EKS RX Audi S1 5   Mattias Ekström POR
7
HOC
1
BEL
1
GBR
1
NOR
3
SWE
6
CAN
8
FRA
7
BAR
1
LAT
2
GER
5
ARG
5
1st 272 1st 422
57   Toomas Heikkinen POR
3
HOC
2
BEL
16
GBR
11
NOR
9
SWE
9
CAN
4
FRA
15
BAR
9
LAT
9
GER
9
ARG
3
7th 150
2017 EKS RX Audi S1 1   Mattias Ekström BAR
1
POR
1
HOC
1
BEL
4
GBR
5
NOR
4
SWE
CAN
7
FRA
3
LAT
2
GER
1
RSA
3
2nd 255 3rd 380
15   Reinis Nitišs BAR
10
POR
5
HOC
12
BEL
13
GBR
16
NOR
10
SWE
18
CAN
16
FRA
12
LAT
11
GER
12
RSA
18
14th 71
57   Toomas Heikkinen BAR
8
POR
12
HOC
6
BEL
9
GBR
12
NOR
11
SWE
14
CAN
5
FRA
11
LAT
8
GER
3
RSA
11
7th 125
45   Per-Gunnar Andersson BAR POR HOC BEL GBR NOR SWE
15
CAN
FRA
LAT
GER
RSA
23rd 2 N/A N/A
51   Nico Müller BAR POR HOC BEL GBR NOR SWE
CAN
FRA
17
LAT
6
GER
RSA
17th 13
2018 EKS Audi Sport Audi S1 5   Mattias Ekström BAR
6
POR
7
BEL
5
GBR
4
NOR
2
SWE
6
CAN
4
FRA
4
LAT
2
USA
5
GER
2
RSA
2
2nd 248 2nd 485
13   Andreas Bakkerud BAR
3
POR
4
BEL
6
GBR
2
NOR
6
SWE
2
CAN
7
FRA
2
LAT
8
USA
3
GER
3
RSA
7
3rd 237
51   Nico Müller BAR POR BEL GBR NOR SWE CAN FRA LAT
9
USA GER RSA 19th 10 N/A N/A
2019 EKS Audi Sport Audi S1 40   Mattias Ekström ABU
BAR
BEL
11
GBR
NOR
SWE
CAN
FRA
LAT
RSA
22nd 8 N/A N/A
EKS Sport 123   Krisztián Szabó ABU
4
BAR
12
BEL
12
GBR
5
NOR
12
SWE
17
CAN
10
FRA
9
LAT
10
RSA
9
10th 91

References

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  1. ^ Ridge, Hal (18 January 2017). "Works Audi backing for Mattias Ekstrom's World Rallycross defence". Autosport. Retrieved 11 May 2017.
  2. ^ "Mattias Ekström retires from DTM to focus on FIA World RX assault with EKS RX". The Checkered Flag. 2018-01-29. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  3. ^ "Bakkerud ready to challenge for World RX title with EKS Audi Sport". The Checkered Flag. 2018-01-31. Retrieved 2018-02-01.
  4. ^ KYB EKS JC - FIA World Rallycross Championship
  5. ^ Foust joins Nitro Rallycross grid with DRR - 20 September 2021
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