Double DTM champion Mattias Ekström took a sensational victory in his home event of the 2014 World Rallycross championship at Höljes in Sweden.

The event was the first victory for Ekström’s EKS RX World Rallycross team in only its third ever event.

The win was also the first for Ekström as a driver in the Championship and the first for the Audi S1 Supercar used by the outfit.

Ekström and the EKS RX squad showed strong form throughout the whole weekend, with the Swede winning the semi-final of the Supercar category on Sunday.

Ekström then started the event finale from pole, and went through to take the overall victory by 0.541 seconds ahead of the OlsbergsMSE team driver, Andreas Bakkerud.

The 2003 World Rally champion Petter Solberg ended the Höljes event third overall in his privately run PSRX Citroën DS3, while winner of the last World Rallycross event in Finland, Latvian youngster Reinis Nitiss, was fourth.

Liam Doran in the Monster liveried Citroën and World Rallycross debutante Sebastian Eriksson were fifth and sixth respectively.

The World Rallycross season continues next weekend in Belgium and the EKS RX team will be present with full-time driver Pontus Tidemand and a wildcard driver – while Ekström will be competing in the fifth round of the 2014 DTM season at the Moscow Raceway.