MALVERN POISED
TO TAKE FORMULA FORD TITLE
16 September
2011: Scott Malvern's record-breaking Formula Ford season is
set to be capped next weekend (24/25 September) at Donington Park,
where the 22-year-old from Essex should - unforeseen problems
aside - be able to secure the Dunlop MSA Formula Ford Championship
of Great Britain title.
No race-winning
heroics are required from Jamun Racing Mygale pilot Malvern to
clinch the crown: Scott needs to complete the three-race Donington
weekend with at least 93 points in hand over his remaining title
rivals, and his current advantage is 96. He is in line to become
Jamun's seventh consecutive Formula Ford champion.
Indeed Malvern's
rivals would be quite pleased if he didn't add to his record tally
of wins, which stands at 15 from 18 British championship races,
with 13 of those victories consecutive. Six races remain - three
next weekend at Donington and three next month at Silverstone -
for the season's other race-winners, Jeroen Slaghekke and Geoff
Uhrhane, and those queuing up to break their ducks, including
Antti Buri (pictured above), Nick McBride and Dan de Zille, to
bring Malvern's dominance to a close.
Dutch driver
Slaghekke won at Silverstone at the start of the year and then
again earlier this month at Brands Hatch, and the Jamun driver is
locked in combat with fast Finn Buri and Aussie McBride to decide
the outcome of second and third places in the championship.
Slaghekke and Buri are currently tied on points, with McBride only
12 points behind them and hoping to help Jamun secure a
championship 1-2-3.
Buri will be joined
in the Geva Racing team for Donington by Dutch Formula Ford
Championship top-five finishers Steijn Schothorst and Jelle Beelen.
There will be an
extra runner also in the JTR team at Donington Park, with
17-year-old kart star Max Marshall stepping into one of the
squad's Mygales for his first race outing. JTR regulars Tristan
Mingay, de Zille and Silverstone round three victor Uhrhane will
be in action also.
The other
championship title to be resolved at Donington Park is that for
the junior drivers, the Scholarship Cup, which is certain to go to
Cavan Corcoran at the Matlock man's home track. Corcoran has
notched up 14 Scholarship class wins already this season, 12 with
Getem Racing's Mygale and two with a Ray from his new team, Cliff
Dempsey Racing. He will however face a challenge from
France-domiciled youngster Matt Rao at the wheel of one of Fluid
Motorsport's Van Diemens, and from newcomer Marshall.
The other Van
Diemen will be in the capable hands of Matthew Parry, the
17-year-old from Cardiff who is on the brink of claiming his
maiden Formula Ford podium. Rays for Finland's Jesse Anttila and
Team USA Scholarship winner Neil Alberico will join the Mygales of
Spike Goddard, Philippe Layac and Luke Williams on the Donington
grid.
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