Returning to action at the Snetterton rounds of the Ginetta G50 Cup hopes were high for the Championship leader and the teams new G50 driver Benji Hetherington. Benji had been racing with the team for 3 years in karts and FF1600 and was now making a step into sports cars after winning 3 out of 4 club races in his new EOS Productions G50 in previous weekends.

Friday testing went well with Nathan quickest in both sessions and Benji 2nd quickest in the 2nd session. However electrical gremlins affected Nathan’s car after the session which ultimately made the weekend very difficult for the team who were playing catch up after a late night on Friday trying to sort the problem ( unsuccessfully).

Qualifying found both cars lacking pace and Nathan qualified 5th with Benji qualifying 7th and both cars having handling issues as well as Nathan’s gearshift and electrical faults.

Race one and Nathan finishes 4th with Benji 8th after a struggle with Colin White. Race 2 and Nathan has a brilliant start into 2nd which he holds until lap 16 when a suspension failure spits him off the track to finish 9th. Benji drives an excellent race to finish 5th in front of several more experienced drivers. Race 3 and after 2 good overtaking moves Nathan records his first podium of the weekend in 3rd and Benji after tusseling with White and Rydman finishes 8th.

Not quite the result the team had been hoping for but still coming away with the Championship lead and valuable experience for Benji after his first full G50 meeting.

The next rounds will be at Knockhill on the 15th and 16th of August a track Nathan knows well, but Benji has not seen before.