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Mads Østberg (born 11 October 1987) is a
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driver. His
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is
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.


Career

Østberg competed in his first rally in 2004. His first
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event was the 2006
Swedish Rally The Rally Sweden ( sv, Svenska rallyt), formerly the International Swedish Rally, and later the Uddeholm Swedish Rally, is an automobile rally competition held in February in Värmland, Sweden and relocated to Umeå in 2022. First held in 1950, ...
, 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 Rally Finland (formerly known as the Neste Rally Finland, Neste Oil Rally Finland, 1000 Lakes Rally and Rally of the Thousand Lakes; fi, Suomen ralli, sv, Finska rallyt) is a rally competition in the Finnish Lakeland in Central Finland. The ra ...
and finishing 23rd at the
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. In the 2007 season, Østberg continued with an Impreza WRC 2005 and competed in six world rallies for the
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-supported Adapta team. He took his first stage win on a
super special stage A special stage (SS) is a section of closed road at a stage rallying event used for timed speed tests. Racers attempt to complete the stage in the shortest time. A race on a special stage is coordinated such that each competing racer begins after ...
of the
2007 Swedish Rally The 56th Uddeholm Swedish Rally, second round of the 2007 World Rally Championship season took place between 9 and 11 February 2007. __TOC__ Results Retirements * Jimmy Joge - gearbox problems (SS2); * Xavier Pons - went off the road (SS5) ...
, and later achieved his first WRC point by finishing eighth at the
2007 Rally Finland The ''57th Neste Oil Rally Finland'' was the 9th round of the 2007 World Rally Championship. It was run on 2–5 August 2007 and based in Jyväskylä, Finland. Results Retirements * Kristian Sohlberg - rolled (SS2); * Jari-Matti Latva ...
. Østberg also contested the Norwegian Rally Championship and won the national title. In
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, Østberg continued to race with
Adapta Motorsport The Adapta WRT is a World Rally Championship team. Sometimes it is referred to as Adapta AS. It has previously competed with Subaru Impreza WRC of many evolutions, now they use Ford Fiesta RS WRC. Adapta WRT is signed to manufacturers champion ...
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
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, finishing sixth. His Adapta AS team was supported by Prodrive because of
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's withdrawal from the championship. In the following season, Østberg contested four WRC rallies in an Impreza WRC 2007 & 2008 and two in a
Ford Fiesta S2000 The Ford Fiesta S2000 is a Super 2000 rally car built by M-Sport. It is based upon the Ford Fiesta road car. It made its racing debut at the 78th Rallye Monte Carlo in 2010, with factory team M-Sport and drivers Mikko Hirvonen and Julien Maur ...
. For the second year in running, he placed 11th in the drivers' world championship. Østberg moved to Stobart M-Sport Ford for the
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season, driving a
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, attaining a second place in
2011 Rally Sweden The 2011 Rally Sweden was the opening round of 2011 World Rally Championship season. It was the season's first and only event held on snow- and ice-covered gravel roads. The rally took place over 10–13 February, beginning with a Super Special St ...
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 a Fiesta RS WRC. After a 3rd place in
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, he won his first rally at the
2012 Rally de Portugal The 2012 Rally de Portugal was the fourth round of the 2012 World Rally Championship season and was based in Faro, Portugal. It started with a street stage in Lisbon on 29 March and concluded on 1 April after twenty-two special stages, totallin ...
after
Mikko Hirvonen Mikko Hirvonen (born 31 July 1980) is a Finnish former rally driver, and a current Rally-Raid driver, who drove in the World Rally Championship. He placed third in the drivers' championship and helped Ford to the manufacturers' title in both 200 ...
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. 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 the 2012 season. Østberg secured two podium finishes and ended the season in sixth place of the drivers championship. In December of that year, it was announced that Østberg will move to Citroën's works team for 2014 with
Kris Meeke Kris Meeke (born 2 July 1979) is a Northern Irish professional rally driver, best known for competing in the FIA World Rally Championship (WRC). He was the 2009 Intercontinental Rally Challenge champion. His co-driver is Seb Marshall, also B ...
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 The Citroën Total World Rally Team was the Citroën factory backed entry into the World Rally Championship, run by Citroën Racing. History 1990–1998 seasons The Citroën ZX Rally raid won the Rally raid Constructors' Championship in 1993, 1 ...
. 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 the 2015 season, it was announced that Østberg would return to
M-Sport M-Sport is an auto racing team and motorsport engineering company headquartered at Dovenby Hall near Cockermouth, Cumbria, England, United Kingdom. Formed in 1979 by the World Rally Championship driver Malcolm Wilson, and originally known as ...
for 2016, this time driving the Evolution version of the Fiesta RS WRC. He would be partnered by
Andreas Mikkelsen Andreas Mikkelsen (born 22 June 1989) is a Norwegian rally driver. He is currently competing in the World Rally Championship-2 for Toksport World Rally Team. He previously drove for the factory teams of Volkswagen, Citroën and Hyundai in the Wor ...
's former co-driver
Ola Fløene Ola Fløene (born February 1, 1969) is a Norwegian rally co-driver in the World Rally Championship. He is currently contesting WRC2 alongside long-time colleague Andreas Mikkelsen with Toksport WRT. In the past Ola has co-driven with a number o ...
. Østberg got two third places and finished seventh in the standings. Østberg announced he would take on a limited schedule in a private entry for 2017 (shared with
Martin Prokop Martin Prokop (born 4 October 1982) is a Czech rally driver. He won the Junior World Rally Championship in the 2009 season. Career After competing in the Czech Rally Championship for four years, Prokop debuted in the World Rally Championsh ...
) as he and wife Beate welcomed his first child in late February.


WRC victories


Rally results


WRC results


WRC-2 results


WRC-2 Pro results


ERC results


References


External links


Official website
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