Patrik Sandell

Anders 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.

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, 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.

In 2015, Sandell switched to the new Bryan Herta Rallysport team. 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. 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.

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

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 SWERet MEX NZL ITA CYP TUR GRE ARG FIN GER GBR JPN FRA ESP AUS NC 0 2006 Patrik Sandell Renault Clio S1600 MON SWE20 MEX ESP FRA ARG22 ITA15 GRE GER FIN34 JPN CYP TUR30 AUS NZL GBR33 NC 0 2007 Patrik Sandell Renault Clio S1600 MON SWE NOR21 MEX POR53 ARG ITA31 GRE FIN18 GEREX NZL ESPRet FRA JPN IRE GBR NC 0 2008 Peugeot Sport Sweden Peugeot 207 S2000 MON SWE11 ARGRet GRERet TUR12 GER22 JPN GBRRet NC 0 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX NZL11 Interspeed Racing Team Renault Clio S1600 MEX13 JORRet ITA26 FIN21 ESP23 Renault Clio R3 FRA28 2009 Red Bull Rallye Team Škoda Fabia S2000 IRE NOR12 CYP9 PORRet ARG ITA10 GRE24 POL FIN AUS ESP GBR21 NC 0 2010 Red Bull Rallye Team Škoda Fabia S2000 SWE15 MEX JOR23 TUR NZL12 POR BUL FIN11 GER10 JPN FRA10 ESP GBR14 23rd 2 2011 Patrik Sandell Škoda Fabia S2000 SWE11 MEX POR JOR ITA ARG GRE FIN GER AUS FRA ESP GBR NC 0 2012 Mini WRC Team Mini John Cooper Works WRC MON SWE8 MEX 27th 4 Prodrive WRC Team PORRet 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 SWE2 ESP FRA ARG2 ITA1 GER FIN7 TUR11 GBR6 1st 32 2007 Patrik Sandell Renault Clio R3 NOR2 POR15 ITA8 FIN1 GEREX ESP FRA 6th 19 2008 Interspeed Racing Team Renault Clio S1600 MEX5 JORRet ITA7 FIN2 GER ESP5 7th 21 Renault Clio R3 FRA6

Complete PWRC results Year Entrant Car 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 PWRC Points 2008 Peugeot Sport Sweden Peugeot 207 S2000 SWE3 ARGRet GRERet TUR2 FIN GBRRet 4th 22 Mitsubishi Lancer Evo IX NZL2 JPN 2009 Red Bull Rallye Team Škoda Fabia S2000 NOR1 CYP1 PORRet ARG ITA2 GRE11 AUS GBR7 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 SWE4 MEX JOR5 NZL4 POR FIN3 GER1 JPN FRA1 GBR4 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 COR9 YAL9 YPR AZO5 ZLI12 MEC SAN SCORet CYP3 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 NORSWE9 FRA AUT GER 22nd 14

Complete Global Rallycross Championship results (key)

Supercar

RallyX on Ice (key) Year Car 1 2 3 4 RallyX Points 2016 Lites Ford Fiesta PIT11 SAL14 TRY4 ARE6 7th 16