As expected the qualifying at Nürburgring was challenging and exciting. WestCoast Racing drove its first qualifying in GT Masters. The 50 minute long qualifying session is divided into two parts of 20 minutes with a 10 minute break in between. The first qualifying determines the grid for the Saturday race and the second qualifying determines the grid for the Sunday race. As no driver is allowed to participate in both sessions Lars Stugemo drove the first session and Fredrik Lestrup drove the second session. WestCoast Racing will line up 33rd for the first race and 16th for the second race.
”An exciting day at work. We knew it would be tough and we have worked hard on setting the car up. There’s more time to gain but I think we did a solid job. Especially Fredrik’s time shows we are capable to to challenge here,” team manager Dick Jönsson Wigroth says.

Fredrik Lestrup qualifie 16th, one second from pole i yet another tight qualifying in GT Masters. WestCoast Racing therefore lines up 16th on the grid on Sunday.
”This is a lot of fun. I’m not entirely happy with qualifying, it feels there was more time to gain. Despite that we have a decent starting position for tomorrow and it’s great to work with WestCoast Racing. You really get a chance to develop as a driver and it’s also fun to see how much my team mate Lars improves all the time. Tomorrow it’s race day!” Fredrik says.

Lars Stugemo improved a lot in qualifying and set his best time for the weekend. He qualified 3,3 seconds from pole position which in this tight field means 33th starting position on the grid.
”It’s my best time for the weekend and a great improvement so I’m happy with that. We start some way back in the field and of course we are not happy with that but the competition is tough here. Now we have to set the car up for the race and find a good strategy for tomorrow and Sunday,” Lars said.

Result, Q1
Result, Q2