Fredrik Ekblom

Fredrik Ekblom

Nationality Sweden 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
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]

Ekblom driving for Volvo Polestar Racing at the Anderstorp round of the 2012 TTA – Racing Elite League season.

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.

Ekblom drove a Volvo S60 in seven rounds of the 2016 World Touring Car Championship for Polestar Cyan Racing, with a best result of fourth at Hungary race 1.

TTA / STCC

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] He finished fifth in the 2013 STCC – Racing Elite League. Despite two races missed, he resulted third in 2014. The driver was runner-up in 2015, also with a Polestar Volvo S60.

After skipping the 2016 season, Ekblom joined Kristoffersson Motorsport to compete at the 2017 TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship with a dealer-supported Volkswagen Golf GTI.

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 Australia
SRF
 United States
PHX
 United States
LBH
 United States
INDY
 United States
MIL
 United States
DET
15		 United States
POR
 United States
CLE
 Canada
TOR
 United States
MIS
 United States
MDO
 United States
NHM
 Canada
VAN
 United States
ROA
 United States
NZR
 United States
LS
 39th 0
1995 Foyt United States
MIA
 Australia
SRF
 United States
PHX
 United States
LBH
 United States
NZR
 United States
INDY
 United States
MIL
 United States
DET
 United States
POR
 United States
ROA
 Canada
TOR
 United States
CLE
 United States
MIS
 United States
MDO
 United States
NHM
 Canada
VAN
 United States
LS
19		 42nd 0
1996 Walker United States
MIA
 Brazil
RIO
 Australia
SRF
 United States
LBH
 United States
NZR
 United States
500
Ret		 United States
MIL
 United States
DET
 United States
POR
 United States
CLE
 Canada
TOR
 United States
MIS
 United States
MDO
 United States
ROA
 Canada
VAN
 United States
LS
 40th 0

24 Hours of Le Mans results

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

Complete Swedish 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 DC Points
1998 BMW Dealer Team BMW 320i MAN
1
4		 MAN
2
1		 KAR
1
2		 KAR
2
2		 AND
1
3		 AND
2
4		 FAL
1
Ret		 FAL
2
2		 KNU
1
1		 KNU
2
3		 MAN
1
1		 MAN
2
2		 1st 229
1999 BMW Dealer Team BMW 320i MAN
1
1		 MAN
2
4		 KNU
1
2		 KNU
2
7		 KAR
1
3		 KAR
2
2		 AND
1
21		 AND
2
2		 FAL
1
1		 FAL
2
5		 AND
1
Ret		 AND
2
3		 ARC
1
5		 ARC
2
6		 MAN
1
3		 MAN
2
1		 2nd 209
2000 Kristoffersson Motorsport Audi A4 Quattro KAR
1
1		 KAR
2
1		 KNU
1
1		 KNU
2
1		 MAN
1
2		 MAN
2
1		 FAL
1
6		 FAL
2
3		 AND
1
7		 AND
2
3		 ARC
1
5		 ARC
2
4		 KAR
1
1		 KAR
2
1		 MAN
1
8		 MAN
2
Ret		 2nd 167
2003 Kristoffersson Motorsport Audi A4 B6/7 FAL
1
1		 FAL
2
3		 MAN
1
2		 MAN
2
1		 KAR
1
3		 KAR
2
4		 FAL
1
2		 FAL
2
10		 KNU
1
2		 KNU
2
2		 KAR
1
3		 KAR
2
8		 KNU
1
3		 KNU
2
11		 MAN
1
2		 MAN
2
7		 1st 224
2004 Kristoffersson Motorsport Audi A4 KNU
1
4		 KNU
2
6		 FAL
1
5		 FAL
2
1		 KAR
1
6		 KAR
2
3		 MAN
1
4		 MAN
2
5		 FAL
1
4		 FAL
2
2		 KNU
1
7		 KNU
2
6		 ARC
1
2		 ARC
2
4		 KAR
1
6		 KAR
2
8		 MAN
1
1		 MAN
2
3		 3rd 165
2005 Kristoffersson Motorsport Audi A4 KNU
5		 KAR
5		 AND
10		 FAL
5		 KNU
4		 KAR
3		 VAL
Ret		 MAN
17		 6th 73
2006 Kristoffersson Motorsport Audi A4 KNU
2		 KAR
10		 MAN
4		 FAL
Ret		 VAL
3		 AND
8		 KAR
10		 KNU
3		 MAN
5		 4th 30
2007 West Coast Racing BMW 320si E90 STU
12		 KNU
3		 MAN
2		 KAR
1		 AND
4		 VAL
5		 FAL
2		 KAR
2		 KNU
6		 STU
1		 MAN
Ret		 1st 62
2008 West Coast Racing BMW 320si E90 KNU
2		 STU
1		 MAN
3		 KAR
Ret		 GÖT
3		 STU
5		 FAL
1		 KAR
2		 KNU
9		 VAL
12		 MAN
2		 2nd 60
2009 Biogas.se Volkswagen Scirocco MAN
1
11		 MAN
2
9		 KAR
1
10		 KAR
2
9		 GÖT
1
8		 GÖT
2
10		 KNU
1
Ret		 KNU
2
10		 FAL
1
9		 FAL
2
17		 KAR
1
Ret		 KAR
2
Ret		 VAL
1
DNS		 VAL
2
6		 KNU
1
14		 KNU
2
5		 MAN
1
10		 MAN
2
8		 13th 9
2010 Team Biogas.se Volkswagen Scirocco JYL
1
5		 JYL
2
9		 KNU
1
4		 KNU
2
5		 KAR
1
1		 KAR
2
6		 GÖT
1
3		 GÖT
2
3		 FAL
1
4		 FAL
2
4		 KAR
1
1		 KAR
2
5		 JYL
1
5		 JYL
2
5		 KNU
1
1		 KNU
2
5		 MAN
1
3		 MAN
2
8		 3rd 230

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 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
2016 Polestar Cyan Racing Volvo S60 Polestar TC1 FRA
1
NC		 FRA
2
10		 SVK
1
10		 SVK
2
8		 HUN
1
4		 HUN
2
11		 MAR
1
7		 MAR
2
11		 GER
1
8		 GER
2
7		 RUS
1
13		 RUS
2
12		 POR
1		 POR
2		 ARG
1		 ARG
2		 JPN
1		 JPN
2		 CHN
1
8		 CHN
2
6		 QAT
1		 QAT
2		 13th 47

Complete Scandinavian 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 DC Points
2011 Biogas.se Volkswagen Scirocco JYL
1
11		 JYL
2
10		 KNU
1
1		 KNU
2
6		 MAN
1
1		 MAN
2
6		 GÖT
1
2		 GÖT
2
3		 FAL
1
1		 FAL
2
8		 KAR
1
3		 KAR
2
5		 JYL
1
3		 JYL
2
10		 KNU
1
2		 KNU
2
7		 MAN
1
2		 MAN
2
3		 2nd 227
2013 Volvo Polestar Racing Volvo S60 TTA KNU
1
6		 KNU
2
6		 SOL
1
3		 GÖT
1
9		 FAL
1
2		 FAL
2
3		 ÖST
1
4		 KAR
1
4		 KAR
2
2		 TIE
1
6		 MAN
1
2		 MAN
2
Ret		 5th 140
2014 Volvo Polestar Racing Volvo S60 TTA KNU
1
6		 KNU
2
1		 GÖT
1
7		 GÖT
2
DNS		 FAL
1
Ret		 FAL
2
1		 KNU
1
Ret		 KNU
2
DNS		 SOL
1
12		 SOL
2
4		 MAN
1
6		 MAN
2
1		 3rd 210
2015 Volvo Polestar Racing Volvo S60 TTA VRS
1
2		 VRS
2
Ret		 AND
1
3		 AND
2
2		 MAN
1
3		 MAN
2
1		 FAL
1
2		 FAL
2
Ret		 KAR
1
2		 KAR
2
1		 2nd 356
Volvo Cyan Racing SOL
1
7		 SOL
2
5		 KNU
1
1		 KNU
2
1
2017 Volkswagen Dealer Team Sweden Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR KNU
1
2		 KNU
2
2		 KNU
3
1		 ALA
1
3		 ALA
2
2		 ALA
3
3		 SOL
1
11		 SOL
2
3		 SOL
3
3		 FAL
1
3		 FAL
2
1		 FAL
3
16		 KAR
1
 KAR
2
 KAR
3
 AND
1
 AND
2
 AND
3
 MAN
1
 MAN
2
 MAN
3
 3rd* 183*

* Season still in progress.

Complete TTA–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 DC Points
2012 Volvo Polestar Racing Volvo S60 TTA KAR
1
2		 AND
1
1		 GÖT
1
5		 FAL
1
4		 KAR
1
1		 AND
1
2		 TIE
1
2		 GÖT
1
4		 1st 151

References

  1. ↑ http://www.oneighturbo.com/2008/12/17/stcc-volkswagen-confirms-gas-powered-sciroccos/ Volkswagen confirms biogas powered Sciroccos
  2. ↑ "Preview: Alfa faces up to BMW threat". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. 18 April 2002. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  3. ↑ "Volvo Polestar Racing signs Fredrik Ekblom". www.polestar.com. Polestar Racing. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
  4. ↑ Veltman, Rob (29 September 2012). "Björk claims pole in Gothenburg – Ekblom is the champion". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
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
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