Freddy Nordström

Freddy Nordström
Freddy Nordström
Nationality	Anglo-Swedish
Born	22 February 1989 (age 35); Chertsey, Surrey, United Kingdom
Debut season	2003
Current team	CAAL Racing
Car number	44
Crew chief	Luca Canneori
Starts	162
Championships	1
Wins	8
Podiums	56
Poles	5
Fastest laps	7
Awards
2012, 2013, 2014	3

Rolf Fredrik Nordström^[1] (born 22 February 1989 in Chertsey, Surrey) is an Anglo-Swedish racing driver and Forex trader living in London. He currently drives for CAAL RACING in the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series.^[2]

Biography

Early life

Nordström was educated at Danes Hill School in Oxshott, King's College School in Wimbledon and the European Business School London and Paris. He has a BA Hons degree in International Business and French. A keen racer from an early age, he started car racing in the British Racing and Sports Car Club (BRSCC) T-Cars Championship in 2003, being the youngest Motor Sports Association (MSA) licence holder up until then. Nordström has worked as a Forex trader for 8 years and is now the CEO of Neverfire Ltd. Freddy resides in London.

Racing career

T Cars

Nordström raced go-karts from eight years of age to the age of 14 when he entered the T Car championship, a race series for drivers between fourteen and seventeen years of age. He finished fourth in both his first and second year.

Mini Challenge

His young years belied a mature racing knowledge, fostered since his 2003 debut in the T Car Championships. His 2005 entry into the John Cooper Challenge (relaunched for 2006 as the Mini Challenge) saw him immediately competitive. His maiden Mini win and numerous podiums allowed him to finish fourth in the S Class Championship.

For 2006, Nordström's was fixed on winning the S Class title. In the 16 race season, he finished 14 times on the podium including three wins – a success for Nordström and the Advent Motorsport Team. In fact, Nordström finished every race to end the year with an enviable 100% points scoring record.

SEAT UK

2007 saw Nordström move into the exciting arena of the SEAT Cupra UK Championship, a series with a reputation for nurturing the very best of new Saloon car talent. Nordström proved a pacesetter for the R Class from the onset. He finished the year in a credible fourth place having racked up three wins and finishing 50% of his races on the podium. In 2008 Nordström returned to the SEAT Cupra Cup, this time behind the wheel of a brand new SEAT León with backing from PlumberTraining.co. Once more, he was run by Advent Motorsport.

SEAT Supercopa, Spain

With SEAT withdrawing the one make series in the UK, racing options were limited. After an upgrade to conform with the SEAT León Supercopa regulations, 2009 and 2010 saw Nordström racing on most tracks in Spain and Portugal for the 2010 SEAT León Supercopa Spain season and the following one. Racing was a challenge with 40 entered cars of the same specification. The season was mixed with variable outcomes and quite a few mechanical issues. Nevertheless, this championship made Nordström ready for any future challenge and saw him taking on the current World Touring Car Cup (WTCC) driver 'Norby' Norbert Michelisz, TCR driver Pepe Oriola and Spanish superstar Oscar Nogués.

In addition Nordström entered the Brands Hatch rounds of the WTCC support race of the SEAT León Eurocup with good results. He was unfortunate to miss out on a second place by being given a drive through nine laps into the race for having a wheel outside the box on the starting grid. In spite of this he managed to claw his way back to sixth place. In this championship he raced against the Coronel twins.

British GT

After 2 years of travelling to Spain, Nordström joined Lotus Sport UK, together with Leyton Clarke for an entry in the British GT Championship.^[3] The car was the new Lotus Evora, which saw the pair finish third in the championship only losing second place by a team 'stealing' points by entering the final round. The season was a challenge with a variety of gremlins appearing for this unproven car.

NASCAR Whelen Euro Series

Having seen the Euro NASCAR at an exhibition at the Autosport show in Birmingham, Nordström joined the NASCAR Whelen Euro Series (various names during the years). Initially racing on mainly French circuits, the championship has grown over the years to now includes six European countries and drivers from a multitude of countries. After the first year Nordström joined the legendary, Le Mans winner Éric Hélary and his team RAPIDO RACING. This partnership lasted one and a half years until the team went into administration mid season which jeopardised the results. After a bad season in 2015, Nordström joined CAAL RACING who had a very strong track record of success.^[4] Unfortunately four crashes (two unavoidable on ovals) in 2016 hampered the season, but saw Nordström finish as high as sixth place in some races.

Other racing

In addition to the various championships Nordström has competed in, he has appeared in the following race series:

2008 Caterham Roadsport
2009 Abarth 500
2011 Porsche Carrera Cup Great Britain^[5]
2012 Silverstone Britcar 24-Hour (BMW M3 E46)
2013 Dubai 24 Hour (BMW)^[6]
2014 Dubai 24 Hour (BMW)^[7]
2016 Dubai 24 Hour (Porsche 991 Cup)

Racing record

Year	Championship	Team	Car
2003	T Car Championship	Advent Mtsp	T Car
2004	T Car Championship	Advent Mtsp	T Car
2005	John Cooper Challenge UK (rebranded later as Mini Challenge UK)	Advent Mtsp	Mini Cooper S
2006	Mini Challenge UK	Advent Mtsp	Mini Cooper S
2007	SEAT Cupra Championship	Advent Mtsp	SEAT Cupra R
2008	SEAT Cupra Championship	Advent Mtsp	SEAT Cupra R
2009	Spanish SEAT León Supercopa	Advent Mtsp	SEAT León Supercopa
2009	SEAT León Eurocup	Advent Mtsp	SEAT León Eurocup
2010	Spanish SEAT León Supercopa	Advent Mtsp	SEAT León Supercopa
2010	SEAT León Eurocup	Advent Mtsp	SEAT León Eurocup
2011	British GT Lotus Evora GT4	Lotus Sport UK	Lotus Evora
2012	NASCAR Whelen Euro Series	Orhès	Dodge Charger
2012	Mini Challenge UK	Advent Mtsp	Mini JCW
2013	NASCAR Whelen Euro Series	Rapido Racing	Ford Mustang
2014	NASCAR Whelen Euro Series	Rapido Racing	Chevrolet Camaro
2015	NASCAR Whelen Euro Series	GDL Racing	Ford Mustang
2016	NASCAR Whelen Euro Series	CAAL RACING	Chevrolet SS
2017	NASCAR Whelen Euro Series	CAAL RACING	Chevrolet SS
2018	NASCAR Whelen Euro Series	Mishumotors	Chevrolet SS
2018	GT Cup UK	EBOR 23	Maserati GT4

Complete Racing results

NASCAR

(key) (Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)

Whelen Euro Series – Elite 1

NASCAR Whelen Euro Series – Elite 1 results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	NWES	Points
2012	Orhès Competition	44	Dodge Charger	NOG 15	NOG 9	BH 8	BH 6	SPA 7	SPA 5	VAL 6	VAL 14	LEM 20	LEM 16			9th	512
2013	Rapido Racing	44	Ford Mustang	NOG 4	NOG 6	DIJ 3	DIJ 5	BH 2	BH 3							7th	543
2013			Chevrolet Camaro							TOU 20	TOU 20	MON 23	MON 10	LEM 9	LEM 16	7th	543
2014			Chevrolet Camaro	VAL 8	VAL 10	BH 13	BH 23	TOU 4	TOU 5	NUR 4	NUR 17	UMB 7	UMB 6	LEM 6	LEM 8	7th	567
2015	GDL Racing	44	Ford Mustang	VAL 16	VAL 17	VEN 9	VEN 11	BH 12	BH 9	TOU 9	TOU 13	UMB 8	UMB 12	ZOL	ZOL	16th	394
2016	CAAL Racing	44	Chevrolet SS	VAL 19	VAL 6	VEN 23	VEN 20	BH 6	BH 8	TOU 13	TOU 8	VAL 6	VAL 23	ZOL 6	ZOL 13	10th	494
2017	CAAL Racing	44	Chevrolet SS	VAL 7	VAL 9	BH 17	BH 8	VEN 14	VEN 11	HOC 19	HOC 10	FC 19	FC 23	ZOL 8	ZOL 21	10th	439

Whelen Euro Series – Elite 2

NASCAR Whelen Euro Series – Elite 2 results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	NWES2	Points
2018	Mishumotors	33	Chevrolet SS	VAL	VAL	FR	FR	BRH 7	BRH 3	TOU	TOU	HOC	HOC	ZOL	ZOL		30th	64
2019	PK Carsport	11	Chevrolet Camaro	VAL	VAL	FRA	FRA	BRH 23	BRH 13	MOS	MOS	VEN	HOC	HOC	ZOL	ZOL	37th	38

British GT GT4

British GT GT4 results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Position
2011	Lotus Sport UK	49	Lotus Evora	OP 5	OP 2	SNE 2	BH 2	SPA 3	SPA 6	ROC 2	ROC 4	DON 6	SIL 8	3rd

SEAT León Supercopa

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Seat Cupra Championship UK

SEAT Cupra Championship UK – results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Position
Blaupunkt SEAT Cupra UK results
2007	Advent Motorsport	44	SEAT Cupra R	BH 9	BH 6	ROC DNF	ROC 1	THR 1	THR 1	CRO DNF	CRO 2	OP 3	OP 3	DON DNF	DON DNS	SNE DNF	SNE 2	BH 4	BH 4	KNO 2	KNO 4	THR 2	THR 2	4th
SEAT Cupra Championship UK results
2008	Advent Motorsport	44	SEAT Cupra R	BH 10	BH 5	ROC DNF	ROC 7	DON DNF	DON DNF	THR 11	THR 5	CRO 8	SNE 2	SNE 6	SNE DNF	OP 11	OP 9	KNO 9	KNO 9	SIL 5	SIL 8	BH 5	BH 7	8th

Seat León Supecopa Spain

SEAT León Supercopa Spain – results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	Position
2009	Advent Motorsport	44	SEAT León Supercopa	VAL 33	VAL DNF	VAL 16	JAR ?	JAR 15	JAR 13	POR 13	POR 19	POR DNF	ALB 15	ALB 22	ALB DNS	JER DNF	JER DNS	JER DNS	BAR 17	BAR 20	BAR 13	26th
2010	Advent Motorsport	44	SEAT León Supercopa	VAL 21	VAL 27	VAL DNF	JAR DNF	JAR DNS	JAR DNF	POR 17	POR 18	POR 14	NAV 14	NAV 13	NAV 8	JER 9	JER 14	JER 9	BAR 15	BAR 12	BAR 15	20th

Seat León Eurocup

SEAT León Eurocup – results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	Position
2009	Advent Motorsport	44	SEAT León Eurocup	VAL	VAL	BRN	BRN	POR	POR	BRH 5	BRH 6	OSC	OSC	IMO	IMO	14th
2010	Advent Motorsport	44	SEAT León Eurocup	MNZ	MNZ	ZOL	ZOL	BRH DNF	BRH 14	BRN	BRN	OSC	OSC	VAL	VAL	34th

Mini Challenge

Mini Challenge UK results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	Position
2005	Advent Motorsport	44	Mini Cooper S	DON DNF	DON 4	KNO 3	KNO 3	CRO 3	CRO 2	THR 5	THR 1	CAS 4	CAS 4	MON 5	MON 5	SIL 4	SIL 5	–	–	–	–	–	–	4th
2006	Advent Motorsport	44	Mini Cooper S	SNE 7	SNE 2	BH 2	BH 3	CAS 3	CAS 1	PEM 2	PEM 1	THR 4	THR 2	CRO 3	CRO 3	SPA 1	SPA 2	DON 3	DON 3	–	–	–	–	1st
2012	Advent Motorsport	44	Mini JCW	SIL	SIL	CAS	CAS	BHI 9	BHI 7	BHI 4	SNE	SNE	SNE	SNE	OUL	OUL	BHGP	BHGP	BHGP	DON	DON	DON	DON	21st

T Car

T Car Championship results
Year	Team	No.	Make	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	Position
2003	Advent Motorsport	44	T Car	DON 7	DON DNS	BH 5	BH 5	LYD 5	LYD 5	CAD 6	CAD 5	SNE 7	SNE 7	MAL 6	MAL 7	ANG 5	ANG 5	ANG 4	ANG 5	OP 5	OP 4	CAS 5	CAS 8	SNE 6	SNE 6	SNE 4	SNE 7	5th
2004	Advent Motorsport	44	T Car	SNE 2	SNE 2	KNO 3	KNO 3	MAL 3	MAL 3	BH 3	BH 3	CAD 2	CAD 3	MON 2	MON 2	ANG 3	ANG 1	SNE DNF	SNE 9	DON DNF	DON DNS	BH DNS	BH DNS	-	-	-	-	4th

24 Hours of Silverstone results

Year	Team	Co-Drivers	Car	Car No.	Class	Laps	Pos.	Class Pos.
2012	GP Motorsport	Guy Povey Nick Whale Harry Whale Westlie Harding	BMW M3 E46 GTR	70	3	297	25th/DNF	7th/DNF

References

^ "Rolf Fredrik NORDSTROM". Companies House. Retrieved 20 September 2024.
^ "Freddy in the Nascar Whelen Euro Series".
^ "Freddy Nordstrom in the British GT's". Archived from the original on 4 February 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
^ "Freddy Nordstrom joins CAAL Racing". Archived from the original on 21 December 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2016.
^ "Nordstrom to race at Snetterton with GT Marques".^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ "2013 Dubai 24h entry list".
^ "2014 Dubai 24h entry list".

External links

www.freddynordstrom.com Archived 17 September 2016 at the Wayback Machine

[1] "Rolf Fredrik NORDSTROM". Companies House. Retrieved 20 September 2024.

[2] "Freddy in the Nascar Whelen Euro Series".

[3] "Freddy Nordstrom in the British GT's". Archived from the original on 4 February 2018. Retrieved 29 September 2016.

[4] "Freddy Nordstrom joins CAAL Racing". Archived from the original on 21 December 2015. Retrieved 29 September 2016.

[5] "Nordstrom to race at Snetterton with GT Marques".^{[permanent dead link‍]}

[6] "2013 Dubai 24h entry list".

[7] "2014 Dubai 24h entry list".

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