Mads Østberg (born 11 October 1987) is a Norwegian rally driver. His co-driver is Torstein Eriksen.
Career
Østberg competed in his first rally in 2004. His first World Rally Championship event was the 2006 Swedish Rally, 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 and finishing 23rd at the Wales Rally GB.
In the 2007 season, Østberg continued with an Impreza WRC 2005 and competed in six world rallies for the Prodrive-supported Adapta team. He took his first stage win on a super special stage of the 2007 Swedish Rally, and later achieved his first WRC point by finishing eighth at the 2007 Rally Finland. Østberg also contested the Norwegian Rally Championship and won the national title.
In 2008, Østberg continued to race with Adapta Motorsport 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 Rally Portugal, finishing sixth. His Adapta AS team was supported by Prodrive because of Subaru'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. For the second year in running, he placed 11th in the drivers' world championship. Østberg moved to Stobart M-Sport Ford for the 2011 season, driving a Ford Fiesta RS WRC, attaining a second place in 2011 Rally Sweden 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 Sweden, he won his first rally at the 2012 Rally de Portugal after Mikko Hirvonen 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 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. 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 for 2016, this time driving the Evolution version of the Fiesta RS WRC. He would be partnered by Andreas Mikkelsen's former co-driver Ola Fløene. 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) as he and wife Beate welcomed his first child in late February.
WRC victories # Event Season Co-driver Car 1 46° Rally de Portugal 2012 Jonas Andersson Ford Fiesta RS WRC
Rally results WRC results Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Points 2006 Mads Østberg Subaru Impreza WRC 2003 MON SWE31 MEX ESP FRA ARG ITA GRE GER FINRet JPN CYP TUR AUS NZL NC 0 Adapta GBR23 2007 Adapta AS Subaru Impreza WRC 2005 MON SWE9 NOR37 MEX PORRet ARG ITARet GRE FIN8 GER NZL ESP FRA JPN IRE GBR11 21st 1 2008 Adapta AS Subaru Impreza WRC 2007 MON SWE9 MEX ARG JOR ITA11 GRE24 TUR FINRet GER NZL ESP14 FRA9 JPN GBRRet NC 0 2009 Adapta AS Subaru Impreza WRC2008 IRE NOR9 CYP POR6 ARG ITA7 GRE7 POLRet FINRet AUS ESP GBRRet 11th 7 2010 Adapta AS Subaru Impreza WRC2007 SWE8 MEXJORTURNZL BUL FIN7ESP GBR9 11th 18 Subaru Impreza WRC2008 POR7 Stobart M-Sport Ford Fiesta S2000 GER16JPN FRA41 2011 M-Sport Stobart Ford Fiesta RS WRC SWE2 MEX5 POR31 JOR13 ITA5 ARG5 GRE12 FIN6 GERRet AUS FRA7 ESP6 GBR2 6th 88 2012 Mads Østberg Ford Fiesta RS WRC MON SWE3 4th 149 Adapta MEX4 POR1 ARG3 GRE4 NZL FIN5 GER4 GBR4 FRA5 ITA4 ESP4 2013 Qatar M-Sport Ford Fiesta RS WRC MON6 SWE3 MEX11 POR8 ARG7 GRE6 ITA8 FIN3 GER9 AUS5 FRA8 ESP6 GBR4 6th 103 2014 Citroën Total Abu Dhabi Citroën DS3 WRC MON4 SWE3 MEX9 POR3 ARGRet ITA2 POLRet FINRet GER6 AUS16 FRA7 ESP4 GBR3 5th 108 2015 Citroën Total Abu Dhabi Citroën DS3 WRC MON4 SWE10 MEX2 ARG2 POR7 ITA5 POL9 FIN3 GER7 AUSWD FRA6 ESP4 GBR7 4th 116 2016 M-Sport Ford Fiesta RS WRC MON4 SWE3 MEX3 ARG5 POR7 ITARet POL8 FIN6 GER6 CHNC FRA9 ESP5 GBR8 AUS6 7th 102 2017 M-Sport Ford Fiesta WRC MON SWE15 MEX FRA ARG9 POR8 ITA7 POL7 FIN10 ESP5 GBR38 AUS 15th 29 Adapta Ford Fiesta R5 GERWD 2018 Citroën Total Abu Dhabi WRT Citroën C3 WRC MON SWE6 MEX FRA ARG POR6 ITA5 FIN2 GERRet TUR23 GBR8 ESP AUS3 10th 70 2019 Citroën Total WRT Citroën C3 R5 MON SWE11 MEX FRA ARG9 CHL9 POR24 ITA18 FIN GER17 TUR GBR45 ESP9 18th 6 Citroën C3 WRC AUSC 2020 PH Sport Citroën C3 R5 MON10 SWE12 MEX EST10 TUR ITA14 MNZ9 21st 4 2021 TRT World Rally Team Citroën C3 R5 MON ARC CRO POR ITA KEN EST BEL GRE FIN ESP MNZ 14th 15
WRC-2 results Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Points 2017 Adapta Ford Fiesta R5 MON SWE MEX FRA ARG POR ITA POL FIN GERWD ESP GBR AUS NC 0 2020 PH Sport Citroën C3 R5 MON1 SWE1 MEX EST1 TUR ITA4 MNZ1 1st 112 2021 TRT World Rally Team Citroën C3 R5 MON ARC CRO POR ITA KEN EST BEL GRE FIN ESP MNZ 2nd 126
WRC-2 Pro results Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Points 2019 Citroën Total WRT Citroën C3 R5 MON SWE1 MEX FRA ARG1 CHL2 POR3 ITA3 FIN GER4 TUR GBR5 ESP1 AUS 2nd 145
ERC results Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos Points 2016 RMC Motorsport Ford Fiesta R5 CANRet IRE ACR AZO YPR EST RZE ZLI LIE CYP NC 0 2017 Adapta Ford Fiesta R5 AZO CAN ACR CYP RZERet ZLI RMC LIE NC 0 2021 Citroën Rally Team Hungary Citroën C3 R5 POL LAT ITA CZE PRT1 PRT2 HUN ESP 15th 37 2023 PRT CAN POL LAT SWE ITA CZE HUN 3rd 115 2024 TRT Rally Team Citroën C3 Rally2 HUN CAN SWE EST ITA CZE GBR POL 7th 51 2025 TRT Rally Team Citroën C3 Rally2 ESP HUN SWE POL ITA CZE GBR CRO 4th 104
References
External links
Official website eWRC-results.com profile