Patrik Sandell
Sandell in 2011
Nationality Swedish
Born (1982-04-21) April 21, 1982 (age 41)
Global Rallycross career
Debut season2013
Current teamSubaru Rally Team USA
Car number18
Former teamsOlsbergs MSE
Bryan Herta Rallysport
Starts54
Wins3
Podiums14
Best finish6th in 2013 and 2014
Finished last season8th
Previous series
2005–2012World Rally Championship
Championship titles
2006
2005
2004
2003		Junior World Rally Championship
Swedish Group N3 Championship
Swedish Junior kartingChampionship
Medal record
Representing  Sweden
Summer X Games
Silver medal – second place 2013 Los Angeles Ford Gymkhana GRID
Bronze medal – third place 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).

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

Racing record

Complete WRC results

(key)

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 WDC Points
2005 Patrik Sandell Renault Clio Ragnotti MON SWE
Ret 		MEX NZL ITA CYP TUR GRE ARG FIN GER GBR JPN FRA ESP AUS NC 0
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 		NC 0
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 NC 0
2008 Peugeot Sport Sweden Peugeot 207 S2000 MON SWE
11 		ARG
Ret 		GRE
Ret 		TUR
12 		GER
22 		JPN GBR
Ret 		NC 0
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 		NC 0
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 		23rd 2
2011 Patrik Sandell Škoda Fabia S2000 SWE
11 		MEX POR JOR ITA ARG GRE FIN GER AUS FRA ESP GBR NC 0
2012 Mini WRC Team Mini John Cooper Works WRC MON SWE
8 		MEX 27th 4
Prodrive WRC Team POR
Ret 		ARG GRE NZL FIN GER GBR FRA ITA ESP

JWRC results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 JWRC Points
2006 Patrik Sandell Renault Clio S1600 SWE
2 		ESP FRA ARG
2 		ITA
1 		GER FIN
7 		TUR
11 		GBR
6 		1st 32
2007 Patrik Sandell Renault Clio R3 NOR
2 		POR
15 		ITA
8 		FIN
1 		GER
EX 		ESP FRA 6th 19
2008 Interspeed Racing Team Renault Clio S1600 MEX
5 		JOR
Ret 		ITA
7 		FIN
2 		GER ESP
5 		7th 21
Renault Clio R3 FRA
6

Complete PWRC results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 PWRC Points
2008 Peugeot Sport Sweden Peugeot 207 S2000 SWE
3 		ARG
Ret 		GRE
Ret 		TUR
2 		FIN GBR
Ret 		4th 22
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 		4th 30

Complete SWRC results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 SWRC Points
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 		2nd 112

IRC results

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 IRC Points
2011 Škoda Sweden Škoda Fabia S2000 MON CAN COR
9 		YAL
9 		YPR AZO
5 		ZLI
12 		MEC SAN SCO
Ret 		CYP
3 		8th 44

Complete FIA European Rallycross Championship results

(key)

Supercar

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ERX Points
2013 Olsbergs MSE Ford Fiesta GBR
 POR
 HUN
 FIN
 NOR
 SWE
9 		FRA
 AUT
 GER
 22nd 14

Complete Global Rallycross Championship results

(key)

Supercar

Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 GRC Points
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 		6th 89
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 		6th 246
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 		8th 328
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 		5th 436
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 		8th 582

RallyX on Ice

(key)

Year Car 1 2 3 4 RallyX Points
2016 Lites Ford Fiesta PIT
11 		SAL
14 		TRY
4 		ARE
6 		7th 16

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.
  2. ^ Evans, David (6 February 2012). "Prodrive loses status as MINI's factory World Rally Team". Autosport.com. Haymarket Publications. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  3. ^ Hoppes, Nate (22 June 2014). "Patrik Sandell Wins Red Bull Global Rallycross DC". RedBull.com. Red Bull. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  4. ^ Sinclair, Adam (16 April 2015). "Patrik Sandell to drive for Bryan Herta Rallysport". SpeedwayDigest.com. Speedway Digest. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  5. ^ Rally Team, Subaru (17 August 2017). "Subaru Driver Patrik Sandell Places Second At GRC Atlantic City 1". NESN.com. NESN. Retrieved 15 January 2019.
  6. ^ Rally Team, Subaru (8 October 2018). "SUBARU DRIVER PATRIK SANDELL VICTORIOUS AT RAIN-SOAKED TOUR DE FOREST RALLY". vtcar.com. Subaru Rally Team USA. Retrieved 15 January 2019.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ Rally Team, Subaru (11 January 2019). "Scott Speed Joins Subaru Motorsports for 2019 Rallycross Season". rally.subaru.com. Subaru of America. Archived from the original on 28 August 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2019.

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