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Patrik Flodin |
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| Position |
Driver |
| Born: |
16
august 1984 |
| Car: |
Subaru
or Mitsubishi |
| Class: |
Grp-N
PWRC |
| Home
motorclub : |
Ilsbo
MK |
| Debutated: |
2001 |
| Family: |
Mom,
dad, big brother Pär and smaller
brother Marcus |
| Interests: |
Rally,
anything with a gas engine |
| Lives |
Hudiksvall,
Sweden |
| Mail:
|
patrik@patrikflodin.com |
| Cellphone: |
+4670-338 30 73 |
| Short
CV: |
Presentation
(pdf) |
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| Biggest
achievements:: |
| 2011: |
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| 2:nd |
PWRC |
| 1:th
Grp-N |
Rally
Wales, PWRC |
| 1:th
Grp-N |
Rally
Spain, PWRC |
| 2:nd
Grp-N |
Rally
Argentina, PWRC |
| 3:rd
Grp-N |
Rally
Finland, PWRC |
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Won
the Swedish Rally Award |
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| 2010: |
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| 2:nd |
PWRC |
| 1:th
Grp-N |
Rally
Braslaw |
| 1:th
Grp-N |
Rally
Jordan P-WRC |
| 1:th
Grp-N |
Sandviken
Swedish Championship. 1:th overall |
| 1:th |
Rally
Sweden P-WRC |
| 1:th
Grp-N |
Rally
Peno Russian Championship |
| 1:th
Grp-N |
Rally
Japan |
| 2:nd
Grp-N |
Xue
Cheng Rally, (China) |
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| 2009: |
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| Russian
Champion |
First
non Russian citizen to become Champion |
| 1:th
Grp-N |
In
all rallies in the Russian Championship |
| 3:rd |
P-WRC
Finland |
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| 2008: |
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Second/
disqualified |
P-WRC
Finland. |
| 1:th
Grp-N |
Rally
Auto Alians V.Luki |
| 1:th
Grp-N |
P-WRC
England |
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| 2007: |
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| 11:th
WRC |
Swedish
Rally first time in WRC |
| 1:th
Grp-N |
P-WRC
Rally Norway (11:th in total) |
| 1:th
Grp-N |
P-WRC
Rally Portugal (17:th in total) |
| 1:th
Grp-N |
South
Swedish Rally (second in total) |
| 7th+10:th |
Camaro
Cup (First time in a racecar) |
| 1:th
Grp-N |
P-WRC
Rally Finland |
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| 2006: |
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| Swedish
Champion |
| 1:th
Grp-N |
Grp-N
Berglsagsrallyt (Swedish Championship) |
| 1:th
Grp-N |
Grp-N Rally Norway |
| 1:th
Grp-N |
Grp-N Snow Rally (Swedish Championship) |
| 3:rd
Grp-N |
P-WRC
Rally Portugal |
| 1:th
Grp-N |
Sapa
South Swedish Rally (SM) |
| 5:th
WRC |
Rally
Trøndelag (Nordic Championship), First
time in a WRC car |
| 8:th
Grp-B |
Grp-B
Rally Bohemia (climbed an amazing18 places
first time on tarmac ) |
| 1:th
Grp-N |
Finnkampen
Motor |
| 1:th
Grp-N |
Rörforsloppet,
Swedish championship in hill climbing (New
track record) |
| 2:nd
Grp N |
P-WRC
Finland |
| 1:th
Grp-N |
Grp-N Rally Falun |
| 1:th
Grp-N |
Grp-N
Rejmeknixen |
| 1:th
Grp-N |
Grp-N
Östgötarallyt Grp-N, second overall. |
| 2:a
Grp-N |
P-WRC
Rally Wales |
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Won
the Swedish Bilsport Award Junior |
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| 2005: |
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| 5:a
Grp-N
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VM
i Finland (låg
etta när växellådan havererade
på sista sträckan) |
| 1:a
Grp-N
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Silverratten |
| 1:a
Grp-N
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Kong
Christian Race |
| 2:a
Grp-N
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SM
i Sandviken (Premiär
med Maria 26/2)
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| 2:a
Grp-N
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Eksbosprinten
(Premiär
i Grp-N) |
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Patriks
Career
Patrik started to drive motor cross when he
was 11 years old and raced with great success
making good results in the Swedish Championship
for boys in his age.
The motorcross career ended when Patrik was
15 as he started with folkrace, a Swedish
low budget rallycross type of racing. And
the success was a fact. When Patrik turned
Sixteen he got his rally driver license and
started to drive Rally. He was competing in
both Rally and folkrace until 2003 when he
after that specialized in Rally.
In 2003 The local government, Morgan
Olssons stipendium, gave
Patrik a scholarship with the motivation:
"Patriks driving in the Volvo Original
cup is to be compared to winning the Swedish
championship".
Under the first year Patrik drove a Volvo
original cup car and won almost everything
he decided to participate in. In the end of
2004 he did his first two entries in the Swedish
Championship in a borrowed two wheel drive
car.
2006 The season started with three
straight wins in the Swedish championship
and Rally Norway a rally that was nominated
for WRC status and also got the status in
2007. Patrik also did his first rally on Tarmac
this year but the start was a disaster on
the first stage a shaft in the gearbox broke
and the car had to be towed off the stage.
The next day Patrik used the super rally rule
and could start over but with a 5 minute penalty
and in 26th place. He did an impressive race,
he went faster and faster during the rally
won tree special stages and finished 8th (If
you don´t count the 5 minute penalty
he would have finished second).
They won the final run in the Swedish rally
championship and Patrik became the Swedish
Champion of 2006.
2007 Patrik started the year setting
up a cooperation with two new sponsors Olsberg
and Monitor. The goal was set to run the whole
P-WRC season and as many rallies in Europe
as possible. In February Patrik did his first
show in a world rally car in the world championship
it all went well the goal was to get experience
and finish the rally. They finished in a good
11th place. Just one weekend later he won
the Norwegian Rally in the P-WRC class with
more than 2 minutes 30 seconds faster than
the second car.
2008 Göran Bergsten became co-driver
and Patrik focused the first part of the season
on tarmac rallies in Poland just to get more
experience on the conditions that you might
face on that particular surface.
In August he rented a Production car to compete
in P-WRC Rally Finland. They finished second
in one of the fastest rallies on the planet.
Unfortunately there was no celebration. After
the finish line the technical judge found
a small small leakage between the turbo and
the restrictor nothing that Patrik had an
advantage of, the leak actually gave him a
disadvantage but the rules are clear no leaks!
So Patrik was disqualified.
Late 2008 Patrik got an invitation of the
Russian team URT (Uspenskiy Rally Tecnica)
to run the last round in the Russian championship.
A round that Patrik won. This win granted
Patrik a start in the P-WRC rally England
with the same team. The conditions were extreme
but Patrik handled it well and finished first.
The result was a great success not only for
the team but also for the new Subaru, a car
that had been on the market for a year without
any victories. It all resulted in a full P-WRC
season for Patrik in 2009.
2009 2009 Patrik was contracted to
run the whole Russian Championship with the
URT team. He came and he conquered Patrik
won all the Rallies in the Championship and
became the first non Russian citizen to become
the Russian Champion.
It was harder the P-WRC championship since
the new S2000 cars was launched and for 2009
they run in the same class as the Production
cars. The S2000 car is smaller, lighter, got
more power and better suspension than the
P-WRC car. So the best result was a third
place in Rally Finland.
2010 Seven rallies done with six victories.
The first round of the Russian championship
Patrik finished first and is still newer beaten
on Russian soil. The second rally was P-WRC
rally Sweden and with no S2000 cars the victory
was a fact. Patrik was leading the rally from
the start to the finish. Two weeks later Patrik
won in total the second run in the Swedish
championship. Then the team looked east for
the first round in the Chinese Championship
and they finished first again. With four wins
in the season Patrik went to Jordan for the
second round in the P-WRC championship a challenging
rally due to the heat and rocky roads but
after three days the fifth victory was a fact.
The focus for the rest of the year will be
the P-WRC, Russian and the Chinese championship
A thought goal but with the great start of
the season all the goals are well within reach.
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