Mads Østberg

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Mads Østberg
Personal information
Nationality Norway Norwegian
Born (1987-10-11) 11 October 1987
World Rally Championship record
Active years 2006–present
Teams Stobart Ford, Adapta WRT, Qatar M-Sport, Citroën Abu Dhabi WRT
Rallies 58
Championships 0
Rally wins 1
Podiums 6
Stage wins 27
Total points 309
First rally 2006 Swedish Rally
First win 2012 Rally de Portugal

Mads Østberg (born 11 October 1987) is a Norwegian rally driver. His co-driver is Jonas Andersson.

Career

Østberg at the 2007 Wales Rally GB.

Østberg competed in his first rally in 2004. His first World Rally Championship event was the 2006 Swedish Rally, in which he finished 31st in his Subaru Impreza WRC 2003. In the 2006 season, he competed in two more WRC rallies; retiring at the Rally Finland and finishing 23rd at the Wales Rally GB.

In the 2007 season, Østberg continued with an Impreza WRC 2005 and competed in six world rallies for the Prodrive-supported Adapta team. He took his first stage win on a super special stage of the 2007 Swedish Rally,[1] and later achieved his first WRC point by finishing eighth at the 2007 Rally Finland.[2] Østberg also contested the Norwegian Rally Championship and won the national title.[3]

In 2008, Østberg continued to race with Adapta Motorsport in the WRC, using a Subaru Impreza WRC 2007. He did not score any championship points in his seven events. In the 2009 season, Østberg scored points on three WRC rounds and recorded his best-ever finish at the Rally Portugal, finishing sixth. His Adapta AS team was supported by Prodrive because of Subaru's withdrawal from the championship.

Østberg at the 2010 Rally Finland

In the following season, Østberg contested four WRC rallies in an Impreza WRC 2007 & 2008 and two in a Ford Fiesta S2000. For the second year in running, he placed 11th in the drivers' world championship. Østberg and Adapta Motorsport raced in the 2011 WRC with a Ford Fiesta RS WRC, attaining a second place in 2011 Rally Sweden after leading much of the rally. He gained another second-place finish at 2011 Rally GB, the final round, and ended sixth in the drivers championship.

In 2012, after a 3rd place in Sweden he won his first rally at the 2012 Rally de Portugal after Mikko Hirvonen was disqualified. This made him the first non-French/Finnish driver to win a rally since 2005 and the second Norwegian event winner in WRC history. Østberg followed this up with a third place in Rally Argentina before going on to finish the season in fourth place.

Østberg moved to Qatar M-Sport for the 2013 season. In a year dominated by Sébastien Ogier and Volkswagen Motorsport, Østberg secured two podium finishes and ended the season in sixth place. In December of that year, it was announced that Østbetg will move to Citroën's works team with Kris Meeke as his team-mate.

WRC results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Points
2006 Mads Østberg Subaru Impreza WRC MON SWE
31		 MEX ESP FRA ARG ITA GRE GER FIN
Ret		 JPN CYP TUR AUS NZL NC 0
Adapta GBR
23
2007 Adapta AS Subaru Impreza WRC 2005 MON SWE
9		 NOR
37		 MEX POR
Ret		 ARG ITA
Ret		 GRE FIN
8		 GER NZL ESP FRA JPN IRE GBR
11		 21st 1
2008 Adapta AS Subaru Impreza WRC 2007 MON SWE
9		 MEX ARG JOR ITA
11		 GRE
24		 TUR FIN
Ret		 GER NZL ESP
14		 FRA
9		 JPN GBR
Ret		 NC 0
2009 Adapta AS Subaru Impreza WRC2008 IRE NOR
9		 CYP POR
6		 ARG ITA
7		 GRE
7		 POL
Ret		 FIN
Ret		 AUS ESP GBR
Ret		 11th 7
2010 Adapta AS Subaru Impreza WRC2007 SWE
8 		MEX JOR TUR NZL BUL FIN
7		 ESP GBR
9		 11th 18
Subaru Impreza WRC2008 POR
7
Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team Ford Fiesta S2000 GER
16		 JPN FRA
41
2011 M-Sport Stobart Ford World Rally Team Ford Fiesta RS WRC SWE
2		 MEX
5		 POR
31		 JOR
13		 ITA
5		 ARG
5		 GRE
12		 FIN
6		 GER
Ret		 AUS FRA
7		 ESP
6		 GBR
2		 6th 88
2012 Mads Østberg Ford Fiesta RS WRC MON SWE
3		 4th 149
Adapta World Rally Team MEX
4		 POR
1		 ARG
3		 GRE
4		 NZL FIN
5		 GER
4		 GBR
4		 FRA
5		 ITA
4		 ESP
4
2013 Qatar M-Sport World Rally Team Ford Fiesta RS WRC MON
6		 SWE
3		 MEX
11		 POR
8		 ARG
7		 GRE
6		 ITA
8		 FIN
3		 GER
9		 AUS
5		 FRA
8		 ESP
6		 GBR
4		 6th 103
2014 Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT Citroën DS3 WRC MON
4		 SWE MEX POR ARG ITA POL FIN GER AUS FRA ESP GBR 5th* 12*

* Season in progress.

References

  1. ↑ "Swedish Rally: Subaru leg two summary". Motorsport.com. Retrieved 2008-02-09. 
  2. ↑ "Ostberg gets first point at top level". Crash.net. Retrieved 2008-02-09. 
  3. ↑ "Mads Østberg ble norgesmester". NRK (in Norwegian). Retrieved 2008-02-09. 

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