KRISTOFFERSSON CHANGES LANES AS HE HUNTS A FOURTH WORLD CROWN
Jul 22, 2021
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World champion Mattias Ekstrom’s quote in the press release that welcomed triple World RX title-winner Johan Kristoffersson into the EKS JC squad for 2021 was delivered slightly tongue in cheek, but was full of truth.
“If you can’t beat him, join him – it’s as simple as that,” read Ekstrom’s words. After all, Ekstrom did spend all of 2017, 2018 and 2020 trying – and failing – to beat his compatriot to the drivers’ crown.
Like Ekstrom, Kristoffersson missed the 2019 World RX season following the departure of the big-budget manufacturers and although the 32-year-old returned last year and scooped a third crown in the VW Motorsport created Polo Supercar, it was run
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