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Driver Freddy Nordstrom Ignores Food Poisoning For A Top Eight Finish In
Treacherous Conditions
Freddy Nordstrom (Weybridge) ignored illness to take a
points finish in the latest round of the SEAT Cupra Championship which was to
be disrupted by torrential rain at Croft, Yorkshire.
The weekend started in great form for the Surrey teenager
with a day’s testing on Friday which saw him fifth fastest, setting high hopes
for qualifying the next day. Sadly, Freddy was to be struck down with food
poisoning and in no condition to enjoy the sun shining on the Yorkshire circuit
for Saturday’s qualifying. Freddy put in a valiant effort and whilst only being
well enough to put in three laps still managed to qualify eighth! A very pale
Freddy commentated “That wasn’t fun!”
Whilst Freddy felt slightly brighter on Sunday the same
could not be said of the weather. From t-shirts the day before, everyone had to
reach for waterproofs on Sunday and even they couldn’t turn the torrential rain
that followed. Large amounts of standing water on the track saw racing
temporarily suspended for safety reasons, meaning the timetable was thrown into
disarray.
The first to take on the treacherous conditions after the
delay were the SEAT Cupras. Despite being below par himself, Freddy put on a
superb display of concentration in the difficult conditions which largely saw
the field remain in grid order. Coming home in eighth place meaning more
valuable points for Freddy.
“At times the spray was so heavy you couldn’t see a thing
in front of you. I knew there was a car there but it was just a wall of grey
water to look at!” said Freddy afterwards. “Even at the end I couldn’t see the
chequered flag for the spray!”
With the timetable running late the second SEAT Cupra
race of the weekend was cancelled and will be run at a later meeting in the
season.
There is a five week interval until the next race which
will take place on 11-13 July at Snetterton, Norfolk. Freddy’s season can be
followed on his website at www.freddynordstrom.com.
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