Nathan had a much better weekend at Knockhill with two wins and a 4^th place finish in the Ginetta G50 Cup series. The Scottish circuit is a demanding short, but undulating track that can catch out the unwary and with the usual Knockhill mix of high winds, intermittent rain, and occasional sun the teams were kept on their toes for setup and tyre selection.

On Saturday morning Nathan commented ”With the forecast on Saturday being wet things were uncertain with no dry testing …. qualifying was still damp although a dry line appearing wets were the only choice - I knew that the last lap would be the quickest and that it was going to be vital to be right on it from the word go. Everything went to plan and I got 3 poles with a healthy margin.”

The first race on Saturday morning was held on a wet track but Nathan made a great start, with his main rival Breeze slotted into 2^nd place but he was soon having to battle closely with Frank Wrathall and Fulvio Mussi with both trying him. On the last lap Wrathall and Breeze tangled leaving Breeze in the gravel. Nathan had kept his calm and kept a good lead throughout the race to get a deserved win, in what were tricky conditions.

The next race on Sunday morning started off with most of the cars going out on slicks and then having to change to wet weather tyres back on the grid, which took an extra few minutes. Nathan again made a good start from the line and led a group of 5 cars contesting the race on a wet track initially but with a dry line appearing through the race.  Wrathall stayed closely with Nathan for the first part of the race but then slipped behind, with Nathan winning by over 2 seconds at the line for another deserving victory.

For the final race the sun had come out and “for the first time over the weekend we were certain what tyres would be needed!! A good start saw me storm away to a 1 second lead - as the race went on the tyres started to go off slightly and my lead was decreasing by around 1 tenth a lap - I felt everything was under control until lap 19 where I clipped the kerb just too hard in the chicane which launched the car into a spin.. with the engine stalled I lost over 20seconds and could only recover to 4th. “

At the end of the weekend Nathan commented “On reflection the weekend was a great success - sure it would have been nice to win 3 in a row but these things happen and we managed to extent our lead from 17points to 64. We are now fully focused for Silverstone in 2 weeks (Aug 29/30) and are really looking forward to it!

Pictures and words by Chris Roberts / WiderViewPhotos