The multi-disciplined Swede Mattias Ekstrom completes Ford Performance’s four-car line-up for Dakar 2025, joining Carlos Sainz Sr, Nani Roma and the recently announced addition of Mitch Guthrie JR.
Boasting two DTM titles, the FIA WRX championship and a few Dakar rallies, Ekstrom said “Joining the Ford Dakar program is really exciting for me.
“Ford and M-Sport have built a vehicle that looks, sounds, and drives awesome and we all have a common ambition to win the Dakar Rally.
“I have had four tries at Dakar so far and now I can say that I have some experience to be able to aim for the top.
“There is also a lot of knowledge and experience in the team to back up the ambition – starting with the long motorsport heritage of Ford, proven track record of M-Sport, very impressive driver line-up, smart engineers, technicians, and the rest of the team.
“I look forward to the first competitive outing with the Ford Raptor T1+ at Rally du Maroc and later at the Dakar Rally.
“I am in it to win it and I hope we will have very successful and great years ahead of us. I will do everything in my power to make it happen.”
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