Patrik Sandell facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Patrik Sandell |
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Sandell in 2011
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| Nationality |  Swedish |
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| Born | April 21, 1982 | |||||||||||||
| Global Rallycross career | ||||||||||||||
| Debut season | 2013 | |||||||||||||
| Current team | Subaru Rally Team USA | |||||||||||||
| Car no. | 18 | |||||||||||||
| Former teams | Olsbergs MSE Bryan Herta Rallysport |
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| Starts | 54 | |||||||||||||
| Wins | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Podiums | 14 | |||||||||||||
| Best finish | 6th in 2013 and 2014 | |||||||||||||
| Finished last season | 8th | |||||||||||||
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| 2005–2012 | World Rally Championship | |||||||||||||
| Championship titles | ||||||||||||||
| 2006 2005 2004 2003 |
Junior World Rally Championship Swedish Group N3 Championship Swedish Junior kartingChampionship |
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Patrik Sandell (born April 21, 1982) is a professional rally car driver from Sweden. He is known for his exciting driving style. Patrik has won several important championships during his career.
In 2004, he won the Swedish Junior Championship. The next year, 2005, he became the champion of the Swedish Group N3 Championship. A big win came in 2006 when he won the Junior World Rally Championship (JWRC) while driving for Renault.
Later, Patrik joined a team called Olsbergs MSE. He started racing a Ford Fiesta in the Global RallyCross Championship in 2013. He did very well, finishing 6th overall and getting on the podium twice. In 2014, he won a race and again finished 6th in the championship. In 2015, he moved to a new team, Bryan Herta Rallysport.
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Patrik's Early Racing Life
Patrik Sandell became interested in motorsport when he was a teenager. He was only 16 years old when he first tried rallycross racing. By the time he was 17, he competed in his very first rally event.
His hard work paid off quickly. In 2004, Patrik won his first major title, the Swedish Junior Championship. The following year, 2005, he added another victory by winning the Swedish Group N3 title.
Winning the Junior World Rally Championship
In 2006, Patrik competed in the Junior World Rally Championship. This is a very competitive series for young drivers. He had an amazing season, winning one race and getting on the podium three other times in just six starts. This great performance helped him win the overall JWRC title that year.
Over the next few years, Patrik continued to race in different rally championships. These included the JWRC, Production World Rally Championship, and Super 2000 World Rally Championship. He showed his skill by winning races in all three of these categories. In 2009, he became a sponsored athlete for Red Bull. That same year, he won his first two PWRC races in Norway and Cyprus.
Moving to Global RallyCross
In 2012, Patrik got a chance to race with the Mini WRC Team. He competed in his home country's event, the 2012 Rally Sweden, and finished 8th. This was his best finish in the World Rally Championship. However, after 2012, Mini's parent company ended its contract, and Patrik stopped racing in the WRC.
For the 2013 season, Patrik decided to try something new. He moved to the Global RallyCross Championship and joined the Olsbergs MSE team. He quickly found success, earning his first podium finish in his very first GRC race at X Games Brazil. He ended the year in 6th place overall.
Patrik repeated his 6th place finish in 2014. This was also the year he earned his first-ever GRC win at a race held at RFK Stadium in June.
In 2015, Patrik switched teams again, joining the new Bryan Herta Rallysport team. He raced with them for two seasons, 2015 and 2016, winning one race each year.
Recent Racing Adventures
In 2017, Patrik took on a new challenge with Subaru Rally Team USA. He finished 8th in the championship standings that year. He also earned a podium finish in Atlantic City.
In 2018, Patrik continued racing for Subaru in the new Americas Rallycross series. He finished an impressive 3rd place overall. Besides rallycross, Patrik also returned to traditional stage rally racing. He competed in three American Rally Association events in 2018 and won all of them!
Patrik continued to race in Americas Rallycross for the Subaru Motorsports team in 2019.
See also
In Spanish: Patrik Sandell para niños
