Mattias Ekström on life, motorsport and the journey to the 2016 WRX title

On a scale of one to ten, how honest are you? If you’re nearly as honest as Mattias Ekström, who tips the scales at around 11, you’ll go far and you’ll eventually get what you want. Along the way you’ll learn a lot about yourself, about the world, and perhaps you’ll even discover a few of life’s little secrets. This is the conclusion that I come to after my interview with the recently crowned 2016 World Rallycross Champion.

“I don’t believe it was talent that brought me to this level,” Ekström tells me almost at the…