Christoffersson and Ekstrom teams join forces in WRX
Reigning World Rallycross teams' champion JC Raceteknik has joined forces with Mattias Ekstrom's EKS concern to create the EKS JC team, committing to returning to the series this year

Running as KYB Team JC, the Joel Christoffersson-owned JC Raceteknik squad used EKS-built Audi S1s in WRX last season, having won the European series with Swede Robin Larsson and another EKS-built car in 2019.
Double DTM champion and 2016 World RX drivers' title-winner Ekstrom set up his EKS World RX squad in 2014, and claimed both the drivers' and teams' titles in 2016.
The outfit secured official Audi support for 2017, but withdrew its full-blown, two-car effort after Audi quit the sport in 2018.
Now, the two Swedish firms will operate together, headed up by Christoffersson as Team Principal from his base in Kil.
"Me and Mattias share the same mindset and attitude for the sport," said Christoffersson. "This is one of the main reasons why our cooperation has been so successful so far and that has become a solid foundation for joining forces for the future.

"For 2021 we want to focus on World RX and we want to win not only the teams' title, but a drivers' title as well. We are also looking into more projects to expand our operation in multiple disciplines."
Ekstrom will drive as part of the rebranded team when he campaigns a Skoda Fabia R5 in the Arctic Rally Finland World Rally Championship round later this month.
While Ekstrom drove for KYB Team JC in World RX last season, he has previously stated that he will be focusing his 2021 efforts on his programme in Extreme E with Cupra and ABT, but says the EKS JC team is evaluating running electric cars in the near future too.
World RX, which as the FIA announced last week will now be led by WRC Promoter, is set to switch to all-electric cars from 2022.
"From now on Joel will take care of all the EKS and JC Raceteknik joint racing projects - rallycross, rally, crosskarts and anything else we come up with," said Ekstrom.
"We are also looking into the future of electric racing and sooner than later there will be a race car in our workshop that is purely driven by electricity."

Previous article
WRC to take over promotion of World RX from 2021
Next article
World Rallycross releases revised 2021 calendar

About this article
Series | World Rallycross |
Drivers | Mattias Ekström |
Teams | EKS RX |
Author | Hal Ridge |
Christoffersson and Ekstrom teams join forces in WRX
Trending
From Lebanon to cross-category world titles - a rally legend's top 10
Petter Solberg has called time on his top-flight career after winning titles in two FIA world championships. Here, the 2003 rally and '14/15 rallycross king recalls his 10 best events - including the moment where all his success began
How to make an F1 venue fit for World RX
World Rallycross makes its first appearance at Silverstone this year as part of the 'Speedmachine' festival in May. We take a look at how the new rallycross track fared in its debut event
Volkswagen hasn't disappeared completely
Volkswagen's abrupt departure from the World Rally Championship it was dominating was one of the winter's biggest shocks. Now 2003 WRC champion Petter Solberg's World Rallycross team has VW support. What does that mean for World RX and what remains of Volkswagen Motorsport?
Why rallycross is becoming irresistible
Sebastien Loeb started a new journey in his motorsport career last weekend, but he wasn't the only attraction in Portugal. DAVID EVANS examines why the World Rallycross product works so well
How good is World Rallycross?
The entries are strong, the cars are powerful and it can teach the WRC a thing or two about promotion. But after visiting the Lydden Hill round, DAVID EVANS still has his doubts
New rallycross golden age comes to Britain
The sport began at Lydden in the late 1960s and this weekend the new-look World Rallycross Championship will strut its stuff at the Kent venue. HAL RIDGE explains why it will be unmissable
Solberg: why rallycross is my future
PETTER SOLBERG had a rough first season back in rallycross, but that hasn't deterred him from signing up for the first year of its new era in 2014, as he explains in his AUTOSPORT column
Solberg: back to school
Petter Solberg says that there's still lots to learn about running a successful rallycross campaign, but he's really enjoying getting back to his roots