Patrik Sandell

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Patrik Sandell
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Sandell in 2011
NationalityFlag of Sweden.svg  Swedish
Born (1982-04-21) April 21, 1982 (age 42)
Global Rallycross career
Debut season 2013
Current team Subaru Rally Team USA
Car number18
Former teams Olsbergs MSE
Bryan Herta Rallysport
Starts54
Wins3
Podiums14
Best finish6th in 2013 and 2014
Finished last season8th
Previous series
2005–2012 World Rally Championship
Championship titles
2006
2005
2004
2003		 Junior World Rally Championship
Swedish Group N3 Championship
Swedish Junior kartingChampionship
Medal record
Representing Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Summer X Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2013 Los Angeles Ford Gymkhana GRID
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2013 Foz do Iguaçu Ford RallyCross

Patrik Sandell (born April 21, 1982) is a rally driver from Sweden. Sandell won the Swedish Junior Championship in 2004 and the Swedish Group N3 Championship in 2005. In 2006, he won the Junior World Rally Championship (JWRC) title driving for Renault. In 2008, Sandell contested both the JWRC and the Production World Rally Championship (PWRC).

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Sandell joined Olsbergs MSE to drive a Ford Fiesta at the Global RallyCross Championship in 2013. He finished 6th in the standings, scoring two podiums. In 2014 he won a race and finished in the overall championship in 6th place. He joined Bryan Herta Rallysport in 2015, driving with sponsorship from Kobalt Tools. [1]

Biography

Sandell’s interest in motorsport came as a teenager. He was 16 when he first tried rallycross, and 17 when he ran his first rally. Sandell won his first championship in 2004 when he won the Swedish Junior Championship, and won the Swedish Group N3 title in 2005.

In 2006, Sandell contested the Junior World Rally Championship and won the title with a win and three podiums in six starts. Over the next few years, he would continue racing in the JWRC, Production World Rally Championship, and Super 2000 World Rally Championship, earning victories in all three classes. Sandell became a Red Bull athlete in 2009 and won his first two PWRC starts that year in Norway and Cyprus.

In 2012, Sandell made his debut with the Mini WRC Team at his native 2012 Rally Sweden and finished a career-best eighth. Mini parent BMW later terminated its contract with Prodrive, [2] and Sandell no longer raced in WRC after the 2012 season.

For 2013, Sandell moved to the Global RallyCross Championship and joined Olsbergs MSE. He earned his first podium in his first GRC start at X Games Brazil, and finished the year sixth in points. He replicated that result in 2014, also earning his first career win in a race at RFK Stadium that June. [3]

In 2015, Sandell switched to the new Bryan Herta Rallysport team. [4] Sandell would spend the 2015 and 2016 seasons with the team, winning once each year.

Sandell accepted a new drive with Subaru Rally Team USA for 2017 and finished eighth in points. He earned his first podium of the season in the first Atlantic City round. [5] In 2018, Sandell continued to compete for the team in the newly established Americas Rallycross series, where he finished third in points. Sandell also returned to stage rally for three American Rally Association events in 2018, winning all three. [6]

Sandell continued to compete in Americas Rallycross for the newly rebranded Subaru Motorsports team in 2019. [7]

Racing record

Complete WRC results

(key)

YearEntrantCar12345678910111213141516WDCPoints
2005 Patrik Sandell Renault Clio Ragnotti MON SWE
Ret		 MEX NZL ITA CYP TUR GRE ARG FIN GER GBR JPN FRA ESP AUS NC0
2006 Patrik Sandell Renault Clio S1600 MON SWE
20		 MEX ESP FRA ARG
22		 ITA
15		 GRE GER FIN
34		 JPN CYP TUR
30		 AUS NZL GBR
33		NC0
2007 Patrik Sandell Renault Clio S1600 MON SWE NOR
21		 MEX POR
53		 ARG ITA
31		 GRE FIN
18		 GER
EX		 NZL ESP
Ret		 FRA JPN IRE GBR NC0
2008 Peugeot Sport Sweden Peugeot 207 S2000 MON SWE
11		 ARG
Ret		 GRE
Ret		 TUR
12		 GER
22		 JPN GBR
Ret		NC0
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX NZL
11
Interspeed Racing Team Renault Clio S1600 MEX
13		 JOR
Ret		 ITA
26		 FIN
21		 ESP
23
Renault Clio R3 FRA
28
2009 Red Bull Rallye Team Škoda Fabia S2000 IRE NOR
12		 CYP
9		 POR
Ret		 ARG ITA
10		 GRE
24		 POL FIN AUS ESP GBR
21		NC0
2010 Red Bull Rallye Team Škoda Fabia S2000 SWE
15		 MEX JOR
23		 TUR NZL
12		 POR BUL FIN
11		 GER
10		 JPN FRA
10		 ESP GBR
14		23rd2
2011 Patrik Sandell Škoda Fabia S2000 SWE
11		 MEX POR JOR ITA ARG GRE FIN GER AUS FRA ESP GBR NC0
2012 Mini WRC Team Mini John Cooper Works WRC MON SWE
8		 MEX 27th4
Prodrive WRC Team POR
Ret		 ARG GRE NZL FIN GER GBR FRA ITA ESP

JWRC results

YearEntrantCar123456789JWRCPoints
2006 Patrik Sandell Renault Clio S1600 SWE
2		 ESP FRA ARG
2		 ITA
1		 GER FIN
7		 TUR
11		 GBR
6		1st32
2007 Patrik Sandell Renault Clio R3 NOR
2		 POR
15		 ITA
8		 FIN
1		 GER
EX		 ESP FRA 6th19
2008 Interspeed Racing Team Renault Clio S1600 MEX
5		 JOR
Ret		 ITA
7		 FIN
2		 GER ESP
5		7th21
Renault Clio R3 FRA
6

Complete PWRC results

YearEntrantCar12345678PWRCPoints
2008 Peugeot Sport Sweden Peugeot 207 S2000 SWE
3		 ARG
Ret		 GRE
Ret		 TUR
2		 FIN GBR
Ret		4th22
Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX NZL
2		 JPN
2009 Red Bull Rallye Team Škoda Fabia S2000 NOR
1		 CYP
1		 POR
Ret		 ARG ITA
2		 GRE
11		 AUS GBR
7		4th30

Complete SWRC results

YearEntrantCar12345678910SWRCPoints
2010 Red Bull Rallye Team Škoda Fabia S2000 SWE
4		 MEX JOR
5		 NZL
4		 POR FIN
3		 GER
1		 JPN FRA
1		 GBR
4		2nd112

IRC results

YearEntrantCar1234567891011IRCPoints
2011 Škoda Sweden Škoda Fabia S2000 MON CAN COR
9		 YAL
9		 YPR AZO
5		 ZLI
12		 MEC SAN SCO
Ret		 CYP
3		8th44

Complete FIA European Rallycross Championship results

(key)

Supercar

YearEntrantCar123456789ERXPoints
2013 Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta GBR
POR
HUN
FIN
NOR
SWE
9		FRA
AUT
GER
22nd14

Complete Global Rallycross Championship results

(key)

Supercar

YearEntrantCar123456789101112GRCPoints
2013 Kobalt Tools Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta ST BRA
3		MUN1
8		MUN2
13		LOU
2		BRI
5		IRW
8		ATL
11		CHA
13		LV
7		6th89
2014 Kobalt Tools Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta ST BAR
8		AUS
6		DC
1		NY
10		CHA
13		DAY
4		LA1
5		LA2
7		SEA
7		LV
10		6th246
2015 Bryan Herta Rallysport Ford Fiesta ST FTA
11		DAY1
9		DAY2
10		MCAS
2		DET1
9		DET2
1		DC
2		LA1
3		LA2
4		BAR1
DSQ		BAR2
10		LV
13		8th328
2016 Bryan Herta Rallysport Ford Fiesta ST PHO1
2		PHO2
4		DAL
1		DAY1
8		DAY2
8		MCAS1
4		MCAS2
C
DC
2		AC
2		SEA
11		LA1
5		LA2
3		5th436
2017 Subaru Rally Team USA Subaru Impreza WRX STI MEM
9		LOU
THO1
6		THO2
5		OTT1
9		OTT2
7		INDY
8		AC1
2		AC2
10		SEA1
7		SEA2
3		LA
3		8th582

RallyX on Ice

(key)

YearCar1234RallyXPoints
2016 Lites Ford FiestaPIT
11		SAL
14		TRY
4		ARE
6		7th16

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References

  1. ↑ "PATRIK SANDELL AND KOBALT TOOLS JOIN BRYAN HERTA RALLYSPORT FOR RED BULL GLOBAL RALLYCROSS". Global RallyCross Championship . April 17, 2015. Archived from the original on May 26, 2015. Retrieved April 25, 2015.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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