Anton Marklund

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Anton Marklund
Anton Marklund (EKS) (21171928672).jpg
Anton Marklund in 2015
Nationality Flag of Sweden.svg Swedish
Born (1992-12-09) 9 December 1992 (age 31)
Boliden, Sweden
FIA ERX Supercar Championship career
Debut season 2013
Current team SET Promotion
Car number92
Starts26
Championships2 (2017,2022)
Wins7
Podiums12
Finished last season1st
Current team ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport
FIA World Rallycross Championship
Years active 20142018
Car number92
Former teams Volkswagen RX Sweden
EKS RX
Marklund Motorsport
GCK Bilstein
Marklund Motorsport
Starts64
Wins0
Podiums4
Best finish6th in 2014
FIA ERX TouringCar Championship
Years active 20112012
Former teams Marklund Motorsport
Starts15
Championships1 (2012)
Wins2
Podiums9

Anton Olof Alexander Marklund [1] (born 9 December 1992) is a Swedish racing driver who won the 2017 FIA European Rallycross Championship. [2] He has competed most of his career for his father's team Marklund Motorsport.

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Career

Marklund entered five rounds of the 2011 European Rallycross Championship for Marklund Motorsport with a Ford Fiesta TouringCar, scoring a third-place finish at Sweden. In the 2011 European Rallycross Championship he scored two wins and six second-place finishes, claiming the TouringCar title.

For the 2013 European Rallycross Championship, Marklund moved to the Supercar to drive a Volkswagen Polo, finishing seventh in points.

Marklund raced the 2014 FIA World Rallycross Championship for Marklund Motorsport in a Volkswagen Polo Supercar. He made 5 finals, including a career-best 2nd in Canada. He ended the season 6th in the points, having scored points in every event.

In 2015, Marklund raced at the FIA World Rallycross Championship with Mattias Ekström's team, EKS RX, driving an Audi S1 at races except Canada, where he drove a Volkswagen Polo. He endured a tough start to the season, rolling in the season opener in Portugal and launched off Daniel Holten in Sweden. He finished the season strongly, with a 6th in Turkey and a 4th in Italy. Also in 2015, Marklund also ran in the Audi Sport TT Cup, finishing 16th in the standings with 63 points and a best finish of 8th.

For the 2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship, Kristoffersson Motorsport and Marklund Motorsport combined their operations to participate under the brand Volkswagen RX Sweden. Driving a Volkswagen Polo Supercar, Marklund finished 13th in points, with best results of fourth at Belgium and Sweden.

He left the World Rallycross Championship in 2017, and returned to the European Rallycross Championship with Marklund Motorsport. He won the title with three wins in five races.

Racing record

Complete FIA European Rallycross Championship results

(key)

TouringCar

YearEntrantCar12345678910ERXPoints
2011 Marklund Motorsport Ford Fiesta GBR
POR
FRA
NOR
10
SWE
3
BEL
11
NED
5
AUT
POL
CZE
4
8th53
2012 Marklund Motorsport Ford Fiesta GBR
1
FRA
2
AUT
2
HUN
2
NOR
(6)
SWE
2
BEL
2
NED
1
FIN
2
GER
(7)
1st142

Supercar/RX1

YearEntrantCar123456789ERXPoints
2013 Marklund Motorsport Volkswagen Polo GBR
7
POR
9
HUN
8
FIN
9
NOR
7
SWE
21
FRA
13
AUT
7
GER
9
7th102
2017 Marklund Motorsport Volkswagen Polo BAR
1
NOR
2
SWE
1
FRA
4
LAT
1
1st129
2018 Marklund Motorsport Volkswagen Polo BAR
2
BEL
1
SWE
14
FRA
3
LAT
3
2nd101
2021 Hedströms Motorsport Volkswagen Polo SWE
7
FRA LAT BEL 17th15
2022 SET Promotion Hyundai i20 HUN
1
SWE
1
NOR
4
LAT
2
POR
4
BEN
1
1st100

Complete FIA World Rallycross Championship results

(key)

Supercar/RX1/RX1e

YearEntrantCar12345678910111213WRXPoints
2014 Marklund Motorsport Volkswagen Polo POR
5
GBR
12
NOR
8
FIN
5
SWE
14
BEL
4
CAN
2
FRA
8
GER
17
ITA
6
TUR
4
ARG
7
6th173
2015 EKS RX Audi S1 POR
17
HOC
20
BEL
7
GBR
14
GER
11
SWE
25
NOR
8
FRA
9
BAR
15
TUR
6
ITA
4
ARG
11
12th78
Volkswagen Polo CAN
14
2016 Volkswagen RX Sweden Volkswagen Polo POR
12
HOC
15
BEL
4
GBR
9
NOR
15
SWE
4
CAN
6
FRA
18
BAR
14
LAT
15
GER
15
ARG
11
13th76
2018 Marklund Motorsport Volkswagen Polo BAR
POR
BEL
GBR
17
NOR
11
SWE
CAN
FRA
LAT
USA
12
GER
9
RSA
8
14th35
2019 GC Kompetition Renault Mégane R.S. UAE
7
ESP
14
BEL
7
GBR
3
NOR
DSQ
SWE
8
CAN
5
FRA
2
LAT
9
RSA
11
7th119
2020 GCK Bilstein Renault Mégane R.S. RX SWE
5
SWE
8
FIN
12
FIN
11
LAT
14
LAT
9
ESP
8
ESP
3
9th90
2021 Hedströms Motorsport Hyundai i20 BAR SWE FRA LAT LAT BEL
6
PRT GER
12
GER
8
13th33
2022 ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT Ibiza RX1e NOR LAT LAT POR POR BEL BEL ESP ESP GER
8
9th8

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References

  1. "Anton Marklund". hitta.se. Retrieved 15 June 2024.
  2. "FIA World Rallycross Championship". Archived from the original on 2015-04-16. Retrieved 2015-05-06.
Sporting positions
Preceded by European Rallycross TouringCar Champion
2012
Succeeded by
Preceded by European Rallycross Supercar Champion
2017
Succeeded by