I have to say Brands Hatch DTM meeting was another great weekend for me and although my winning sequence came to an end after thirteen straight victories in the Dunlop MSA Formula Ford Championship of Great Britain because of the error of judgement I made at the start of race 2, which saw me having to serve a drive through penalty, I at least bookended this slight slip up with two more victories in races one and three to break the all-time record for British Championship Formula Ford wins in a single season. I have now 15 British Formula Ford race wins in 2011 and when added to my Euro-Cup wins this gives me a very satisfying tally of 19 victories from 23 race starts.

Not that it is ever easy. Formula Ford is extremely competitive and my team mate Jeroen Slaghekke was in fine form this weekend taking three podiums including the win in race two which I congratulate him for. He also kept me very honest in race one on Saturday when I was unable to break away; that’s why I was pleased that he and rivals Geoff Uhrhane and Antti Buri got into an almighty scrap in race three which helped me to break clean away and win by almost five seconds.

A lot of people have asked me what happened in race two where I jumped the start and I have to be totally honest and say that I just misjudged the speed of the red lights going off this time. It is a very fine line between making a great start and an average one and you obviously want to be on the move as soon as you can. I was just a little too eager this time around. But there was no need to dwell on it. Once I was given the drive through penalty I let my team mate Jeroen go past as there was little point in holding him up and I then came straight into the pits. I then pushed as hard as possible, even though I came out a good half a lap down on the rest of the field, because there is an extra point for fastest lap which with a clear track ahead I knew I had a very good chance of achieving and there is always the possibility of a safety car which would have worked in my favour this time. So I was pleased to be able to score some decent points and make the best of a bad situation. Once the race was over I put it completely out of my head and concentrated on getting a great result in race three which I am pleased to say I was able to do.

It was great to see so many of my friends and supporters at Brands Hatch at the weekend both in the paddock and up in the hospitality suite; thank you all ever so much for coming along, I really hope that you enjoyed yourselves. And thank you also to Paul Clark of Stopwatch Events for giving me the opportunity to be interviewed by his guests.

We have just two more events to come now in the Dunlop MSA Formula Ford Championship of Great Britain on the Donington Grand Prix Circuit on the 24-25^th September and then the Silverstone Arena Grand Prix Circuit on the 8-9^th October where I will be trying my best to add to my tally of wins for the season. Before that though I will be taking part, this week, in my annual go-karting event in aid of Haven House Children’s Hospice and quite a few of my Jamun Team mates and mechanics will be racing against me and I certainly don’t expect to be given an easy time there either! But I know it will be a great chance for everyone to relax and enjoy themselves in a break from the very hard work this season has been.

Will be back blogging again soon.

All the best

Scott

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