Scott Malvern made it four wins from the last four races with a masterful performance today at the newly revised Snetterton 300 circuit during round seven of the Dunlop MSA Formula Ford Championship of Great Britain. Edging the Jamun Racing driver ever closer to series-leading team-mate Jeroen Slaghekke, the result - including a bonus point for the fastest lap (a new circuit record of 1m 53.525s) - means Ilford-based Malvern is now only 18 points shy of the Dutchman.

While it was all smiles for Malvern, JTR's pole-sitter Geoff Uhrhane rued an engine cut-out which robbed him of a certain second place. Exchanging the lead with Malvern early on, the Australian slipped away slightly past mid-distance as Scott set a string of fastest laps but disaster struck on the penultimate tour when his engine died without warning.

"Geoff kept me honest the whole way; one mistake and I know he would have been right back on me," said Malvern. "This result is fantastic, we've got the car working really well at the moment and I'm so happy with the team - everything is just going right in the races for us. I'm hopeful we can go for two more wins tomorrow; I think I have the car to do it."

Joining Malvern on the round seven podium were Slaghekke, his fifth rostrum appearance of 2011, and Australia's Nick McBride, his fourth podium of the season, to make it a Jamun lock-out. Runaway Scholarship Class points leader Cavan Corcoran was the sole contender today at Snetterton and so took his seventh straight victory.

He ended the race ninth overall with a strong drive, having started 13th on the grid.

Qualifying: Uhrhane edged out the Jamun trio of Malvern, Slaghekke and McBride during the 20-minute qualifying session to grab pole position for today's encounter with a great lap of 1m 53.326s, placing him 0.167 seconds clear of Malvern. Next up was the LMS car of Finland's Antti Buri with the fifth fastest time, just 0.006s shy of McBride on the second row but a full 0.4 seconds ahead of Frenchman Philippe Layac's Enigma-engineered Mygale. Matthew Parry - a member of the Air Asia Team Lotus Driver Development Programme - was the first non-Mygale challenger with the seventh best time in his Fluid-run Van Diemen ahead of JTR pairing Dan de Zille and Tristan Mingay.

Round seven: Uhrhane made a great initial getaway from pole position at the start of the first of the weekend's trio of races but Malvern was able to match him on the run to Riches and, through the first turn, the 2010 vice-champion moved ahead.

The Australian remained tight to the tail of Malvern's Mygale though and with fantastic drive out of Murrays at the end of the opening lap, Uhrhane was able to slingshot past Malvern into Riches the next time around to retake the lead. Behind these two, Slaghekke and McBride followed in close company with Layac in fifth ahead of Parry and Buri. Unfortunately, a mid-pack tangle at Riches on lap two led to delays for both de Zille and Spike Goddard, de Zille able to make the best recovery of the two to finish eighth in the end. Uhrhane held the advantage at the front into lap three, albeit with Malvern swarming around in his wheeltracks, but mid-lap the latter made his move to go back into the lead.

The battle for third was just as entertaining, McBride having taken the place from championship leader Slaghekke at the end of lap two following a mistake from the Dutchman at Coram. As the race hit mid-distance, Malvern began to inch away at the front and he reeled off a series of quick laps to pull a slight gap over Uhrhane. Slaghekke was back into third while the fight for fifth continued to be headed by Layac. Uhrhane lapped only fractions slower than Malvern but it was enough for the gap to increase to around one second as the duo pulled away from the third place battle.

Then, on lap nine, the JTR man's car unceremoniously ground to a halt leaving the way clear for Malvern to take a 5.5 second victory from Slaghekke and McBride. Buri came through well during the latter stages to take fourth place, just 0.3 seconds ahead of the impressive Neil Alberico; the American having climbed from 12th on the grid in his Cliff Dempsey Racing-entered Ray. Layac rounded out the top six ahead of Mingay and De Zille - Parry having retired on the fifth tour. "It was very competitive out there today", said points leader Slaghekke. "I made a mistake at Coram and that allowed Nick to make a nice move on me. I had a fun scrap with him, got third back and tried to catch the other guys but it was too tough. Nick came back to challenge me and that meant I couldn't go after Scott and Geoff. It's a good result though, congratulations to Scott for his win."

Third placed finisher McBride added: "It's a good result and lucky for me Geoff had some kind of mechanical failure, that's what has got me here. I had a good battle with Jeroen, it was clean and fair but it let Scott and Geoff get away from us. I was really disappointed with qualifying today but overall our pace is good."

Provisional results Dunlop MSA Formula Ford Championship of Great Britain Round 7 (of 24) Snetterton (300) 14/5/1110 laps / 29.70 miles

1 Scott Malvern GBR/Ilford Jamun Mygale 19m 15.891 / 92.46mph2 Jeroen Slaghekke NED Jamun Mygale +5.508s3 Nick McBride AUS Jamun Mygale +5.919s4 Antti Buri FIN LMS Mygale +11.545s5 Neil Alberico USA CDR Ray +11.896s6 Philippe Layac FRA RV/Enigma Mygale +12.109s9 & Scholarship class Cavan Corcoran GBR/Matlock Getem Mygale +44.045sFastest lap Malvern 1m 53.525s / 94.14mph Est Rec 

 Provisional championship standings1 Slaghekke 173 points; 2 Malvern 155; 3 McBride 141; 4 Buri 135; 5 de Zille 130; 6 Uhrhane 118 etcScholarship class 1 Corcoran 217; 2 David Moore (GBR/Tockwith) 135; 3 Jake Jackson (GBR/Crowborough) 75. Next rounds Snetterton 300, 15 May