Ostberg: I Will Fight For My Top-Flight Future

Former factory man mulling over options for 2018 return

- David Evans

Mads Ostberg has told Motorsport News he is ready to step back to WRC2 to get his World Rally Championship aspirations back on track through 2018. The former Citroen and M-Sport factory driver returned to privateer status this year, with his Onebet World Rally Team running a single 2017-spec Ford Fiesta WRC. Ostberg admits, however, that he underestimated the financial commitment to competing in a latest generation car at the highest level. His Fiesta – the car that led in Spain last October – is now for sale at £510,000.

“I am looking at all of the options for next season,” said Ostberg. “The one thing I know for sure is that I won’t be doing Monte Carlo next month. I will start my season in Sweden, but what I will be driving, I don’t know – everything is open. It wouldn’t have to be a 2017 or a 2018 car, just a car where I could be competitive and near the front.”