Mads Østberg

Mads Østberg
Personal information
Nationality Norway Norwegian
Born (1987-10-11) 11 October 1987
World Rally Championship record
Active years 2006present
Teams Stobart Ford, Adapta WRT, Qatar M-Sport, Citroën Abu Dhabi WRT
Rallies 94
Championships 0
Rally wins 1
Podiums 16
Stage wins 55
Total points 641
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 Ola Fløene.

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 moved to Stobart M-Sport Ford in the 2011 with 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 Østberg reverted to Adapta Motorsport, despite continued to race with Fiesta RS WRC. 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.

Mads Østberg at the 2014 Rallye Deutschland, with his Citroën DS3 WRC.

Østberg returned to Qatar M-Sport for the 2013 season, this time M-Sport is a 'De Facto' Ford leading team after the American Manufacturer's official withdrawal at the end of 2012 season. Østberg secured two podium finishes and ended the season in sixth place of the drive championship. In December of that year, it was announced that Østberg will move to Citroën's works team with Kris Meeke as his team-mate.

In 2014, Østberg got four podiums, topping at the second place. He got the fifth rank at the drivers championship.

In 2015, Østberg continued to drive for the Citroën World Rally Team. After four competitions, he got two second places and ranked second at the drivers championship. He finally ended the season as the "best of the rest", ranked fourth in the championship behind the trio of VW drivers.

At the end of 2015 season it was announced that Østberg would return to M-Sport for 2016, this time driving the Evolution version of Fiesta RS WRC. He would be partnered by Andreas Mikkelsen's former co-driver Ola Fløene.

WRC Victories

 #  Event Season Co-driver Car
1 Portugal 46° Rally de Portugal 2012 Sweden Jonas Andersson Ford Fiesta RS WRC

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 Fiesta S2000 GER
16
JPN FRA
41
2011 M-Sport Stobart 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 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 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 Citroën DS3 WRC MON
4
SWE
3
MEX
9
POR
3
ARG
Ret
ITA
2
POL
Ret
FIN
Ret
GER
6
AUS
16
FRA
7
ESP
4
GBR
3
5th 108
2015 Citroën Total Abu Dhabi Citroën DS3 WRC MON
4
SWE
10
MEX
2
ARG
2
POR
7
ITA
5
POL
9
FIN
3
GER
7
AUS
WD
FRA
6
ESP
4
GBR
7
4th 116
2016 M-Sport Ford Fiesta RS WRC MON
4
SWE
3
MEX
3
ARG
5
POR ITA POL FIN GER CHN FRA ESP GBR AUS 3rd* 52*

* Season still in progress.

ERC results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos Points
2016 RMC Motorsport Ford Fiesta R5 CAN
Ret
IRE GRE AZO YPR EST POL ZLI LIE CYP NC 0

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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