Anton Olof Alexander Marklund (born 9 December 1992) is a Swedish racing driver who won the European Rallycross Championship three times in 2017, 2022, and 2023. He has competed most of his career for his father's team Marklund Motorsport.
Career
Marklund entered five rounds of the 2011 European Rallycross Championship for Marklund Motorsport with a Ford Fiesta TouringCar, scoring a third-place finish at Sweden. In the 2011 European Rallycross Championship he scored two wins and six second-place finishes, claiming the TouringCar title.
For the 2013 European Rallycross Championship, Marklund moved to the Supercar to drive a Volkswagen Polo, finishing seventh in points.
Marklund raced the 2014 FIA World Rallycross Championship for Marklund Motorsport in a Volkswagen Polo Supercar. He made five finals, including a career-best second in Canada. He ended the season 6th in the points, having scored points in every event.
In 2015, Marklund raced at the FIA World Rallycross Championship with Mattias Ekström's team, EKS RX, driving an Audi S1 at races except Canada, where he drove a Volkswagen Polo. He endured a tough start to the season, rolling in the season opener in Portugal and launched off Daniel Holten in Sweden. He finished the season strongly, with a sixth in Turkey and a fourth in Italy. That same year, Marklund also ran in the Audi Sport TT Cup, finishing 16th in the standings with 63 points and a best finish of eighth.
For the 2016 FIA World Rallycross Championship, Kristoffersson Motorsport and Marklund Motorsport combined their operations to participate under the brand Volkswagen RX Sweden. Driving a Volkswagen Polo Supercar, Marklund finished 13th in points, with best results of fourth at Belgium and Sweden.
Marklund left the World Rallycross Championship in 2017, and returned to the European Rallycross Championship with Marklund Motorsport. He won the title with three wins in five races.
Racing record
Complete FIA European Rallycross Championship results (key)
TouringCar Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 910 ERX Points 2011 Marklund Motorsport Ford Fiesta GBR POR FRA NOR10SWE3BEL11NED5 AUT POLCZE48th53 2012 Marklund Motorsport Ford FiestaGBR1 FRA2 AUT2 HUN2NOR(6) SWE2 BEL2NED1 FIN2GER(7) 1st 142
Supercar/RX1
Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ERX Points 2013 Marklund Motorsport Volkswagen Polo GBR7 POR9 HUN8 FIN9 NOR7 SWE21 FRA13 AUT7 GER97th102 2017 Marklund Motorsport Volkswagen Polo BAR1 NOR2 SWE1 FRA4 LAT11st129 2018 Marklund Motorsport Volkswagen Polo BAR2 BEL1 SWE14 FRA3 LAT3 2nd 101 2021 Hedströms Motorsport Volkswagen Polo SWE7FRALATBEL 17th 15 2022 SET Promotion Hyundai i20 HUN1 SWE1 NOR4 LAT2 POR4 BEN11st100
Complete FIA World Rallycross Championship results (key)
Supercar/RX1/RX1e
Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 WRX Points 2014 Marklund Motorsport Volkswagen Polo POR5 GBR12 NOR8 FIN5 SWE14 BEL4 CAN2 FRA8 GER17 ITA6 TUR4 ARG7 6th 173 2015 EKS RX Audi S1 POR17 HOC20 BEL7 GBR14 GER11 SWE25NOR8FRA9 BAR15TUR6 ITA4 ARG11 12th 78 Volkswagen Polo CAN14 2016 Volkswagen RX Sweden Volkswagen Polo POR12 HOC15 BEL4 GBR9 NOR15 SWE4 CAN6 FRA18 BAR14 LAT15 GER15 ARG11 13th 76 2018 Marklund Motorsport Volkswagen Polo BAR POR BEL GBR17 NOR11 SWE CAN FRA LAT USA12 GER9 RSA8 14th 35 2019 GC Kompetition Renault Mégane R.S. UAE ESP BEL GBR NORDSQ SWE CAN FRA LAT RSA 7th 119 2020 GCK Bilstein Renault Mégane R.S. RX SWE SWE FIN FIN LAT LAT ESP ESP 9th 90 2021 Hedströms Motorsport Hyundai i20 BAR SWE FRA LAT LAT BEL6 PRT GER12 GER8 13th 33 2022 ALL-INKL.COM Münnich Motorsport SEAT Ibiza RX1eNORLATLATPORPORBELBELESPESP GER 9th 8
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