Scottish racing talent Gregor Ramsay showed great overtaking skills in the latest round of the Formula Renault 2.0 Eurocup at the Nurburgring.The 17-year-old Lotus F1 Team Junior was out of luck in both qualifying sessions, but bounced back with strong race performances in his KTR-run machine.On his first visit to the German circuit in the Eifel mountains, Ramsay was an unrepresentative 28th on the grid in his black-and-gold Lotus-liveried car due to sheer bad luck. “Qualifying was fog-delayed,” he explained. “It was wet on the track but drying all the time, and I was third or fourth in my group for pretty much the whole session. But I was first to take the chequered flag – I think it came about one second too early for me – and that meant everyone else who was already on a lap got quick times in as the track dried.”In the race, which took place in all-wet conditions, Gregor fought through to 16th place with some incisive overtaking, lapping half a second quicker than some of the points-scoring top 10 competitors. “That was really good because I passed so many cars and the speed was there,” he said. “The best move was around the outside of Turn 5, a fast downhill left-hander – that was balls-to-the-wall stuff and I was pleased with that!”The result meant that Ramsay was the second highest British finisher in the race, and boosted by this performance he headed into Sunday’s qualifying session for the second race. But administrative problems meant he was stuck with a set of old tyres for the wet session, and with a lack of grip he took 27th on the grid.He made up many places on the first lap, but the track was dry and the Nurburgring is renowned for being difficult to pass on in such conditions, Gregor taking 20th position.“We were down in all the sectors in qualifying, so I had to come off the back of the grid again,” explained Ramsay. “I made a really good start and passed about five people in the first three corners. Then the safety car came out and after that it was a processional race.”The performance has buoyed Gregor’s confidence for the rest of the season. There is a long break until the next Eurocup round at the Hungaroring on 13th/14th September, but in the meantime he will contest the Formula Renault Northern European Cup event at Assen in the Netherlands on 2nd/3rd August.