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Kristoffersson
Motorsport drivers win all
The fourth race meeting of TCR
Scandinavia took place at Falkenberg,
where the Volkswagen Golf cars run by
Kristoffersson Motorsport dominated the
field as their three drivers – Fredrik
Blomstedt, Fredrik Ekblom and Johan
Kristoffersson – took one win apiece.
The first race was red-flagged after the
start for an incident that eliminated four
cars. The race restarted with less than
four minutes remaining, but it was a
processional affair, with Blomstedt
holding off Kristofferson to win, with
Ekblom making it a Volkswagen 1-2-3.
Series leader Robert Dahlgren (PWR
Racing SEAT) finished fourth.
In Race 2 Blomstedt and Kristoffersson
were again fighting for the lead. The
safety car was deployed when Andreas
Ahlberg’s Volkswagen crashed at Turn 6
and at the restart Blomstedt and
Kristoffersson cut the chicane to avoid
contact. This enabled Ekblom to take the
lead, while Dahlgren and Daniel Haglöf
(PWR Racing SEAT) moved up to second
and third. The leading quartet remained
nose-to-tail for the whole race, with
Ekblom successfully defending the lead
from Dahlgren and Haglöf managing to
keep Blomsted at bay for third.
Heat 3 saw the day’s third different race
winner. Kristoffersson returned to his
winning ways, taking victory by less than
half a second over Dahlgren and Reuben
Kressner (Brovallen Design Audi) in a race
that was dominated by punctures. It was
one of those punctures that denied
Results
Falkenberg, Round 10, Sunday 9 July
1. Fredrik Blomstedt (Volkswagen
Golf); 2. Johan Kristoffersson
(Volkswagen Golf); 3. Fredrik Ekblom
(Volkswagen Golf)
Falkenberg, Round 11, Sunday 9 July
1. Fredrik Ekblom (Volkswagen Golf);
2. Robert Dahlgren (SEAT León); 3.
Daniel Haglöf (SEAT León)
Falkenberg, Round 12, Sunday 9 July
1. Johan Kristoffersson (Volkswagen
Golf); 2. Robert Dahlgren (SEAT León);
3. Reuben Kressner (Audi RS3 LMS)
Ekblom his second win of the day. After
leading for much of the race, a deflated
front-left tyre sent him into the barriers
with only six laps remaining.
The result means Dahlgren now leads
the series by 12 points from
Kristoffersson, with Ekblom a further 20
points adrift. The next event will be at
Karlskoga on August 13th.