Fredrik Ekblom | |
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![]() Ekblom at the second Ring Knutstorp round of the 2011 Scandinavian Touring Car Championship season. | |
Nationality | ![]() |
Born | Kumla, Sweden | 6 October 1970
STCC – Racing Elite League career | |
Debut season | 2011 |
Current team | Volvo Polestar Racing |
Car number | 11 |
Starts | 20 |
Wins | 2 |
Poles | 1 |
Fastest laps | 5 |
Best finish | 1st in 2012 |
Previous series | |
2007 2002 2001 1998–2000, 2003–10 1995–97 1994–96 1992–93 1991 1990 1990 1989–90 | WTCC ETCC ALMS STCC IMSA GT Championship CART Indy Lights British Formula 3000 German F3 Championship British F3 Championship Swedish F3 Championship |
Championship titles | |
2012 1998, 2003, 2007 | TTA – Racing Elite League STCC |
24 Hours of Le Mans career | |
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Years | 1997–1999 |
Teams | Courage Compétition, Nissan Motorsports |
Best finish | 8th (1999) |
Class wins | 0 |
Lars Fredrik Wilhelm Ekblom[1] (born 6 October 1970) is a Swedish race car driver from Kumla. After an early career in single-seaters he switched to touring car racing where he won multiple titles in his native Swedish Touring Car Championship and later in the TTA – Racing Elite League.
Career
CART
He made 13 Indy Lights starts in 1992 and 1993. He then made three starts in CART for three different teams and was entered in the 1994 and 1995 Indianapolis 500 races, but after passing rookie orientation in 1994, he never appeared for practice either year.
24 Hours of Le Mans
In 1997 and 1998 he drove in the 24 Hours of Le Mans for Courage Compétition and in 1999 for Nissan Motorsports.
Swedish Touring Car Championship
He began racing in the Swedish Touring Car Championship where he was the series champion in 1998 in a WestCoast Racing prepared BMW 320i. After two seasons away from the championship he went on to be champion twice more, winning his second title on his return to the series in 2003 with a Kristoffersson Motorsport–run Audi A4. He continued to drive in the series for Audi until 2006 before returning to WestCoast Racing in 2007 where he became champion for the third time. He stayed with the team for the following season where he finished runner–up to Richard Göransson. In 2009 Swedish Touring Car Championship season he moved to the E.ON Biogas Racing Team, driving a Volkswagen Scirocco which ran on bio–gas.[2]
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European Touring Car Championship
During his time away from the Swedish Touring Car Championship, Ekblom competed in the American Le Mans Series and then the European Touring Car Championship in 2002. He drove a BMW 320i for BMW Team Belgium[3] He finished 6th in the championship with a trio of third–place finishes as his best results.
World Touring Car Championship
He competed in some rounds of the 2007 World Touring Car Championship season for BMW Team UK to help Andy Priaulx with his title campaign. He made his first appearance at the Race of Sweden before returning for the final two rounds of the season, he scored a single point at the final race in Macau.
Ekblom drove a Volvo S60 in seven rounds of the 2016 World Touring Car Championship for Polestar Cyan Racing, with a best result of fourth at Hungary race 1.
TTA / STCC
Ekblom signed a three-year deal with Volvo Polestar Racing to compete in the TTA – Racing Elite League starting in 2012.[4] Ekblom secured third on grid at the final round in Gothenburg to claim the drivers' championship title.[5] He finished fifth in the 2013 STCC – Racing Elite League. Despite missing two races, he came third in the 2014. The driver was runner-up in 2015, also with a Polestar Volvo S60.
After skipping the 2016 season, Ekblom joined Kristoffersson Motorsport to compete at the 2017 TCR Scandinavia Touring Car Championship with a dealer-supported Volkswagen Golf GTI.
Racing record
American Open Wheel
(key)
CART
Year | Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Rank | Points | Ref |
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1994 | McCormack | SRF |
PHX |
LBH |
INDY |
MIL |
DET 15 |
POR |
CLE |
TOR |
MIS |
MDO |
NHM |
VAN |
ROA |
NZR |
LS |
39th | 0 | [6] | |
1995 | Foyt | MIA |
SRF |
PHX |
LBH |
NZR |
INDY |
MIL |
DET |
POR |
ROA |
TOR |
CLE |
MIS |
MDO |
NHM |
VAN |
LS 19 |
42nd | 0 | [7] |
1996 | Walker | MIA |
RIO |
SRF |
LBH |
NZR |
500 25 |
MIL |
DET |
POR |
CLE |
TOR |
MIS |
MDO |
ROA |
VAN |
LS |
40th | 0 | [8] |
24 Hours of Le Mans results
Year | Team | Co-Drivers | Car | Class | Laps | Pos. | Class Pos. |
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1997 | ![]() |
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Courage C36 | LMP | 265 | 16th | 5th |
1998 | ![]() |
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Courage C51 | LMP1 | 126 | DNF | DNF |
1999 | ![]() |
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Courage C52 | LMP | 335 | 8th | 7th |
Complete Swedish Touring Car Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Complete European Touring Car Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | DC | Pts |
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2002 | BMW Team Belgium | BMW 320i | MAG 1 6 |
MAG 2 6 |
SIL 1 10 |
SIL 2 6 |
BRN 1 7 |
BRN 2 Ret |
JAR 1 8 |
JAR 2 5 |
AND 1 11 |
AND 2 3 |
OSC 1 Ret |
OSC 2 9 |
SPA 1 3 |
SPA 2 Ret |
PER 1 5 |
PER 2 5 |
DON 1 |
DON 2 |
EST 1 Ret |
EST 2 3 |
6th | 21 |
Complete World Touring Car Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2007 | BMW Team UK | BMW 320si | BRA 1 |
BRA 2 |
NED 1 |
NED 2 |
ESP 1 |
ESP 2 |
FRA 1 |
FRA 2 |
CZE 1 |
CZE 2 |
POR 1 |
POR 2 |
SWE 1 12 |
SWE 2 14 |
GER 1 |
GER 2 |
GBR 1 |
GBR 2 |
ITA 1 11 |
ITA 2 12 |
MAC 1 16 |
MAC 2 9 |
20th | 1 |
2016 | Polestar Cyan Racing | Volvo S60 Polestar TC1 | FRA 1 NC |
FRA 2 10 |
SVK 1 10 |
SVK 2 8 |
HUN 1 4 |
HUN 2 11 |
MAR 1 7 |
MAR 2 11 |
GER 1 8 |
GER 2 7 |
RUS 1 13 |
RUS 2 12 |
POR 1 |
POR 2 |
ARG 1 |
ARG 2 |
JPN 1 |
JPN 2 |
CHN 1 8 |
CHN 2 6 |
QAT 1 |
QAT 2 |
13th | 47 |
Complete Scandinavian Touring Car Championship results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2011 | Biogas.se | Volkswagen Scirocco | JYL 1 11 |
JYL 2 10 |
KNU 1 1 |
KNU 2 6 |
MAN 1 1 |
MAN 2 6 |
GÖT 1 2 |
GÖT 2 3 |
FAL 1 1 |
FAL 2 8 |
KAR 1 3 |
KAR 2 5 |
JYL 1 3 |
JYL 2 10 |
KNU 1 2 |
KNU 2 7 |
MAN 1 2 |
MAN 2 3 |
2nd | 227 | |||
2013 | Volvo Polestar Racing | Volvo S60 TTA | KNU 1 6 |
KNU 2 6 |
SOL 1 3 |
GÖT 1 9 |
FAL 1 2 |
FAL 2 3 |
ÖST 1 4 |
KAR 1 4 |
KAR 2 2 |
TIE 1 6 |
MAN 1 2 |
MAN 2 Ret |
5th | 140 | |||||||||
2014 | Volvo Polestar Racing | Volvo S60 TTA | KNU 1 6 |
KNU 2 1 |
GÖT 1 7 |
GÖT 2 DNS |
FAL 1 Ret |
FAL 2 1 |
KNU 1 Ret |
KNU 2 DNS |
SOL 1 12 |
SOL 2 4 |
MAN 1 6 |
MAN 2 1 |
3rd | 210 | |||||||||
2015 | Volvo Polestar Racing | Volvo S60 TTA | VRS 1 2 |
VRS 2 Ret |
AND 1 3 |
AND 2 2 |
MAN 1 3 |
MAN 2 1 |
FAL 1 2 |
FAL 2 Ret |
KAR 1 2 |
KAR 2 1 |
2nd | 356 | |||||||||||
Volvo Cyan Racing | SOL 1 7 |
SOL 2 5 |
KNU 1 1 |
KNU 2 1 |
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2017 | Volkswagen Dealer Team Sweden | Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR | KNU 1 2 |
KNU 2 2 |
KNU 3 1 |
ALA 1 3 |
ALA 2 2 |
ALA 3 3 |
SOL 1 11 |
SOL 2 3 |
SOL 3 3 |
FAL 1 3 |
FAL 2 1 |
FAL 3 16 |
KAR 1 2 |
KAR 2 1 |
KAR 3 3 |
AND 1 2 |
AND 2 12 |
AND 3 4 |
MAN 1 1 |
MAN 2 1 |
MAN 3 8 |
2nd | 327 |
2018 | WestCoast Racing | Volkswagen Golf GTI TCR | KNU 1 5 |
KNU 2 4 |
AND 1 7 |
AND 2 3 |
FAL 1 5 |
FAL 2 2 |
KAR 1 4 |
KAR 2 15 |
RUD 1 7 |
RUD 2 8 |
MAN 1 4 |
MAN 2 6 |
6th | 111 |
Complete TTA–Racing Elite League results
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
Year | Team | Car | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | DC | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2012 | Volvo Polestar Racing | Volvo S60 TTA | KAR 2 |
AND 1 |
GÖT 5 |
FAL 4 |
KAR 1 |
AND 2 |
TIE 2 |
GÖT 4 |
1st | 151 |
References
- ^ "Fredrik Ekblom". hitta.se. Retrieved 16 June 2024.
- ^ "STCC: Volkswagen confirms biogas powered Sciroccos | oneighturbo.com". Archived from the original on 2008-12-18. Retrieved 2008-12-18. Volkswagen confirms biogas powered Sciroccos
- ^ "Preview: Alfa faces up to BMW threat". Autosport. Haymarket Publications. 18 April 2002. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
- ^ "Volvo Polestar Racing signs Fredrik Ekblom". www.polestar.com. Polestar Racing. Archived from the original on 6 June 2014. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
- ^ Veltman, Rob (29 September 2012). "Björk claims pole in Gothenburg – Ekblom is the champion". TouringCarTimes. Mediaempire Stockholm AB. Retrieved 4 June 2014.
- ^ "Fredrik Ekblom – 1994 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
- ^ "Fredrik Ekblom – 1995 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.
- ^ "Fredrik Ekblom – 1996 CART Results". Racing-Reference. NASCAR Digital Media, LLC. Retrieved August 15, 2023.