Merry Christmas all rallylovers!

Rallyschool with Harry!

During the last week I have had a rallyschool for Harry from England, we had some good fun days! As you all can see we also had perfect conditions...

Rallyschool!

Rallyschool on perfect winter roads, yesterday and today Im having a rallyschool for Harry from GB, and he is doing good.. More pictures will come up today!

Skoda Yeti event in the Alps!

During the two last days I have been on a press event in the Alps with the new Skoda Yeti, I really like that car, go to your local Skoda dealer and see for yuor self!

The winter is here...

The winter is here and today I got a nice one! Good fun but cold as you can see... This is quite a bit from rallying, but a good thing to do to get some extra energy for next week!

This is my best friend..

I am glad that Red Bull is one of my partners and keep awake.

A lot of traveling this week..

Next year is coming quick and we are working hard with our sponsors now... I hope I can give you all some news about next year soon!

Motorsport day at Volkswagen Sweden!

Together with all the other racing and rallycross drivers thats is supported from the Volkswagen group. Its was a good day and we met all the CEO's of the dealers in Sweden. To talk about Skoda is very easy, its the best rally car in the world...

Over and out in Porec!

Unfortunately we have to retire the rally after problems with the gearbox on stage 8. To bad when the speed was coming more and more...

Finish for today!

We have now finished day 1 at Rally Porec, first time through the SSS was not so good, but second time was better. Still 11 stages to go..

It's starting time in Rally Porec!

Today we will only drive 2 Superspecial stages in Porec, so the real rally is starting tomorrow. We are looking forward to the start now!

I didn't do anything, says Emil! Today we did a test, but I was a short one. Tomorrow we try again. The first start of the rally is 15.00.

On the way to Rally Porec!

We are now on the way to Croatia. Im working and Emil is sleaping... We will during the following week drive Rally Porec, more to come on patriksandell.com

End of Rally GB!

We have now finich the rally, okay the position in the end was not good, but we set a lot of fastest stage times..

No power steering and then of the road..

We lost the powersteering in the end of the first stage this morning, and then we went off the road on the last stage because of that. It was simply not possible to turn in to that corner.. Shit!

Todays biggest problem!

We've had a quite good day, but everything is not working the way we want to. Both our intercomsystems have been dropping volume on the stages which caused us to slow down a bit to much... The 2nd place is very good though and our aim is definitely to keep Prokop behind us and get the 2nd place in the championship. /Emil

Last check!

Now it's only 163 km to the first stage :)

Car loaded after shakedown!

On our first round we got some trouble as the engine started to misfire. We choosed to stop to be on the safe side. The mechanics changed ignition parts and then we did a clean run just to check that everything was ok. We carry on with a very good feeling and looks forward to the rally! /Emil

Emil a happy man after recce!

We are happy with the pacenotes and Emil looks more happy then normal - wonder why...

First rain of the week!

Today we had a short, but very heavy rain on the recce. As soon as the rain came it become very foggy. This can be a tricky thing for the rally... /Emil

First day of recce in GB!

We had a good day today. The stages are really nice and looks very much like Swedish roads. Now I'm going over them again on the video to be fully prepared for the rally!

Ooops, only cash...

We got stucked at the toll-bridge into Wales. We missed that they didn't accept card. Two nice ladies and four angry Englishmen later, everything was solved... :) /Emil

More pictures from the test in Austria!

Libor the godfather!

...when it comes to electric things. We are all very pleased with the day!! /Emil

Testing in Austria!

More info and pictures will come later, but everything is going in the right direction!

Visiting BRR!

Today we where at our team in Austria and did some small preparations before our Rally GB-test. "Mary" and "Dacia Junior" (named by our mechanics) were as always in perfect condition! /Emil

Partner event in Kall!

We had two perfect days with our Swedish partners at Kall Auto Lodge! See pictures and enjoy...

First testdrive before Wales!

I did a small testdrive in Sweden during last Sunday, to get the perfect feeling back! It was really good fun to bee back in the car..

Working day..

Today Iam home and working with some sponsor proposals for next year...

Running...

Today I took a 13 km long run. A bit worse weather in Sweden compared with Spain, but still a nice feeling when you're done! :) /Emil

Leaving Spain!

After a really nice week in Spain it's time to go home...

FC Barcelona - UD Almeria

We and 74.175 others are watching the match. An extreme atmosphere!

Besenyei in action!

The organisers had put together a very spectacular show on "Playa del Bogatell" and we've had a great day! /Emil