Mads Østberg will miss the next round of the World Rally Championship, Rally Mexico to avoid the chance of missing his son’s birth. Norwegian Østberg, who finished fifteenth on Rally Sweden last weekend, and his wife Beate are expecting their first child and the privateer Ford driver doesn’t want to be away from the birth of their son. He said: “We have planned this a long time ago. I will not risk being away on another content when Beate is having our first child. We already know it’s a boy and he will be named Mons. My next rally will be Tour de Corse at the beginning of April.” After a strong start in Sweden where he was the quickest Ford driver after the opening four...
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