Mads Østberg

Mads Østberg

Mads Østberg
Nation:	Norway
World Rally Championship (WRC)
First rally:	Rally Finland 2006
Last rally:	Rally Mexico 2016
Co-driver:	Ola Fløne Jonas Andersson Veronica Engan Ole Kristian Unnerud
Team:	Citroën World Rally Team M-Sport
Vehicle:	Citroën DS3 WRC Ford Fiesta RS WRC
Rallies Victories Podiums WP 93 1 16 55
Points:	631
Status: After Rally 3 of 14, 2016 season

Mads Østberg and co-driver Jonas Andersson in Sweden 2014

Mads Østberg (born October 11, 1987 in Fredrikstad ) is a Norwegian rally driver . He is currently driving in the World Rally Championship (WRC) for the Citroën Total Abu Dhabi World Rally Team .

Career

At the age of 13, Mads Østberg drove various local rallies alongside his father Morten Østberg in Norway as a co-driver. In 2004 he sat behind the wheel of a rally car for the first time. In 2006 he made his debut in the World Rally Championship and drove a Subaru in three World Championship races . In the 2007 World Rally Championship he contested six and in the 2008 season seven world championship races.

In May 2009, his co-driver Ole Kristian Unnerud withdrew from the duo. As a temporary solution, Østberg's partner Veronica Engan, a successful co-driver in Norway in national series, took the place in the passenger seat. After that, Østberg teamed up with the Swede Jonas Andersson.

In the 2011 World Rally Championship he achieved his first podium finishes with a second place at the season opener in Sweden and at the end of the season in Wales . Østberg celebrated his first victory at the rainy Rally Portugal 2012.

In the 2013 season , the Norwegian competed in the Qatar M-Sport Rally Team's Ford Fiesta RS WRC . In 2014 Mads Østberg moved to the French team Citroën World Rally Team . There, Østberg was rated fifth in the 2014 World Championship. He finished second at the Rally Italy and achieved the best result of the season. At the Rally Mexico 2015 and the Rally Argentina 2015 he finished second again and finished the season in fourth place. Østberg signed a contract with M-Sport for the 2016 World Rally Championship .

Individual results WRC

year	team	vehicle	1	2	3	4th	5	6th	7th	8th	9	10	11	12	13	14th	15th	16	Points	rank
2006	Mads Østberg	Subaru Impreza WRC	MON	SWE	MEX	ESP	FRA	ARG	ITA	GRE	DEU	FIN	JPN	CYP	DOOR	OUT	NZL	GBR	-	-
			31								DNF
	Adapta World Rally Team
																		23
2007	Adapta World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza WRC	MON	SWE	NOR	MEX	POR	ARG	ITA	GRE	FIN	DEU	NZL	ESP	FRA	JPN	IRL	GBR	1	21st
				9	37		DNF		11		8th							11
2008	Adapta World Rally Team	Subaru Impreza WRC	MON	SWE	MEX	ARG	JOR	ITA	GRE	DOOR	FIN	DEU	NZL	ESP	FRA	JPN	GBR		-	-
				9				11	24		DNF			14th	9		DNF
2009	Adapta AS	Subaru Impreza WRC	IRL	NOR	CYP	POR	ARG	ITA	GRE	POLE	FIN	OUT	ESP	GBR					7th	11
				9		6th		7th	7th	DNF	DNF			DNF
2010	Adapta AS	Subaru Impreza WRC	SWE	MEX	JOR	DOOR	NZL	POR	BUL	FIN	DEU	JPN	FRA	ESP	GBR				18th	11
			8th					7th		7th					9
	Stobart M-Sport Ford Rally Team	Ford Fiesta S2000
											16		41
2011	M-Sport Stobart Ford World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	SWE	MEX	POR	JOR	ITA	ARG	GRE	FIN	DEU	OUT	FRA	ESP	GBR				88	6th
			2	5	31	13	5	5	12	6th	11		7th	6th	2
2012	Mads Østberg	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	MON	SWE	MEX	POR	ARG	GRE	NZL	FIN	DEU	GBR	FRA	ITA	ESP				149	4th
			3
	Adapta World Rally Team
					4th	1	3	4th		5	4th	4th	5	4th	4th
2013	M-Sport World Rally Team	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	MON	SWE	MEX	POR	ARG	GRE	ITA	FIN	DEU	OUT	FRA	ESP	GBR				103	6th
			6th	3	11	8th	7th	6th	8th	3	9	5	8th	6th	4th
2014	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën DS3 WRC	MON	SWE	MEX	POR	ARG	ITA	POLE	FIN	DEU	OUT	FRA	ESP	GBR				108	5
			4th	3	9	3	DNF	2	DNF	DNF	6th	31	7th	4th	3
2015	Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT	Citroën DS3 WRC	MON	SWE	MEX	ARG	POR	ITA	POLE	FIN	DEU	OUT	FRA	ESP	GBR				116	4th
			4th	10	2	2	7th	5	9	3	7th	INJ	6th	4th	7th
2016	M-Sport	Ford Fiesta RS WRC	MON	SWE	MEX	ARG	POR	ITA	POLE	FIN	DEU	CHN	FRA	ESP	GBR	OUT			42	2
			4th	3	3

Source:

Legend
colour	abbreviation	meaning
gold	-	victory
silver	-	2nd place
bronze	-	3rd place
green	-	Placement in the points
blue	-	Classified outside the point ranks
violet	DNF	Race not finished (did not finish)
	NC	not classified
red	DNQ	did not qualify
	DNPQ	failed in pre-qualification (did not pre-qualify)
black	DSQ	disqualified
White	DNS	not at the start (did not start)
	WD	withdrawn
Light Blue	PO	only participated in the training (practiced only)
	TD	Friday test driver
without	DNP	did not participate in the training (did not practice)
	INJ	injured or sick
	EX	excluded
	DNA	did not arrive
	C.	Race canceled
		no participation in the World Cup
other	P / bold	Pole position
	SR / italic	Fastest race lap
	*	not at the finish, but counted due to the distance covered
	()	Streak results
	underlined	Leader in the overall standings

Individual evidence

1. ↑ wrc.com: Driver Profile , January 17, 2016
2. ↑ ewrc-results.com Mads Østberg , accessed on January 17, 2016.

Web links

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