| Freddy Nordström | |
| Nationality: | Anglo-Swedish |
| Birth Date: | 1989 2, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Chertsey, Surrey, United Kingdom |
| First Year: | 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: | 3 |
| Award Years: | 2012, 2013, 2014 |
Fredrik "Freddy" Nordström (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.[1]
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
After 2 years of travelling to Spain, Nordström joined Lotus Sport UK, together with Leyton Clarke for an entry in the British GT Championship.[2] 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.
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.[3] Unfortunately four crashes (two unavoidable on ovals) in 2016 hampered the season, but saw Nordström finish as high as sixth place in some races.
In addition to the various championships Nordström has competed in, he has appeared in the following race series:
| Year | Championship | Team | Car |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | Advent Mtsp | T Car | |
| 2004 | Advent Mtsp | T Car | |
| 2005 | John Cooper Challenge UK (rebranded later as Mini Challenge UK) | Advent Mtsp | Mini Cooper S |
| 2006 | Advent Mtsp | Mini Cooper S | |
| 2007 | Advent Mtsp | SEAT Cupra R | |
| 2008 | Advent Mtsp | SEAT Cupra R | |
| 2009 | Spanish SEAT León Supercopa | Advent Mtsp | SEAT León Supercopa |
| SEAT León Eurocup | Advent Mtsp | SEAT León Eurocup | |
| 2010 | Spanish SEAT León Supercopa | Advent Mtsp | SEAT León Supercopa |
| 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 |
| Advent Mtsp | Mini JCW | ||
| 2013 | Rapido Racing | Ford Mustang | |
| 2014 | Rapido Racing | Chevrolet Camaro | |
| 2015 | GDL Racing | Ford Mustang | |
| 2016 | CAAL RACING | Chevrolet SS | |
| 2017 | CAAL RACING | Chevrolet SS | |
| 2018 | Mishumotors | Chevrolet SS | |
| EBOR 23 | Maserati GT4 |
(key) (
Bold – Pole position awarded by qualifying time. Italics – Pole position earned by points standings or practice time. * – Most laps led.)| NASCAR Whelen Euro Series – Elite 1 results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 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 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Chevrolet Camaro | TOU 20 | TOU 20 |  MON 23 | MON 10 | LEM 9 | LEM 16 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2014 | 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 | 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 | |||||||||||||||
| NASCAR Whelen Euro Series – Elite 2 results | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year | Team | No. | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 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 | ||
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| SEAT Cupra Championship UK – results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 Supercopa Spain – results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 – results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 UK results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 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 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 | |