The momentum of the chase for the 2011 Dunlop MSA Formula Ford Championship of Great Britain title swung firmly in the favour of Scott Malvern at Brands Hatch yesterday. Jamun Racing Mygale driver Malvern took two race wins on the Kent circuit's world famous Grand Prix loop to snatch the championship lead from his team-mate, and season-long leader, Jeroen Slaghekke.Malvern's pair of wins came in mixed conditions, the Barkingside driver having to cope with a very wet opening race and then soak up intense pressure from rapid Australians Geoff Uhrhane and Nick McBride in the second outing. In contrast Slaghekke, who held a four-point lead coming into the weekend, could manage only a single sixth place finish in race two after falling foul of the difficult conditions of the first outing. As a result Malvern has opened up a 39-point lead in the title race.The races at Brands Hatch also made history by being the first event of the inaugural Formula Ford Eurocup. The 26-car grid boasted 10 of the best drivers from the Dutch, Benelux and Scandinavian Ford series. The Dutch Championship-counting races brought wins for Steijn Schothorst and Joey van Splunteren.Round 10: Malvern was the class of the field during qualifying, taking his Jamun Racing Mygale to a double pole position during the dry qualifying session. Malvern headed much of the session by over a second until a late flurry of laps from Nick McBride and Geoff Uhrhane kept him honest.Malvern eventually sealed pole by 0.3s from McBride. "You have to be so committed around here because half of the corners have a blind apex," he said, "you really have to trust the car. Jamun has more data around here than anyone and that's allowed us to set the car up exactly how I like."Malvern's confidence in the car showed when the lights went out for race one as he bolted off the line to lead Uhrhane, who squeezed up the inside of McBride into Paddock Hill for second. Uhrhane got the most heat into his Dunlops on the green flag lap and used the grip advantage to latch on to Malvern's gearbox as the pair ran into Hawthorn, but Malvern covered the inside line to keep the Australian behind.The momentum of the race swung on lap three when a sudden heavy rain shower soaked the track while all of the cars were still slick-shod. Malvern saw the danger and lifted off into Clearways. Uhrhane, who was struggling for vision after his bonnet dislodged, wasn't as quick to react and skated into the gravel on the gripless surface. Erstwhile championship leader Slaghekke, who was running a solid fourth, was another casualty of the conditions, slewing into the barriers and out of the race. The two cars off was enough to bring out the red flag as conditions worsened.The race was reduced to a 10-minute sprint on the restart. Malvern again led off the line and benefited from a dreadful start from second-placed McBride. The Australian got too much wheelspin in the sodden conditions and was demoted to seventh into Paddock.Antti Buri on the other hand revelled in the conditions. The Finn spent much of the dry race in seventh but was promoted to fifth for the restart after the attrition. Buri judged his restart perfectly and vaulted into second. "I struggled with the balance of the car in the dry but it felt great in the wet," said Buri. "I controlled the wheelspin at the restart and that was the key."Buri chased hard but was unable to match Malvern's pace. The Jamun team had softened the Mygale's roll bars to provide more grip in the wet and Malvern thrived, taking the flag four seconds clear. "I saw the rain come down early so I made sure I lifted off and just saw carnage behind me when Geoff fell off," recounted Malvern. "At the restart it was tough to go from a full dry to a full wet driving style because I had no reference points."Tristan Mingay initially held sway for third until he skated off the track at Surtees on lap one. That left Dan de Zille to complete the podium ahead of the flying Neil Alberico, who drove superbly from 13th on the grid to fall just short of a maiden podium. Steijn Schothorst was the first European charger home, in fifth ahead of Philippe Layac and the recovering McBride. Cavan Corcoran was once again the Scholarship class victor, the Getem Racing driver finishing well clear of his new class rival, Matt Rao, who drove well on his debut for the Fluid Van Diemen team to claim 12th place overall.Round 11: Malvern was made to work even harder for his second win of the day, as there was no repeat of his earlier dominance and he was pushed all the way to the flag by Uhrhane. Malvern's second fastest time was enough to hand him pole for the dry second event on the Brands Hatch Grand Prix circuit. But as the lights went out it was second-placed Uhrhane who got the better traction to spring into the lead as the pack raced into Paddock Hill.Malvern attempted to fight back into Druids but Uhrhane covered the inside line into the hairpin to consolidate his advantage.Contact between the Juno of David Ellesley and the visiting Mygales of Bas Schouten and Nils Vestergaard as they ran together through Graham Hill Bend sent Ellesley into the barriers and left Vestergaard's car marooned in the middle of the track. The safety car was dispatched while the mess was cleared up and the interruption gave Malvern the chance to close on to Uhrhane's tail.The race resumed on lap three and, although Uhrhane judged the restart well, Malvern matched him and clung to the JTR car's gearbox along the pit straight. Uhrhane held him off through the Indy section of the track, but a mistake at Westfield meant he ran wide on the exit of the corner and gave Malvern a glimpse of a gap.Malvern pulled alongside as the two ran together through Dingle Dell before claiming the inside line into Sheene and claiming the lead. The battle wasn't over though, and the squabble for the lead allowed Nick McBride to close in and soon the top three ran nose-to-tail.Uhrhane used a strong slipstream to challenge Malvern's lead repeatedly into Paddock Hill but Malvern planted his car firmly in the middle of the track to shut the door. Uhrhane piled on the pressure until eventually he ran too deep into Sheene and gave Malvern a slender gap. Uhrhane ended the race second, narrowly edging McBride."I had the pace everywhere for the race win but made just one mistake and Scott was through," said Uhrhane. "I thought I had him a few times into Paddock but I couldn't find a way past. It's disappointing not to win after the start I had."Malvern's win was his eighth on the trot and consolidated his points lead. He said: "Geoff and Nick made the race really hard work. I didn't get the best start but I was determined to put the pressure on Geoff and he eventually made a mistake at Westfield, which I managed to capitalise on. He kept me honest though and I had to have all of my lines perfect to keep him behind me."The battle for fourth provided as much excitement as the fight for the win. Buri, Tristan Mingay, de Zille, Layac and Slaghekke fought doggedly for the place, with the lead of the five-car train changing on almost every lap. Buri eventually made the decisive move, after some spectacular driving from all involved, to steal the place. He was followed to the finish by Mingay and Slaghekke after Layac produced a stunning save having pushing too hard and drifted sideways at Sheene Curve.Joey van Splunteren put in a consistent drive for ninth and the Dutch honours and race one hero Neil Alberico was 10th. Corcoran's clean sweep of the Scholarship class continued, the Derbyshire driver placing 14th overall and his 11th consecutive class victory.Provisional resultsDunlop MSA Formula Ford Championship of Great Britain Round 10 (of 24) & Formula Ford Euro CupBrands Hatch GP 18/6/11 4 laps / 9.72 miles

1 Scott Malvern GBR/Ilford Jamun Mygale 10m 52.010s / 53.74mph2 Antti Buri FIN LMS Racing Mygale +4.215s3 Dan de Zille JEY JTR Mygale +5.208s4 Neil Alberico USA Cliff Dempsey Racing Ray +6.343s5 Steijn Schothorst NED Geva Racing Mygale +7.287s6 Philippe Layac FRA RVR-Enigma Motorsport Mygale +9.918s7 Nick McBride AUS Jamun Mygale +13.469s8 Nils Vestergaard DEN Racing Team Vestergaard Mygale +14.052s9 Jesse Anttila FIN Raysport Ray +14.662s10 Joey van Splunteren NED Provily Racing Team Nederland +15.670sScholarship Class: Cavan Corcoran GBR/Matlock Getem Racing Mygale +24.794sFastest lap: Malvern 1m 40.309s / 87.32mphRound 1111 laps / 26.73 miles1 Malvern 18m 01.357s / 89.10mph2 Geoff Uhrhane AUS JTR Mygale +0.497s3 McBride +0.602s4 Buri +8.174s5 Tristan Mingay GBR/Hailsham JTR Mygale +8.458s6 Jeroen Slaghekke NED Jamun Mygale +9.037s7 de Zille +9.293s8 Layac +10.354s9 Van Splunteren +12.068s10 Alberico +15.502sScholarship Class: Corcoran +19.558sFastest lap: McBride 1m 29.564s / 97.80mph

Provisional championship standings1 Malvern 277pts; 2 Slaghekke 238; 3 McBride 229; 4 Buri 224; 5 de Zille 192; 6 Uhrhane 172 etcScholarship class 1 Corcoran 341; 2 David Moore 135; 3 Jake Jackson 75; 4 Matt Rao 27.Next round Brands Hatch, 19 June