Podium in Texas
Audi RX driver, Andreas Bakkerud, flew high in Austin Texas, to claim another podium for the team in the FIA World RX Championship.
1 October, 2018
In what was an absolute scorcher in Texas, the EKS Audi Sport rallycross (RX) team, was once again in the points in the World Rallycross Championship, with Andreas Bakkerud claiming another podium - the team’s seventh podium for the season.
Both drivers in the Audi S1 EKS RX quattro reached the final for the best six. The Norwegian Andreas Bakkerud took third overall while team mate Mattias Ekström finished the final in fifth place after contact with an opponent.
Ekström held second in the intermediate standings after the first day, and won third qualifying as well as the semi-final on Sunday. With consistently good times in the qualifying sessions and a third place in the semi-final, Andreas Bakkerud also made the final. In the decisive race for the best six, the Norwegian drove a flawless race in the hot and humid temperatures to finish third behind the two Volkswagen drivers Johan Kristoffersson and Petter Solberg.
In the decisive race for the best six, the Norwegian drove a flawless race in the hot and humid temperatures
After the trip to the US, Audi travels in second place in the teams’ classification to Germany
“I’m delighted about the podium because the weekend was really hard. I started in the difficult outside lane in all the qualifyings and we did our best together with EKS Audi Sport,” said Bakkerud. “I’m looking forward to the next race in Buxtehude where I’ll continue to fight with Mattias (Ekström), Petter Solberg and Sébastien Loeb for the World Championship runner-up title.”
Mattias Ekström was not totally satisfied: after his victory in the semi-finale, the Swede started the decisive race from the front row, lost valuable seconds after a touch from Timmy Hansen and crossed the finish line in sixth place. After Hansen was given a time penalty, Ekström moved up to fifth place. “I’m definitely disappointed that I couldn’t get on the podium, we landed in the wall in a hard fought final and didn’t score many points,” said Ekström, who is still defending second place in the World Championship. After the trip to the US, Audi travels in second place in the teams’ classification to Germany, where in only two weeks (October 13 – 14) the 11th and penultimate round of the season is held at the Estering near Hamburg.
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