Three races - three different winners. There could not have been a better way to begin the Dunlop MSA Formula Ford Championship of Great Britain for 2011 than the superbly exciting trio of races held this weekend on the Silverstone National circuit.

Dutch driver Jeroen Slaghekke leads the points standings following Silverstone thanks to a win - his first - and a podium finish today, with Australian Geoff Uhrhane in close pursuit after he scored his first UK race win in the final event of the weekend in his Duratec-powered Mygale.

In the Scholarship class, 17-year-old Cavan Corcoran claimed a hat-trick of class victories on his debut in the championship.

Round 2: A maiden single-seater race win for flying Dutchman Slaghekke brought a smile to a sunshine-bathed Silverstone crowd this afternoon in round two. Less than half a second separated Slaghekke from his pursuers, JTR twins Dan de Zille and Tristan Mingay, at the chequered flag at the end of an incident-packed and hard-fought event.

But there were no smiles from Jeroen's Jamun Racing team-mates Scott Malvern (the victor of Saturday's Round 1) and Nick McBride, both of whom were sidelined, in separate incidents. It was the first time in his Formula Ford Championship career that Malvern has failed to make it to the end of a race.

It was all going well for round one victor Malvern initially; the Essex driver outgunned pole man Geoff Uhrhane (JTR Mygale) to take the lead on the opening lap, and he held on in front despite Uhrhane's close attentions until lap six, when the Australian took command and Malvern found himself bundled back to seventh in the train behind the cars of Uhrhane, Slaghekke, Antti Buri, McBride, de Zille and Mingay.

A seventh-lap clash between Buri and McBride saw both men crash out of the race, and the two-lap safety car period which ensued allowed Malvern, by now back to third behind Uhrhane and Slaghekke, to recompose himself for an attack. Scott moved past Slaghekke at the restart and then posted the fastest lap of the race in his pursuit of the leader.

But it all went wrong at Brooklands on unlucky lap 13 when Uhrhane presented a tough defence of his lead and Malvern ran wide and off the road. Scott kept his foot in and, when he regained the track, ran into the Australian's machine. Geoff was able to get going again but Scott was out of the running.

"Scott tried a move on him and got a wheel on the grass," said Slaghekke, who had the best view in the house. "He came back on and hit Geoff. Unlucky for them but lucky for me."

It wasn't luck which earned Slaghekke the victory, however, it was sheer tenacity. Having been gifted the lead he had to battle for the remaining four laps to keep the determined JTR men behind him. He was delighted with his victory: "I am extremely happy, in fact I am so excited I don't know what to say. It's my first win in a single-seater and it's a very special feeling."

De Zille, who was just 0.225s behind the Dutchman, was pleased also: "That's my second second-placing. One more step to go." Third-placed Mingay, last year's Scholarship champion and now on the main race podium for the first time, added: "It was an exciting race, to say the least, and it all came good for me."

Another driver celebrating a strong result was Frenchman Philippe Layac, who placed fourth for the Enigma Motorsport/Rendezvous Racing team, equalling his best finish, and was a couple of seconds clear of the new works Ray of Finn Jesse Anttila. Spike Goddard led home his Jamun team-mate Jake Cook to claim sixth.

Just as he did yesterday, Cavan Corcoran lost out on the opening lap to his faster-starting Scholarship class rival David Moore and had to battle past him the hard way. The Matlock-based teenager's Getem Racing Mygale found a way past on the fourth lap and he duly collected eighth overall, and his second class win of the weekend.

Matt Parry took ninth in his Van Diemen, ahead of Californian Neil Alberico in the Cliff Dempsey Racing Ray, with Uhrhane recovering to claim 11th ahead of Luke Williams, David Ellesley and Jake Jackson.

Round 3: The third round of the championship and the final race of the Silverstone weekend produced the third different winner: Geoff Uhrhane, who collected his 20th birthday present a day early and led home a JTR team 1-2 by the biggest margin of the weekend, all of 1.98 seconds. Second place went to Dan de Zille, with third for Jamun's Jeroen Slaghekke to cement his championship points lead.

The Australian's Mygale led all the way from pole position, and set fastest lap along the way, but was fortunate even to make it to the finish line after a frightening first-lap incident between himself and Scott Malvern's Jamun car. The collision came on the Wellington Straight as Malvern pursued the leader down to Brooklands, and it saw the Jamun car flying over the JTR machine's rear wheel, then spin in front of the pack. Further collision was avoided by a hard-braking Uhrhane and the rest of the field, but Malvern's race was run.

Barely delayed by the incident, Uhrhane carried on in the lead with a car apparently undamaged, heading at first Slaghekke and then de Zille. Jeroen kept the gap at less than a second but de Zille lost time in passing the Dutch driver on lap 13 and Uhrhane took the opportunity to make good his escape. "The first lap was a bit interesting," said Geoff, "but after that things settled down. Big thanks to everyone at JTR for all their hard work and for getting me over from Australia to drive their car. It's been a great weekend."

Jersey-based de Zille was pleased with another second-place finish but disappointed not to have been able to get on terms with his team-mate a bit earlier. "I lost too much time fending off the cars behind and then by the time I was up to second he was too far away to catch," he said.

With a pole position, a new lap record, a win, a third place and the championship lead to show for his weekend's work, Slaghekke was delighted: "Obviously I am very pleased with the way it's gone, and I'm quite pleased with third place in this race, but I had a bit of a problem towards the end which cost me some time."

As ever with a Formula Ford race on the Silverstone National circuit, there were five or six cars in contention for victory throughout. Nick McBride brought his Jamun Mygale home fourth, having lost the position to Antti Buri for a lap before winning it back when the Finn ran wide through Brooklands. The Finn hung on for fifth, ahead of Luke Williams's Mygale, which was a car transformed after his family team solved the braking issues which had plagued his earlier races.

Spike Goddard made it three Aussies in the top seven, ahead of Matt Parry's Van Diemen, the Ray of Neil Alberico and the JTR Mygale of Tristan Mingay, which lost sixth place five laps from home after a clash with another car.

Only 13 finished the race, car damage accounting for several of the retirees, including the Rays of Jonny McMullan and Jesse Anttila.

There were all sorts of dramas in the Scholarship class: Cavan Corcoran was late off the grid for the green flag lap but took the start from his original grid slot rather than the tail-end, for which he was penalised with a drive-through penalty. The lost time mattered not to the Derbyshire driver, however, for his only class rival still running by this time was David Moore, who had missed the start altogether due to late-running repairs and was five laps adrift. Corcoran thus won the class for the third race in succession, saying: "It's a great result because I had so little testing and I'm still learning about the car."

Provisional resultsDunlop MSA Formula Ford Championship of Great Britain Round 2 (of 24) Silverstone (National) 10/4/1118 laps / 29.502 miles1  Jeroen Slaghekke NED  Jamun Mygale  18m 56.333s / 93.46mph2  Dan de Zille JEY  JTR Mygale  +0.225s3  Tristan Mingay GBR/Hailsham  JTR Mygale  +0.312s4  Philippe Layac FRA  Enigma/RV Mygale  +4.809s5  Jesse Anttila FIN  RaySport Ray  +6.302s6  Spike Goddard AUS  Jamun Mygale  +6.957s8 & Scholarship class  Cavan Corcoran GBR/Matlock  Getem Mygale  +8.691s Fastest lap  Scott Malvern GBR/Ilford  58.250s / 101.29mph

Round 3, 17 laps / 27.863 miles1  Geoff Uhrhane AUS  JTR Mygale  18m 30.966s / 90.28mph2  Dan de Zille JEY  JTR Mygale  +1.980s3  Jeroen Slaghekke NED  Jamun Mygale  +3.872s4  Nick McBride AUS  Jamun Mygale  +4.425s5  Antti Buri FIN  LMS Mygale  +5.848s6  Luke Williams GBR/Thirsk  Williams/Mygale  +8.478s13 & Scholarship class  Cavan Corcoran GBR/Matlock  Getem Mygale  +40.334s Fastest lap  Uhrhane 58.313s / 101.18mph

Provisional championship standings1 Slaghekke 75 points; 2 Uhrhane 68; 3 de Zille 62; 4 Goddard 52; 5 Mingay 50; 6 McBride 46; 7 Buri 42; 8 Jake Cook (GBR/Rotherham) 36; 9 Anttila 34; 10= Layac & Matt Parry (GBR/Cardiff) 32 etc Scholarship class 1 Corcoran 93; 2 David Moore (GBR/Tockwith) 54; 3 Jake Jackson (GBR/Crowborough) 51.

Next rounds Oulton Park, 23 & 25 April