Nathan Nurmester
Nathan Nurmester (born 24th June, 1972 in London, England) is a British racing driver. He has taken part in both of the seasons of the Rejects Touring Car Championship, having previously driven in various smaller series. He is the son of Thomas Nurmester and a half-brother of Nick Nurmester.
Early career
Nathan Nurmester is the son of now-retired FIA official and former Formula One driver Thomas Nurmester. Initially, Thomas was very eager to have his son racing, and supported him on his career. However, Nathan's progress was initially very slow, and Thomas started to have doubts about his son's chances. For the next few years Nathan drove in pretty much whatever series he was eligible for, until he was old enough to start driving in local touring car series. But just when things started to look bright for him, Thomas had another son who would take more and more of his time previously devoted to Nathan. This would eventually lead to Nathan cutting his ties with Thomas at the age of 20; they have not talked ever since. This sidetracked Nathan's career for a few years.
Rejects Touring Car Championship
After a few years of trying to find a regular drive in various series, Nurmester was called up by family friend Niko Nurminen to drive for his team in the 1998 Rejects Touring Car Championship season. He was partnered by Russian Nikolai Nurmovitsch. However, the series collapsed after only four races as the series' owner was found quilty of various drug charges. Nathan went on to experiment with single-seaters, but soon found stock cars to be his niché and he competed in those on amateur level while also working as a mechanic in his day job. In 2015 the series was resurrected using mostly the same equipment as in 1998, and Nathan was still ready to drive, again partnered with Nurmovitsch.
Complete RTCC Results
| Season | Team | Class | Car | Number | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | Points | DC | |||||||||||||||||
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| 1998 | Nurminen | I | Volvo | 91 | SIL | DON | COM | ROC | ZAN | IMO | HOC | NOR | OUL | SNE | THR | CRO | MAL | MON | BRA | BIR | ORA | 17 | 12th | |||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||||
| 13 | 35 | 4 | 22 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2015 | Nurminen | M | Volvo | 91 | AUS | BIR | IMO | USA | MON | BRA | SIL | FRA | ITA | AUT | NED | JAP | 0* | N/A* | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ret | 29 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
* Season in progress
