Ford signs another star driver for its entry into Dakar next year, as Ekstrom finds a new home after Audi exit
Mattias Ekstrom will join Ford’s factory programme in the Dakar Rally in 2025 after ending a 23-year stint with Audi. The Swede will contest next year’s Dakar in a works-entered Ford Raptor T1+, teaming up with Nani Roma, Mitch Guthrie Jr and fellow ex-Audi driver Carlos Sainz Sr in a four-strong line-up. This would be Ekstrom's fifth straight appearance in the world’s most prestigious rally-raid, having made his debut in 2021 at the wheel of a Yamaha YXZ1000R in the lightweight T3 class.
“I look forward to the first competitive outing with the Ford Raptor T1+ at Rallye du Maroc and later at the Dakar Rally. I am in it to win it and I hope we will have very successful and great years ahead of us. “I will do everything in my power to make it happen.' Ekstrom has one of the most diverse CVs of any driver in motorsport, having competed in a wide variety of disciplines since he started karting in 1993.
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