FIRST FORMULA
FORD WIN FOR JOSH HILL
8 May 2010:
World Champion's son Josh Hill scored his maiden Formula Ford race
victory this afternoon (Sat) at Knockhill, the 19-year-old taking
advantage of a rare error from championship leader Scott Malvern
to snatch the lead mid-race and take a well deserved victory in
the fourth round of the Dunlop MSA Formula Ford Championship of
Great Britain.
Under the watchful
gaze of his proud father, Damon, Hill junior coped manfully with
12 laps of intense pressure from Malvern to cross the line
two-tenths ahead. "It's a real relief to get that done, to
win a race so early in the season," said Josh, "and it's
a real pleasure to do it here at Knockhill. I was following Scott
for the first part of the race, I lined him up, he locked up into
the hairpin, and I thought 'I'll have some of that'…"
Added Damon:
"I'm very pleased… Josh drove a fantastic race and held off
a lot of pressure."
Hill's win came
partly thanks to his Jamun Racing team-mate Scott Pye, whose
Mygale developed a gearbox problem on the green flag lap and
expired on the opening lap of the race, coming to rest in an
awkward and dangerous position. Malvern had meanwhile romped into
a useful one-second lead from the pole, but saw his advantage
wiped by the arrival on track of the safety car.
Malvern nailed the
restart but Hill went with him and, when Scott locked up into the
Hairpin next time around, Josh was not slow to spot his
opportunity and dived past for the lead. "Josh drove a good
race, good and clean," said Malvern, "I'm happy enough
with second and the points…"
Spectrum man Daniel
Cammish held an increasingly lonely third place from start to
finish, able to keeping a watching brief on the leaders but unable
to get close enough to challenge. Enigma Racing's Antti Buri got
the better of championship newcomer Dennis Lind in the Fluid Van
Diemen to claim fourth; Getem man Jake Cook followed Buri's
example soon after to push Lind back to sixth.
Danish driver Emil
Bernstorff enjoyed his best outing of the season so far, his Jamun
Mygale climbing from 11th on the opening lap to seventh by the
flag, just ahead of the Juno of Scholarship Class victor Luke
Williams.
Fluid Van Diemen
drivers Jesse Anttila and James Tucker completed the top 10, with
Jerseyman Dan de Zille 11th for Minister and Dutch driver Jeroen
Slaghekke in 12th for Jamun.
Guest driver Garry
Findlay (Spectrum) joined Pye in retirement with mechanical
bother, while Max McGuire's Ray broke its suspension after riding
up the back wheel of another car.
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