Audi Sport to enter the FIA World Rallycross Championship

Will do so by intensifying support to 2016 WRX Champion Mattias Ekstrom's EKS racing team

Overdrive January 18, 2017 20:52:06 IST
Audi Sport to enter the FIA World Rallycross Championship

Audi Sport has announced that it will enter the 2017 FIA World Rallycross Championship (WRX) by providing full-factory support to Mattias Ekstrom’s EKS racing team. Set up in 2014 by Ekstrom, the team had access to Audi suppliers and partners but full factory support was not available until now. As part of the factory backing, Audi’s motorsport department will provide full technical support in developing the Audi S1 EKS RX quattro.

Ekstrom’s hard work in developing the team finally paid off in 2016 when he clinched both the WRX...

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