WestCoast Racing put safety first in the first GT Masters qualifying session for the season and qualified 10th and 20th respectively for the races on Saturday and Sunday.

Fredrik Lestrup drove the first 45 minute long qualifying stint and qualified in 10th place. After a busy period preparing for the race he drove his first laps in anger in qualifying and is happy with the effort under the circumstances.
”I have to say I’m happy with this. Despite the fact we haven’t had time to do many laps we are still on the pace. I’m please, especially considering these were my first laps on the new tyres. There’s much more time to extract from both me and the car and it’s difficult to time the traffic right so there’s more to come. The team has done a great job to get the car ready for qualifying and now we are looking forward to the race. The important thing is to finish the race but we do have a chance to score some points. I’m happy,” Fredrik says.

Martin Matzke drove the second stint in qualifying and set a time identical to the time his team mate did in the first race. He was in 10th place for a long time but towards the end of qualifying the times dropped and he ended up qualifying in 20th place.
”I’m quite happy even though I got a lot of traffic on my best laps. The first laps were really good and I didn’t take any chances. Fredrik did a good job and we have a good position for the race tomorrow and the most important thing for us now is to finish the race,” Martin summarized.

Team manager Dick Jönsson Wigroth is pleased with the team’s first effort in qualifying. He points out the most important thing now is to have a trouble free weekend for the races.
”This was good, for us the important thing is to get a solid start to the season. It’s not at this weekend the championship will be decided and we have a good position for both races on Saturday and Sunday.”

Results, Q1
Results, Q2