Photo: Martin Öberg
Fredrik Lestrup and Fredrik Larsson took yet another victory in the penultimate round of the Swedish GT Championship when they won the race at Anderstorp. This was their second victory together and Fredrik Lestrups and WestCoast Racings third straight victory in the championship. Lestrup is leading the championship and WestCoast Racing heads the team championship before the final round at Knutstorp in two weeks.

Fredrik Larsson put the BMW Z4 GT3 on pole in qualifying and Fredrik Lestrup then took the opening stint in the one hour long race. He initially lost a place at the start to the second placed Audi but then stayed closed behind the Audi before overtaking later in the stint and building  gap ahead of the pit stop. He went into the pits and handed the car over to Fredrik Larsson in the lead.
”Because Daniel Roos in the Audi had the inside line in the start he could take the lead in the first left hand corner. I chosed to stay behind him in the beginning and save the tyres. After a while he started going slower so I overtook him and started building a gap before the pit stop. Fredrik Larsson then had to maintain that lead in his stint and he did a great job on worn tyres. Even though I saved the tyres as much as I could in my stint they were pretty much worn out at the end of the race. Anyway, we took the victory again and we are now leading both championships ahead of the final race at Knutstorp!” Fredrik Lestrup said.

Fredrik Larsson didn’t have much grip towards the end and Andreas Simonsen in the challenging Audi R8 closed the gap after they had changed to new tyres in their pit stop. Larsson could keep them at bay and took his second straight win together with Fredrik Lestrup.
”We chosed to use the same set of tyres the whole race and een though the Audi team put new tyres on they couldn’t get ot us. We arrived at Anderstorp leading the championship and we leave Anderstorp maintaining the lead. That feels great, we now look ahead to the final round at Knutstorp. It will be a lot of fun,” Fredrik Larsson said.