Ekstrom joins Ford’s Dakar team for 2025 after Audi exit

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Mattias Ekstrom will join Ford’s factory programme in the Dakar Rally in 2025 after ending a 23-year stint with Audi.The Swede will contest next year’s Dakar in a works-entered Ford Raptor T1+, teaming up with Nani Roma, Mitch Guthrie Jr and fellow ex-Audi driver Carlos Sainz Sr in a four-strong line-up.This would be Ekstrom’s fifth straight appearance in the world’s most prestigious …Keep reading