Mads Østberg

Mads Østberg

Personal information
Nationality	Norwegian
Born	11 October 1987
World Rally Championship record
Active years	2006–present
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	46° Rally de Portugal	2012	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.

External links

• Official website