Fredrik Ekblom

Fredrik Ekblom
Ekblom at the second Ring Knutstorp round of the 2011 Scandinavian Touring Car Championship season.
Nationality	Swedish
Born	(1970-10-06) 6 October 1970 Kumla (Sweden)
STCC – Racing Elite League career
Debut season	2011
Current team	Volvo Polestar Racing
Car no.	11
Starts	20
Wins	2
Poles	1
Fastest laps	5
Best finish	1st in 2012
Previous series
2007 2002 2001 1998–2000, 2003–10 1995–97 1994–96 1992–93 1991 1990 1990 1989–90	WTCC ETCC ALMS STCC IMSA GT Championship CART Indy Lights British Formula 3000 German F3 Championship British F3 Championship Swedish F3 Championship
Championship titles
2012 1998, 2003, 2007	TTA – Racing Elite League STCC

24 Hours of Le Mans career
Participating years	1997–1999
Teams	Courage Compétition, Nissan Motorsports
Best finish	8th (1999)
Class wins	0

Fredrik Ekblom (born 6 October 1970) is a Swedish race car driver from Kumla. After an early career in single-seaters he switched to touring car racing where he won multiple titles in his native Swedish Touring Car Championship and later in the TTA – Racing Elite League.

Career

CART

He made 13 Indy Lights starts in 1992 and 1993. He then made three starts in CART for three different teams and was entered in the 1994 and 1995 Indianapolis 500 races, but after passing rookie orientation in 1994, he never appeared for practice either year.

24 Hours of Le Mans

In 1997 and 1998 he drove in the 24 Hours of Le Mans for Courage Compétition and in 1999 for Nissan Motorsports.

Swedish Touring Car Championship

He began racing in the Swedish Touring Car Championship where he was the series champion in 1998 in a WestCoast Racing prepared BMW 320i. After two seasons away from the championship he went on to be champion twice more, winning his second title on his return to the series in 2003 with a Kristoffersson Motorsport–run Audi A4. He continued to drive in the series for Audi until 2006 before returning to WestCoast Racing in 2007 where he became champion for the third time. He stayed with the team for the following season where he finished runner–up to Richard Göransson. In 2009 Swedish Touring Car Championship season he moved to the E.ON Biogas Racing Team, driving a Volkswagen Scirocco which ran on bio–gas.^[1]

European Touring Car Championship

During his time away from the Swedish Touring Car Championship, Ekblom competed in the American Le Mans Series and then the European Touring Car Championship in 2002. He drove a BMW 320i for BMW Team Belgium^[2] He finished 6th in the championship with a trio of third–place finishes as his best results.

World Touring Car Championship

He competed in some rounds of the 2007 World Touring Car Championship season for BMW Team UK to help Andy Priaulx with his title campaign. He made his first appearance at the Race of Sweden before returning for the final two rounds of the season, he scored a single point at the final race in Macau.

TTA/STCC – Racing Elite League

Ekblom signed a three year deal with Volvo Polestar Racing to compete in the TTA – Racing Elite League starting in 2012.^[3] Ekblom secured third on grid at the final round in Gothenburg to claim the drivers' championship title.^[4]

Racing record

American Open Wheel

(key)

CART

Year	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	Rank	Points
1994	McCormack	SRF	PHX	LBH	INDY	MIL	DET 15	POR	CLE	TOR	MIS	MDO	NHM	VAN	ROA	NZR	LS		39th	0
1995	Foyt	MIA	SRF	PHX	LBH	NZR	INDY	MIL	DET	POR	ROA	TOR	CLE	MIS	MDO	NHM	VAN	LS 19	42nd	0
1996	Walker	MIA	RIO	SRF	LBH	NZR	500 Ret	MIL	DET	POR	CLE	TOR	MIS	MDO	ROA	VAN	LS		40th	0

24 Hours of Le Mans results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
1997	Courage Compétition	Jean-Louis Ricci Jean-Paul Libert	Courage C36	LMP	265	16th	5th
1998	Courage Compétition	Patrice Gay Takeshi Tsuchiya	Courage C51	LMP1	126	DNF	DNF
1999	Nissan Motorsports	Didier Cottaz Marc Goossens	Courage C52	LMP	335	8th	7th

Complete European Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	DC	Pts
2002	BMW Team Belgium	BMW 320i	MAG 1 6	MAG 2 6	SIL 1 10	SIL 2 6	BRN 1 7	BRN 2 Ret	JAR 1 8	JAR 2 5	AND 1 11	AND 2 3	OSC 1 Ret	OSC 2 9	SPA 1 3	SPA 2 Ret	PER 1 5	PER 2 5	DON 1	DON 2	EST 1 Ret	EST 2 3	6th	21

Complete World Touring Car Championship results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	DC	Points
2007	BMW Team UK	BMW 320si	BRA 1	BRA 2	NED 1	NED 2	ESP 1	ESP 2	FRA 1	FRA 2	CZE 1	CZE 2	POR 1	POR 2	SWE 1 12	SWE 2 14	GER 1	GER 2	GBR 1	GBR 2	ITA 1 11	ITA 2 12	MAC 1 16	MAC 2 9*			20th	1

^* Colin Turkington finished in 8th place but was ineligible for points, giving one point to Ekblom for 9th place finish.

Partial TTA/STCC – Racing Elite League results

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Team	Car	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	DC	Pts
2012	Volvo Polestar Racing	Volvo S60 TTA	KAR 2	AND 1	GÖT 5	FAL 4	KAR 1	AND 2	TIE 2	GÖT 4					1st	151
2013	Volvo Polestar Racing	Volvo S60 TTA	KNU 1 6	KNU 2 6	SOL 3	GÖT 9	FAL 1 2	FAL 2 3	ÖST 4	KAR 1 4	KAR 2 2	TIE 6	MAN 1 2	MAN 2 Ret	5th	140

References

Sporting positions
Preceded by Jan Nilsson	Swedish Touring Car Champion 1998	Succeeded by Mattias Ekstrom
Preceded by Roberto Colciago	Swedish Touring Car Champion 2003	Succeeded by Richard Göransson
Preceded by Thed Bjork	Swedish Touring Car Champion 2007	Succeeded by Richard Göransson