Emil Axelsson (co-driver)

Emil Axelsson (born 26 August 1983) is a Swedish rally co-driver.[1]

Emil Axelsson
Axelsson at the 2014 Rallye Deutschland
Personal information
Nationality Sweden
Born (1983-08-26) August 26, 1983 (age 40)
World Rally Championship record
Active years20052015, 2017
TeamsM-Sport Ford WRT
Rallies62
Championships0
Rally wins0
Podiums0
Stage wins5
First rally2005 Rally Sweden
Last rally2017 Wales Rally GB

Rally career edit

Emil Axelsson began his rally career in 2000, when he partnered with Simon Johansson in a Mazda 323.[1]

Axelsson made his WRC at 2005 Rally Sweden, where he was the co-driver of the local star Patrik Sandell. In 2006, the Swedish crew won the J-WRC title in a Renault Clio S1600.[2]

Axelsson firmed a partnership with Pontus Tidemand in 2014, but ended in 2015.[3]

Rally result edit

WRC results edit

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 Per-Gunnar Andersson Ford Fiesta RS WRC SWE
7
MEX POR JOR 20th 6
M-Sport Stobart Ford World Rally Team ITA
15
ARG GRE
Tommi Mäkinen Racing Subaru Impreza STi R4 FIN
15
GER AUS FRA ESP GBR
2012 Proton Motorsport Proton Satria Neo S2000 MON
Ret
SWE
14
MEX POR ARG GRE NZL
23
FIN
11
GER GBR
24
FRA
24
ITA ESP
8
24th 4
2013 Henning Solberg Ford Fiesta RS WRC MON SWE
8
18th 8
Per-Gunnar Andersson Ford Fiesta S2000 MEX POR
Ret
ARG GRE
AT Rally Team Ford Fiesta RS WRC ITA
13
FIN
8
GER
Ret
AUS FRA ESP GBR
2014 Pontus Tidemand Ford Fiesta R5 MON SWE MEX POR ARG ITA POL FIN GER
9
AUS FRA ESP GBR 26th 2
2015 Pontus Tidemand Ford Fiesta RRC MON SWE
17
MEX ARG 24th 4
Škoda Motorsport Škoda Fabia R5 POR
13
ITA POL
13
FIN
9
GER AUS FRA
Ret
ESP
9
GBR
WD
2017 M-Sport Ford Fiesta WRC MON SWE MEX FRA ARG POR ITA POL FIN GER ESP GBR
38
AUS NC 0

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Emil Axelsson". e-wrc.com. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Patrik Sandell". patriksandell.com. Retrieved 25 December 2018.
  3. ^ "New Co-driver For Tidemand". pontustidemand.se. pontustidemand.se. 4 December 2015. Retrieved 20 December 2015.

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