MALVERN EXTENDS
HIS CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD AT SILVERSTONE
15 August 2010:
Championship leader Scott Malvern ended his 12-race victory
drought at Silverstone this morning, the Cliff Dempsey Racing Ray
pilot snatching the lead of the 14th round of the Ford-backed
championship on the opening lap and hanging on in front throughout
an extended safety car period to claim a hard-earned second win of
the season.
Malvern seized his
chance when pole-sitter Scott Pye's Jamun Racing Mygale failed to
get cleanly away, which allowed Pye's team-mate Josh Hill to take
the early advantage. Pye fought back to lead out of Club corner
but by the time the train of Formula Fordsters arrived at Bridge
corner it was Malvern out in front.
JTR's Dan Cammish
got the better of his team-mate Tio Ellinas early on to move into
third and then, on lap three, the Leeds lad managed to put one
over on Pye to take up third.
Malvern had
meanwhile managed to clear a small lead, posting the fastest lap
of the race on his third tour, but any hopes of making a clean
break were swept aside by the arrival on track of the safety car
following a collision between the cars of Philippe Layac and Ernie
van der Walt. Their debris took four laps to clear, which left
just a single lap of racing to decide the outcome.
Malvern made an
excellent restart, outfoxing Hill, who was forced to defend his
second spot from a determined Cammish. And that's how the top
three finished, blanketed by all of half a second. Malvern was
pleased enough with his win: "It's a good result for my
championship; it wasn't much of a lead but it was enough," he
said.
Hill was
disappointed by his final lap: "I screwed up the restart a
bit and although I managed to get back on to Scott towards the end
of the lap I just wasn't close enough."
There were some
great battles behind the top trio despite the truncated nature of
the race. Pye held on for fourth ahead of Ellinas, Flying Finn
Antti Buri and Jake Cook, who raced well after starting from 11th
on the grid. Jesse Anttila, Emil Bernstorff and James Tucker
completed the top 10.
In the Scholarship
class, Luke Williams' Juno started in front of the Ray of his
class rival Tristan Mingay and held on in front all the way to the
chequered flag to repeat his success of Saturday.
There was
heartbreak for the Raysport team: after an all-nighter to repair
Zaamin Jaffer's car, which was damaged in a heavy qualifying
accident, its gearbox broke after three laps. |
