Weybridge's Freddy Nordstrom claimed a sensational win at last weekend's SEAT Cupra Championship event at Rockingham, Northamptonshire though it wasn't all plain sailing for the teenager!

Having never raced at Rockingham before, the 18-year-old took full advantage of the practice sessions and was again proving himself a front runner in the R Class.

This momentum carried forwarded into qualifying for the weekend's double header event.

In qualifying one, Nordstrum took R Class pole position by a whisker from the Churchill brothers Ian and Adrian.

In qualifying two, he had to be satisfied with second quickest time of his class.

Both grid positions put Nordstrum in strong contention for the races, confirming his position as one to watch among the young hot shots.

As the lights went out for race one and the field sped to the first corner, overall pole sitter Carl Breeze was clipped and spun, leading to a heavy collision with Daniel Welch.

The leading R Cupras of Nordstrum and Ian Churchill approached the melee with nowhere to go, both ending up in the kitty litter' gravel safety run off.

Though his race over before the first corner, thankfully Nordstrum put him out of contention for the rest of the weekend.

After the drama and disappointment of race one, Freddy and his the Advent Motorsport team regrouped over lunch, dusted themselves off and were back to make amends in the second race.

With another collision at the head of the pack at the start of race two, Nordstrum this time was able to find a small gap to avoid the commotion and sped off into the R Class lead.

It was a lead that was soon to become unassailable with Nordstrum setting some stunning race lap times, easily taking the R Class fastest lap of the race.

As the chequered flag fell, Freddy took the win by an outstanding 18seconds. And not content with winning the R Class, Freddy finished hot on the tail of a new Leon in the class above proving that this year's two class series is providing excitement throughout the field for drivers and spectators alike.

"It feels good to get our first win under our belt" said Freddy afterward. "Hopefully bypassing trouble ahead at the race starts won't become a norm but we proved today what we can do when we get passed the first corner unscathed!!"

Freddy's next race is at the Hampshire circuit of Thruxton on 4-5th May, a fast and sweeping circuit that many drivers, including Freddy, favour so the action is sure to be edge of the seat again.