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🇸🇪 Fredrik Ekblom

Racing driver from Sweden. World Touring Car Championship, Polestar Cyan Racing.
Driver facts
Full name
Fredrik Ekblom
Born
6 October 1970(b. 1970)
Nationality
Sweden
Current team
Polestar Cyan Racing
Series
World Touring Car Championship
Status
Retired
Career wins
0
Career podiums
0
Career starts
24
Career DNFs
1
Racer Rating
4,620
Fredrik Ekblom
Source: Wikimedia Commons
Racer Rating
4,620
Rank 1694 of 38,983 indexed, -120 this season
FIA Categorisation
Not on file
Not yet indexed
Source: fia.com
Synthesized from 1 source, updated 0h ago

Fredrik Ekblom is a racing driver from Sweden who last raced in World Touring Car Championship for Polestar Cyan Racing. Ekblom has recorded 0 wins and 0 podiums from 24 starts.[1]

A Racer Rating of 4,620 ranks Ekblom 1694th of 38,983 indexed drivers, on an Elo scale where the strongest reach the high 8,000s. It is built from every indexed race in the driver's file, decayed for time since their last race.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications
2016 form
Last 20 races, finish position (higher is better)
P1P5P10P20DNF
Recent results
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2016-09-23Race of ShanghaiWorld Touring Car ChampionshipP8+43
2016-09-23Race of ShanghaiWorld Touring Car ChampionshipP6+75
2016-06-10Race of RussiaWorld Touring Car ChampionshipP13−61
2016-06-10Race of RussiaWorld Touring Car ChampionshipP12−38
2016-05-26Race of GermanyWorld Touring Car ChampionshipP8+39
Career-best drives
Ranked by rating won, which prices the opposition
Rating wonRaceSeriesFinish
+112Race of Hungary 2016World Touring Car ChampionshipP4
+80Race of Macau 2007World Touring Car ChampionshipP9
+76Race of Sweden 2007World Touring Car ChampionshipP12
+75Race of Shanghai 2016World Touring Car ChampionshipP6
+69Race of Italy 2007World Touring Car ChampionshipP11
Season by season
SeasonSeriesTeamRacesWinsPodiumsDNFsPolesPointsPosGain/LossRating
2016▸World Touring Car ChampionshipPolestar Cyan Racing1400100P13+2264,740
2007▸World Touring Car ChampionshipBMW Team UK600000P21+3554,514
1997▸Formula 3 MacauFortec Motorsports100000—−1044,158
1990▸Formula 3 MacauG-Son Racing300000—+2,9134,263
Recent coverage
No recent coverage found.
Head-to-head
Most-raced and strongest-beaten: times Ekblom finished ahead vs behind
RivalRatingRacedAheadBehindRecord
🇮🇹 Gabriele TarquiniFIA Silver4,8572091145%
🇬🇧 Robert Huff4,0902071335%
🇳🇱 Tom CoronelFIA Gold3,5242071335%
🇵🇹 Tiago MonteiroFIA Gold3,4211971237%
🇫🇷 Yvan MullerFIA Gold5,2941841422%
🇸🇪 Thed Bjork6,0101410471%
🇳🇱 Nicky CatsburgFIA Platinum5,3181441029%
🇦🇷 José María LópezFIA Platinum5,001141137%
🇬🇧 James Thompson4,325145936%
🇲🇦 Mehdi BennaniFIA Gold4,223141137%
🇫🇷 Olivier PanisFIA Silver5,859330100%
🇨🇭 Alain MenuHigher-rated5,61962433%
Raced wheel-to-wheel, not as team-mates
On the leaderboard
Global rank, 38,983 drivers indexed
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1,687🇮🇪 Niall BreenFormula 3 Euro Series4,627
1,688🇯🇵 Tsubasa KondoSuper GT4,627
1,689🇬🇧 Marc HynesInternational Formula 30004,626
1,690🇧🇷 Nicolas CostaWEC4,626
1,691🇺🇸 Reece UshijimaUSF Pro 20004,626
1,692🇷🇺 Nikita BedrinGB34,625
1,693🇫🇷 Maxime JousseInternational GT4,622
1,694🇸🇪 Fredrik EkblomWorld Touring Car Championship4,620
1,695🇳🇱 Mex JansenEuropean Le Mans Series4,619
1,696🇦🇹 Christian EngelhartNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie4,618
1,697🇯🇵 Hidetoshi MitsusadaSuper GT4,618
1,698🇬🇧 Ian LoggieBritish GT Championship4,618
1,699🇺🇸 Jack SpragueNASCAR Xfinity4,618
1,700🇬🇧 Nick LeventisWEC4,618
1,701🇿🇦 Adrian ZauggSuper GT4,617
1,702🇵🇹 Manuel Espirito SantoIMSA WeatherTech4,617
1,703🇩🇪 David SchiwietzNürburgring Langstrecken-Serie4,616
1,704🇺🇸 Brandon ErwinIndyCar4,615
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Fredrik Ekblom is a professional driver, rated 4,620, competing in single-seater and touring car racing against fields mixing amateurs with established professionals. His indexed career spans Formula 3 Macau and the World Touring Car Championship, where he drove for Polestar Cyan Racing.[1]

His first indexed appearance came in Formula 3 Macau in 1990; he made four starts there over seven years for Fortec Motorsports. The bulk of his career lies in the World Touring Car Championship, where he spent a decade from 2007 to 2016 with Polestar Cyan Racing. His 20 starts in the WTCC culminated in a 13th-place finish in the 2016 championship standings, his most recent racing on record.[2]

Ekblom raced regularly against established professionals in the WTCC. He finished closely matched with Gabriele Tarquini, the 2009 World Touring Car Champion; he usually ran behind Robert Huff, who won the 2012 title. He beat Thed Bjork, the 2017 champion, five times across their meetings, and finished ahead of Olivier Panis, a former Formula 1 driver with 158 grand prix starts, in three races. Polestar Cyan Racing, his primary team, fielded seven drivers across the index and won five races; Bjork, its strongest driver, was an established professional.

Sources: [1] Indexed race classifications[2] Wikipedia
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