Two-time DTM champion Mattias Ekstrom heads the order at the end of day one in the opening round of the FIA World Rallycross Championship in Portugal. The EKS Audi S1 driver set second fastest time in Q1, winning the final race of a session which was dominated by heavy rain – a number of drivers either running wide or making mistakes on the loose section of the Montalegre circuit and dropping time. Starting in the final race of Q2, Ekstrom led home new teammate Toomas Heikkinen, who had been third in Q1, and 2015 Portugal winner Johan Kristoffersson to top the order. Kristoffersson is second with Heikkinen third and Norwegian Andreas Bakkerud fourth. Making his debut for the Hoonigan...
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