Mads Ostberg will take Kris Meeke’s vacant seat in the Citroen World Rally Championship line-up for the rest of the 2018 season.
Meeke was dropped by Citroen ahead of the last WRC round in Italy following recent crashes.
Ostberg is well known to Citroen, having driven for its factory team in 2014 and ’15 before returning for a three-round deal this season.
That programme finished in Italy, but Ostberg has now picked up Meeke’s drive and is confirmed for the rest of the season bar Catalunya in October – where he might have to move aside for Sebastien Loeb’s final appearance.
“This is fantastic news for me,” Ostberg told Motorsport.com. “I am so happy to have the rest of the season sorted.
“I am talking to the team and negotiating for Spain, this is a nice rally and somewhere that I have gone well before – I would like to be there.
“But the main thing is that I have a deal for the other rallies.”
Ostberg has finished in the top six on all three of his 2018 appearances so far.
“We all know about the situation [that made the seat available], but no matter what the circumstances, I’m just glad that I got the seat,” he said.
“I think I delivered on the rallies that I have already done and now I’m looking forward to getting more used to the car in the next events.
Mads Ostberg will take Kris Meeke's vacant seat in the Citroen World Rally Championship line-up for the rest of the 2018 season.
Meeke was dropped by Citroen ahead of the last WRC round in Italy following recent crashes.
Ostberg is well known to Citroen, having driven for its factory team in 2014 and '15 before returning for a three-round deal this season.
That programme finished in Italy, but Ostberg has now picked up Meeke's drive and is confirmed for the rest of the season bar Catalunya in October - where he might have to move aside for Sebastien Loeb's final appearance.
"This is fantastic news for me," Ostberg told Motorsport.com. "I am so happy to have the rest of the season sorted.
"I am talking to the team and negotiating for Spain, this is a nice rally and somewhere that I have gone well before – I would like to be there.
"But the main thing is that I have a deal for the other rallies."
Ostberg has finished in the top six on all three of his 2018 appearances so far.
"We all know about the situation [that made the seat available], but no matter what the circumstances, I'm just glad that I got the seat," he said.
"I think I delivered on the rallies that I have already done and now I'm looking forward to getting more used to the car in the next events.
