Edward Göran Carl Christian Sandström (born 4 January 1979) is a Swedish racing driver. He has competed in a variety of disciplines including rallycross,

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and

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Career

Early career

Sandström raced karts in the early 1990s. In 1999 and 2000, he competed in the Volvo S40 Junior Touring Car Cup and won the championship title in his second year. He then competed in formula racing series from 2001 to 2004. In 2001, he drove in the Zetec class of Swedish Formula Ford and was runner-up. In 2003 and 2004, he competed in the

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and in the first year achieved his best overall placement in the series with 17th place. In 2002, 2005 and 2006, he drove in the

Swedish Touring Car Championship Swedish Touring Car Championship (STCC) was a touring car racing series based in Sweden, but also with rounds in Norway. They began operating in 1996, heavily influenced by the British Touring Car Championship and the success of BTCC racing on Sw ...

and finished in fourth place overall in 2002 and 2005.

GT Motorsport

From 2006 to 2010, Sandström competed in

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. In 2007 he won the championship title and achieved his greatest success in this brand championship. In 2010 and 2011, he drove for the

Schubert Motorsport Schubert Motorsport is a private motorsport team founded and owned by team principal and European Autocross champion Torsten Schubert, and headquartered in Oschersleben, Germany (near the Motorsport Arena). The team has operated as a BMW priv ...

team with a BMW Z4 GT3 in the

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. There he finished sixth overall in 2010 together with Patrick Söderlund. In 2010, 2012, 2015 and 2016 he competed in the

ADAC GT Masters The ADAC GT Masters is a grand tourer-based auto racing series founded by the international Stéphane Ratel Organisation (SRO) and supported by the German ADAC automotive club. Similar to an earlier ADAC GT Cup series in the 1990s, the new GT ...

. In the first year he was a guest starter with the Need for Speed by Schubert Motorsport team. In

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, he competed for Prosperia uhc speed and in

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for the kfzteile24 MS Racing team with an Audi R8 LMS ultra, where in the latter, he finished eighth overall and achieved his best result in the racing series. In the 2016 season, he drove an Audi R8 LMS GT3 for kfzteile24 APR Motorsport. From 2011 to 2015, he competed with various racing teams in the GT3 Pro Cup classification of the

Blancpain Endurance Series The GT World Challenge Europe Endurance Cup, formerly for sponsorship reasons the Blancpain Endurance Series from 2011 to 2015 and Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup from 2016 to 2019, is a sports car racing series developed by SRO Motorsports Gr ...

. He achieved his greatest success in the series, a third place in the overall standings, in 2014 for the French team

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with an Audi R8 LMS ultra. He then drove in the Blancpain GT Series Sprint Cup in 2016 and the Blancpain GT Series Endurance Cup in 2017. In 2013, he drove with the Belgian Audi Club Team WRT together with

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for one season in the Pro classification of the

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and won the runner-up title. In parallel to the Blancpain racing series, he started in some races of other racing series, such as 2011 in the

American Le Mans Series The American Le Mans Series (ALMS) was a sports car racing series based in the United States and Canada. It consisted of a series of endurance and sprint races, and was created in the spirit of the 24 Hours of Le Mans. The American Le Mans' hea ...

, 2012 and 2015 in the Swedish GT Series, 2014 and 2015 in the

French GT Championship The FFSA GT Championship (''Championnat de France FFSA GT'') is a French Grand Touring-style sports car racing series that began in 1997. It is the main event of the ''Championnat de France des Circuits'' (formerly called ''Super Série FFSA'' and ...

and 2017 in the

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. In 2018, he drove a

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in two V8 Thunder Cars Sweden races and finished 13th overall.

Endurance racing

Sandström took part in 24-hour endurance races several times in his motorsport career. From 2010 to 2018 he competed in the

Nürburgring 24 Hours The Nürburgring 24 Hours is a 24-hour annual touring car and GT endurance racing event that takes place on a combination of the Nordschleife ("North Loop") and the GP-Strecke ("Grand Prix track") circuits of the Nürburgring in Rhineland-Palat ...

. There he achieved second place in the SP9 GT3 classification for

in 2010 in a BMW Z4 GT3. In 2015, the result improved and won the SP9 class victory in an Audi R8 LMS for Audi Sport Team WRT. He competed in some races in the

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in 2011 and 2012. At the Dubai 24 Hours in 2011, he won the race together with

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and

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in a BMW Z4 GT3 for the Schubert Motorsport team. In the same year he also achieved victory for Schubert Motorsport with Michael Outzen, Lars Stugemo and Peter Posavac. In 2012, he competed for the W Racing Team in an Audi R8 LMS at the 24 Hours of Zolder and became the overall winner.

Rallycross

In the 2015 season, Sandström competed for the

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team in a race in the

FIA World Rallycross Championship The FIA World Rallycross Championship (official abbreviation is World RX) is a rallycross series organised by the FIA in conjunction with series promoter Rallycross Promoter GmbH (founded by Red Bull and KW25). From the inaugural season in 2014 ...

(WRX) and finished 28th in the overall standings.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sandstrom, Edward 1979 births Living people Sportspeople from Örebro Swedish racing drivers Nürburgring 24 Hours drivers ADAC GT Masters drivers Blancpain Endurance Series drivers American Le Mans Series drivers 24H Series drivers Porsche Carrera Cup Scandinavia drivers World Rallycross Championship drivers W Racing Team drivers Formula Renault V6 Eurocup drivers Swedish Touring Car Championship drivers Cyan Racing drivers Saintéloc Racing drivers 24 Hours of Spa drivers Mercedes-AMG Motorsport drivers