Anton Marklund (born 9 December 1992) is a Swedish racing driver who won the

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. He has competed most of his career for his father's team

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Career

Marklund entered five rounds of the

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for Marklund Motorsport with a

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TouringCar, scoring a third-place finish at Sweden. In the

he scored two wins and six second-place finishes, claiming the TouringCar title. For the

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, Marklund moved to the Supercar to drive a Volkswagen Polo, finishing seventh in points. Marklund raced the

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for Marklund Motorsport in a Volkswagen Polo Supercar. He made 5 finals, including a career-best 2nd in Canada. He ended the season 6th in the points, having scored points in every event. In 2015, Marklund raced at the FIA World Rallycross Championship with Mattias Ekström's team,

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, driving an

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at races except Canada, where he drove a Volkswagen Polo. He endured a tough start to the season, rolling in the season opener in Portugal and launched off

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. He finished the season strongly, with a 6th in Turkey and a 4th in Italy. Also in 2015, Marklund also ran in the Audi Sport TT Cup, finishing 16th in the standings with 63 points and a best finish of 8th. For the

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and Marklund Motorsport combined their operations to participate under the brand Volkswagen RX Sweden. Driving a Volkswagen Polo Supercar, Marklund finished 13th in points, with best results of fourth at Belgium and Sweden. He left the World Rallycross Championship in 2017, and returned to the European Rallycross Championship with Marklund Motorsport. He won the title with three wins in five races.

Racing record

Complete FIA European Rallycross Championship results

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TouringCar

Supercar/RX1

Complete FIA World Rallycross Championship results

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Supercar/RX1/RX1e

References

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