Round 1: Silverstone, 9-10 April

Scott Malvern, Jeroen Slaghekke and Geoff Uhrhane won the opening three races of the 2011 Dunlop MSA Formula Ford Championship of Great Britain at Silverstone.

Slaghekke began race one from pole position but the spoils were claimed by 2010 championship runner-up Malvern, who took victory by the slender margin of 0.077 seconds from Australian racer Uhrhane.

Dutchman Slaghekke took the chequered flag in race two and leads the points standings. Meanwhile race three belonged to Uhrhane, whose lights-to-flag victory came just a day before his 20th birthday.

Results – race one1 Scott Malvern (GBR) 18m43.119s / 99.81mph2 Geoff Uhrhane (AUS) +0.077s3 Nick McBride (AUS) Jamun Mygale +0.406s

Results – race two1 Jeroen Slaghekke (NED) 18m56.333s / 93.46mph2 Dan de Zille (JEY) +0.225s3 Tristan Mingay (GBR) +0.312s

Results – race three1 Geoff Uhrhane (AUS) 18m30.966s / 90.28mph2 Dan de Zille (JEY) +1.980s3 Jeroen Slaghekke (NED) Jamun Mygale +3.872s

Championship standings (provisional)after Round 11 Jeroen Slaghekke – 75 points2 Geoff Uhrhane – 683 Dan de Zille – 624 Spike Goddard 525 Tristan Mingay – 50