30 September, 2007: Callum MacLeod, who was crowned British Formula Ford Champion seven days ago, put in a champion's performance at Rockingham this weekend to end his remarkable season on the highest possible note.

The 19-year-old from Northampton won both the season-closing Motor Speedway races to take to 14 his victory tally for the 25-event season and end it well over 100 points clear of his closest rival, James Nash.

"It's been a fantastic year for me," said Callum, who is destined for a British Formula 3 drive in 2008. "I have to give huge thanks to my team, Jamun Racing Services, for giving me the opportunity and the best car. I've just had to drive it... I am really looking forward to F3 and I know that I can do a good job there also."

MacLeod's twin Rockingham wins were copybook affairs. On Saturday his progress to victory at the wheel of his Mygale was metronomic. Callum blasted away from the pole to reach the crucial and very tight first hairpin bend, Deene, well ahead of the pack, and from there on in he was on a home run. By the third lap Callum was 1.4 seconds clear and had set the fastest lap of the race.

Nick Tandy's hopes of giving chase to MacLeod suffered a blow at Deene on that first lap, when Nash very decisively grabbed second spot in his Van Diemen; Nick's Ray was then pushed back to third at Brook by Nash's Kevin Mills Racing team-mate Steve Roberts.

Nash was unable to do anything about MacLeod's lead - indeed Callum was stroking it out at the rate of half a second a lap - but James was in turn pulling well clear of the battle for third, now joined by Linton Stuteley, who pushed Tandy back to fifth on lap five, and Jay Bridger.

Tandy it was who won the argument. He relieved Stuteley of fourth place on lap eight and then, three laps later, dived up the inside of Roberts at the Tarzan hairpin for third; their cars touched and Roberts spun back to seventh.

At the line MacLeod was 5.8s clear of Nash, with Tandy a further 4.2 behind in third. "That was fantastic," said Callum. "I knew after qualifying that we had the pace and that if I could get to the first corner first, then that would be race over. I am pleased to have proved it."

Tandy was later docked £100 and two licence penalty points with regard to the incident with Roberts, but his third place was allowed to stand.

Stuteley and Bridger followed Tandy home for fourth and fifth, with David Brown sixth ahead of Roberts, Marc Murray, Sarah Playfair, Takashi Nagase, Freddie Hunt, Roger Orgee, Jamie Jardine and Philippe Layac.

Today MacLeod was if anything even more impressive: he romped away from the pole - his 18th of the year - and by first lap's end was half a second clear of Nash, who had outbraked Tandy and the rest around the outside into Deene.

Tandy and Stuteley demoted Nash to fourth next time around through Deene, James happy enough to settle back and hold station all the way to the chequered flag, secure in the knowledge that it would give him the championship runner-up spot.

The battle for second between Tandy and Bridger was intense, Jay's Mygale moving alongside Nick's Ray into Deene on the 11th lap and pulling ahead at the next bend, Yentwood. Tandy collected himself together quickly, however, and repaid the compliment two laps later at Chapman Curve.

By the end MacLeod had stoked his victory advantage to 9.3s over Tandy, with Bridger and Nash in Nick's wheeltracks for third and fourth. Stuteley lost part of his Mygale's rear bodywork on the final lap but managed to stay ahead of Roberts for fifth. Murray liberated seventh from Brown's grasp with three laps to run. Marcus Weller placed ninth ahead of Playfair, Jesse Krohn, Orgee, Jardine and the final finisher, Nagase.

Provisional results
British Formula Ford round 24 (of 25)
Rockingham 29/9/2007. 14 laps / 27.16miles
1, Callum MacLeod, UK/Northampton, Jamun/Mygale, 19m19.169s
2, James Nash, UK/Newport Pagnell, Mills/Van Diemen, +5.818s
3, Nick Tandy, UK/Bedford, JTR/Ray, +10.056s
4, Linton Stuteley, UK/Stevenage, Getem/Mygale, +11.970s
5, Jay Bridger, UK/Tonbridge, Fluid/Mygale, +12.199s
6, David Brown, UK/Glasgow, Mills/Van Diemen, +13.667s
Fastest lap: MacLeod 1m21.633s / 85.55mph Est Rec

Round 25 / Rockingham 30/9/2007. 14 laps / 27.16miles
1, Callum MacLeod, UK/Northampton, Jamun/Mygale, 19m19.305s
2, Nick Tandy, UK/Bedford, JTR/Ray, +9.396s
3, Jay Bridger, UK/Tonbridge, Fluid/Mygale, +10.001s
4, James Nash, UK/Newport Pagnell, Mills/Van Diemen, +11.139s
5, Linton Stuteley, UK/Stevenage, Getem/Mygale, +16.563s
6, Steve Roberts, UK/Whitchurch, Mills/Van Diemen, +19.275s
Fastest lap: MacLeod 1m21.934s /85.23mph