Fredrik Lestrup and Lars Stugemo advanced 14 positions in the GT Masters race at Nürburgring and finished 19th from 33rd on the grid. As expected GT there was another tight and tough GT Masters race and the WestCoast drivers stayed out from trouble and steadily climbed during the race. Lars Stugemo drove the first stint and could gain a few places before handing over to Fredrik Lestrup.
”It was hard but I wanted to give Fredrik an intact car,” Lars said. ”We could take advantage of others mistakes and climb and finish with a car without any scratches. Fredrik did a great job and could gain a lot of positions for us during his stint.”

Fredrik Lestrup drove the last stint and could climb fron 30th to 19th at the finish. He was among the fastest of the race during his stint and was pleased afterwards.
”It was completely crazy and a lot of fun. I was cautious in my stint and didn’t take any risks. Despite that I could overtake quite a few cars and to gain 14 positions and finish 19th is pretty ok. The important thing today was to finish and get experience and that we did. The car felt good during the whole race and it’s in perfect order for tomorrow which is more to be said for some of the others. We will try and push a bit more tomorrow,” Fredrik says.

They will start 16th tomorrow and Fredrik Lestrup will drive the first stint. Team manager Dick Jönsson Wigroth is pleased with the teams first GT Masters race.
”Now we’ve gotten this out of the way. We finished the race with an intact car and has learned a lot which was the goal today. We have a lot to look through but it feels good to have finished our first GT Masters race without any problems,” he said.

The second race starts 12:00 tomorrow Sunday.

Result, download file GT Masters Nürburgring race 1.