Archive News - June 2010

7 June 2010

More pain in Spain for Freddy

The weekend of 5/6th June saw Freddy Nordstrom make his return to the Jarama circuit, near Madrid, for round two of the Spanish SEAT Supercopa Championship. After difficulties at the first round in Valencia haltered his progress, Freddy was eager to kick off his season properly at Jarama.

With tough competition awaiting the 21 year old, Saturday's qualifying session saw just 1.4 seconds separating the top 20 drivers, with Freddy starting in 20th place after being slightly hampered on pace during the session.

Again proving what he is capable of behind the wheel, just one and a half laps into the first race Freddy already rocketed up to 14th place, progressing a remarkable six places in no time at all. Unfortunately, as in Valencia, Freddy's pace was soon short-lived as a lack of power meant he was unable to carry on.

As the grid lined up for the second race Freddy's weekend became that bit worse, when officials wouldn't allow him to leave the pitlane due to his lack of track time earlier in the day. Being absent from race two, after an already frustrating time, left the Advent Motorsport expert raring to go in the third race.

After the fitting of yet another new engine following Saturday's outing, Freddy was able to take to the grid for the final race of the weekend, however was forced to line up at the very back in 31st position. Determined not to let the disadvantage of starting from the back hinder his performance, Freddy again launched away at the start, making up another six places before clearing the pit straight.

As he approached the first corner, already up into 24th place, a knock at the side of his SEAT forced him off of the track. Once again his race was soon brought to an abrupt end before it had barely begun.

Looking back over another challenging weekend, Freddy said: "It's frustrating to have another bad weekend; I know we've got the pace to be running at the sharp end of the field, we've proved that in the short amount of track time we've had. With three new engines and only two rounds completed it's difficult for us all, but we've just got to keep looking forward.

"I'm staying positive and looking ahead to the next round at Portimao, where fingers crossed we'll finally have some good luck," he added.

The third round of Freddy's 2010 season is at the impressive Portimao circuit in Portugal, the weekend of 3.4th July. This event is an important meeting on the calendar, with the World Touring Car Championship (WTCC) and Formula 2 series also providing the entertainment.

Freddy will have a busy time in July, with an appearance in the Eurocup race at Brands Hatch the weekend of 16-18th July. After providing supporting action to the prestigious WTCC at the renowned venue in July 2009, the series will again be in attendance this year, with Freddy aiming to take his spot on the grid.

More information about Freddy's Eurocup exploits will be announced in due course.