The worldwide series will start in early 2021 and will be decided in five sub-competitions.

Senegal, Nepal, Saudi Arabia, Brazil and Greenland are the places where teams get to measure their forces with each other under harsh conditions.

The cars are electric SUVs with around 550 horsepower under the hood.

Ekström is one of the absolute sports talents of the motorsport world.

World champion in rallycross 2016, two DTM titles and three victories in the Race of Champions, drives a Cupra for his DTM stable ABT Sportsline.

It is not yet confirmed who will be the female driver in the team.

- I think the concept is ingenious.

And we have a strong team to start, he says.

CLIP: Mattias Ekström won in Höljes - Kristoffersson leads the total

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Mattias Ekström cheers after the victory.

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