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Ekstrom survives fiery heat to claim fourth ROC crown
Mattias Ekstrom joined Didier Auriol and Sebastien Loeb as a four-time winner of the Race of Champions, the local hero defeating in Sunday’s final in Pite Havsbad in Sweden worthy challenger Mick Schumacher. Ekstrom enjoyed a dominant 2-0 victory against the Mercedes F1 reserve driver, but Schumacher – whose father Michael Schumacher was defeated twice by the Swede in the ROC, in 2007 and 2009 – acquitted himself well on the icy track. Ekstrom reached the final by dispatching Extreme E charger Johan Kristofferson and WRC winner Thierry Neuville, the former DTM champion surviving a fiery second heat when smoke was seen billowing from the central console of his car. ©ROC...
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