Rally driver not fast enough for son's birth

Swedish rally driver Per-Gunner Andersson is known for his speed behind the wheel but he wasn't fast enough this weekend when his wife had to give birth in their car on the way to hospital.
 
"It was a little strange," Andersson, 31, told the online edition of tabloid Expressen on Monday.
 
His wife went into labour in the middle of the night on Friday and the couple rushed to the hospital in their BMW. But after half-an-hour they realised they would not make it in time and called an ambulance to meet them on the shoulder of the highway.
 
"I was pretty calm but when the baby comes out you do want a little assistance," Andersson said.
 
The ambulance arrived just in time and their son Alvin was born a minute later without any complications.
 
"He was healthy and fine," he said.
 
Andersson, a junior world rally champion in 2004 and 2007, placed seventh in the 2011 Rally of Sweden.
 
Given his son's start in life, Andersson joked that he may also be a future rally driver.
 
"He seems to have it in his genes."