Round 1: Silverstone, 18th April

Former champion Jason Dredge (pictured) opened his 2010 MSA British Superkart Championship account with victory at Silverstone.

Dredge, the 2008 title winner, lost out to reigning champion James O’Reilly in qualifying but profited when the latter had an incident with Paul Platt on lap 2. The race went from bad to worse for O’Reilly, who then clashed with Paul Whalley and fell to ninth place at the finish.

Martin Jones denied Dredge a clean sweep by nursing an unhealthy engine to win race two, though Dredge’s second place was enough to secure his place atop the early championship standings. Also starring was Paul Platt, who came through from row 17 on the grid to take fifth place at the checkered flag.

Results - race one
1 Jason Dredge - 13m17.25s
2 Louis Wall
3 Martin Jones
4 Sam Moss
5 Malcolm Clark
6 Richard Dewart
 
Results - race two
1 Martin Jones - 13m08.03s
2 Jason Dredge
3 James O’Reilly
4 Malcolm Clark
5 Paul Platt
6 Richard Dewart

Round 2: Pembrey, 15th-16th May

Championship positions (provisional) after Round 1
1 Jason Dredge - 75 points
2 Martin Jones - 72
3 Malcolm Clark - 58
4 ] James O’Reilly - 52
4 ] Richard Dewart - 52
6 Mark Vaughan - 48