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Scott Malvern (born 23.02.89 Barking, London) is a British Racing driver competing in the MSA British Formula Ford Championship. He made his car race debut in March 2009 in Formula Ford 1600 and made an immediate impact winning both UK National and Midlands South Championships. He also won the Sir Jackie Stewart and Golden Helmet Trophy awards. Prior to this Malvern spent 2008 working as a mechanic for the Jamun Racing Team where he worked for Australian driver Tim Blanchard who finished runner up in the British Championship. He is recognised as a talented and determined young racer but has struggled all through his karting and car racing careers with being under funded.

Early Career & Karting
Malvern began karting at the age of 8 at the Brentwood Karting venue in Essex and a few months later made his race debut in 60cc Formula Cadet at Buckmore Park in Kent. He won several club championships and in 2005 narrowly missed out on the AbKC National Super One Championship in the TKM Extreme category. However at the end of the season he made his debut in Formula Super Libre (run to Formula A regulations) to compete in the Renault Champion of Champions event and surprised the regular drivers in the category by taking the victory driving a borrowed Gillard kart.

Mechanic
Lacking the budget to race karts in Europe, like many successful young drivers, Malvern turned his attention to being a mechanic and driver coach for other drivers. In 2008 British Formula Ford Champions Jamun Racing (2005-2009)offered him a job as race mechanic to up and coming Australian driver Tim Blanchard. Tim was in contention for the championship until the final round eventually finishing runner up to his team mate Wayne Boyd.

Formula Ford 1600
At the end of 2008 Malvern himself drove the car, in a test at Brands Hatch, of his employers Jamun Racing and despite an impressive performance was unable to raise a budget to compete in the 2009 British Championship. However the test brought him to the attention of Irish outfit Cliff Dempsey Racing and after a successful test he joined the team to compete in the National Formula Ford 1600 category in a Ray chassis. Malvern impressed from the outset and took six wins and six more 2nd places, from 14 championship rounds to win the Webcon National Formula Ford 1600 title. He also won the BRSCC Midlands & South Formula Ford 1600 title and the Sir Jackie Stewart and Golden Helmet trophies. Malvern's fierce on track battles with Scottish driver Rory Butcher saw them named "rivalry of the season" by Autosport magazine

2010 MSA British Formula Ford Championship
Malvern has remained with Irish Team Cliff Dempsey Racing for 2010 and using a Ray GRS10 chassis will compete in the MSA British Formula Ford Championship. Cliff Dempsey Racing are returning to the championship for the first time since 2006 when they took Cliff's own son Peter to third place honours in the series.

Scott Malvern Website