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Lestrup Racing Team driver Oliver Söderström opened the 2022 STCC TCR Scandinavia season strongly by qualifying on the front row and secured a podium finish in the Ljungbyhed feature race.

”To qualify second with a brand new Audi that we got less than a month ago feels amazing. I lost one place at the start unfortunately, that’s never enjoyable. I wasn’t quite happy with the balance of the car, but I am really pleased to finish on the podium and a huge thanks to everyone in the team as they’ve worked around the clock ahead of the premiere,” said Oliver Söderström.

Team-mate Andreas Bäckman made his STCC debut for Lestrup Racing Team this weekend, having never previously raced at the Ljungbyhed circuit.

The 26-year-old qualified tenth after a mistake on his Super Pole lap, then fought his way up through the field to finish a strong fifth behind the wheel of his brand new Audi RS 3 LMS II.

”It was a really exciting race where I fought my way from tenth to fifth. Unfortunately the top four had broken away by then, so I had to focus on just taking the car home after that. It’s been a tough weekend for me as I’ve never raced here before, but the overall results from this weekend bodes well for the coming races,” said Andreas Bäckman.

Lestrup Racing Team leaves the STCC opener in third place of the teams’ standings while Oliver Söderström is placed third in the drivers’ championship and Andreas Bäckman fifth.

”We’re never pleased until we are on top of the podium, but I think we can head home pleased considering the circumstances. We’ve only started to scratch the surface of our new Audis and we have plenty of data to digest and evolve for the next race in Skellefteå where we will push for more podiums,” said Fredrik Lestrup, team co-founder.

The next STCC TCR Scandinavia race takes place on June 17-18 at Skellefteå.