Method for control of a combustion engine during a road section, in a vehicle comprising one or several engines (101, 121), wherein said vehicle is coasting with said combustion engine shut down; said method comprising the following steps: - simulation of at least one future speed profile v sim_ICE_off for an actual speed v act of said vehicle during said road section, wherein said simulation is carried out when said road section is ahead of said vehicle, and wherein said simulation of each one of said at least one future speed profile v sim_ICE_off is based on information about said road section and on knowledge that said coasting with the combustion engine shut down will, at least initially, be applied during said road section; - determination of a starting point in time t ICE start when a forward driving force from said combustion engine in said vehicle will be required again, and/or when one or several braking systems in said vehicle will need to be activated, wherein said determination of said starting point in time t ICE start is based on said at least one starting point brought forward in time, t ICE_pre_start; - determination of a starting point brought forward in time, t ICE_pre_start, which precedes said starting point in time t ICE_start by an advancing period T ICE_pre_start, - starting said combustion engine at said starting point brought forward in time t ICE_pre_start, characterized in that said determination of said starting point brought forward in time, t ICE_pre_start, is based on a predetermined constant value for said advancing period T ICE_pre_start, wherein different predetermined constant values for the advancing period T ICE_pre_start are used for different driving modes of the vehicle, wherein the different driving modes of the vehicle comprise the driving modes "uphill slope" and "downhill slope". wherein said vehicle is coasting with said combustion engine shut down; said method comprising the following steps: - simulation of at least one future speed profile v sim_ICE_off for an actual speed v act of said vehicle during said road section, wherein said simulation is carried out when said road section is ahead of said vehicle, and wherein said simulation of each one of said at least one future speed profile v sim_ICE_off is based on information about said road section and on knowledge that said coasting with the combustion engine shut down will, at least initially, be applied during said road section; - determination of a starting point in time t ICE start when a forward driving force from said combustion engine in said vehicle will be required again, and/or when one or several braking systems in said vehicle will need to be activated, wherein said determination of said starting point in time t ICE start is based on said at least one starting point brought forward in time, t ICE_pre_start; - determination of a starting point brought forward in time, t ICE_pre_start, which precedes said starting point in time t ICE_start by an advancing period T ICE_pre_start, - starting said combustion engine at said starting point brought forward in time t ICE_pre_start, - simulation of at least one future speed profile v sim_ICE_off for an actual speed v act of said vehicle during said road section, wherein said simulation is carried out when said road section is ahead of said vehicle, and wherein said simulation of each one of said at least one future speed profile v sim_ICE_off is based on information about said road section and on knowledge that said coasting with the combustion engine shut down will, at least initially, be applied during said road section; - determination of a starting point in time t ICE start when a forward driving force from said combustion engine in said vehicle will be required again, and/or when one or several braking systems in said vehicle will need to be activated, wherein said determination of said starting point in time t ICE start is based on said at least one starting point brought forward in time, t ICE_pre_start; - determination of a starting point brought forward in time, t ICE_pre_start, which precedes said starting point in time t ICE_start by an advancing period T ICE_pre_start, - starting said combustion engine at said starting point brought forward in time t ICE_pre_start, characterized in that said determination of said starting point brought forward in time, t ICE_pre_start, is based on a predetermined constant value for said advancing period T ICE_pre_start, wherein different predetermined constant values for the advancing period T ICE_pre_start are used for different driving modes of the vehicle, wherein the different driving modes of the vehicle comprise the driving modes "uphill slope" and "downhill slope".