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
World Rally Championship record
Active years	2005–2015, 2017
Teams	M-Sport Ford WRT
Rallies	62
Championships	0
Rally wins	0
Podiums	0
Stage wins	5
First rally	2005 Rally Sweden
Last rally	2017 Wales Rally GB

Rally career

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

WRC results

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

1. "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.

External links

• Emil Axelsson's e-wrc profile