ANIEL CAMMISH SCORES MAIDEN WIN AT ZANDVOORT
6 June 2010: The JTR team's newest signing, Daniel Cammish, Saturday, scored his maiden victory in the Dunlop MSA Formula Ford Championship of Great Britain
An action-packed race at the former Grand Prix circuit of Zandvoort in the Netherlands brought several lead changes, with Cammish crossing the finish line ahead (by just four-tenths of a second) of Jake Cook and Scott Malvern. For the latter, finishing third after a great recovery was enough to extend his championship lead.
With 33 cars, a combination of the regular entrants from the Dunlop MSA Formula Ford Championship of Great Britain combined with drivers from the Dutch and Danish Formula Ford series, the race at Zandvoort on the support package of the popular and well-promoted Masters event provided some Formula Ford Festival-like atmosphere.
In qualifying, 19-year old Josh Hill claimed pole position, but he failed to turn his achievement into a good race result, stalling his engine at the start and later on stranding his Jamun Racing Mygale in the gravel trap of the famous Tarzan Corner.
After Hill's startline trouble, local hero Emil Bernstorff took the lead, but soon the safety car was deployed while a stricken car was removed to safety. Racing resumed at the start of lap three, and Jake Cook had the better momentum and took the lead at Tarzan, followed by Cammish, Dennis Lind and Rogier Jongejans. Erstwhile leader Bernstorff dropped back to seventh.
On lap six, the safety car was out again following an accident for Martin Hanssen at Gerlach. By this time Cliff Dempsey Racing driver Malvern was already up into fourth. In qualifying, he had had to make do with seventh with a down-on-power engine which the team replaced pre-race.
At the restart Malvern started his attacks on Lind in the battle for third place and successfully overtook his opponent at Tarzan. Out in front, Cammish passed Cook and drove home safely for victory, followed across the line by Cook, who scored his best finish yet, and Malvern. Lind ended up fourth from Dutch drivers Slaghekke and Rogier Jongejans, with Scandinavians Antti Buri, Emil Bernstoff and Nils Vestergard next up.
Multiple race victor Scott Pye placed 10th after a battle from the back of the grid, the Australian having run off the track in qualifying.
Race winner Cammish was overjoyed with his maiden victory: "My first race for JTR and a win already. It couldn't have been any better. But I had to work hard for it. This was the hardest race of my career by far."
JTR's joy was doubled by their young Mexican charge Dani Domit, who scored his first win in the Scholarship division, ahead of class points leader Luke Williams.
Provisional resultsDunlop MSA Formula Ford Championship of Great BritainRound 7 (of 25) Zandvoort 5/6/201012 laps / 32.11 milesPos Driver Nat/Home Team/Chassis Time1 Daniel Cammish GBR/Leeds JTR/Mygale 24m 58.260s / 77.16mph2 Jake Cook GBR/Rotherham Getem/Mygale +0.420s3 Scott Malvern GBR/Ilford Dempsey/Ray +0.632s4 Dennis Lind DEN/Roskilde Fluid/Van Diemen +1.115s5 Jeroen Slaghekke NED/Wassenaar Jamun/Mygale +1.343s6 Antti Buri FIN/Masku Enigma/Mygale +2.026sScholarship class: Dani Domit MEX/Mexico City +18.240sFastest lap: Buri 1m 45.236s / 91.55mph Est Rec
Provisional championship placings1 Malvern 170 points; 2 Scott Pye (AUS/Jamun/Mygale) 137; 3 Cammish 130; 4 Buri 122; 5 Cook 117; 6 Josh Hill (GBR/Jamun/Mygale) 94 etc.Scholarship class 1 Luke Williams (GBR/Juno) 151; 2 Domit 110; 3 Tristan Mingay (GBR/Ray) 82 etc.
