The Swede, who twice prevailed against Schumacher’s seven-time world championship-winning father Michael in the 2007 and 2009 finals, didn’t hide the feelings stirred up by facing the ex-Haas F1 racer on the same stage so many years later. Beating him two-nil in the final only added to the Audi Dakar ace's delight.
Ekstrom booked his passage to the final by defeating US rallycross ace Travis Pastrana in the first round, then overcame five-time World RX champion Johann Kristoffersson in two tight quarter-final encounters.
