Pace Performance's Josh McLean claimed a breakthrough GB4 victory last time out at Oulton Park, in his second year of racing with the team in the championship.
The 21-year-old Brit returned to full-time racing action last year, and the podium marked the culmination of a lengthy wait for silverware.
"It was amazing, my first time back on the podium, let alone the top step in over seven years!" he acknowledged. "It was really nice to finally get back up there and prove that all the hard work we've been putting in over the winter, and all the progress we've been making over the last two rounds is finally paying off."
McLean started from the front row for the final race at Oulton Park, but twice had to take the lead after a red flag halted the initial start on the first lap, having blasted around the outside of pole sitter Dayton Coulthard.
Undeterred, he repeated the move the second time around, putting him in the perfect position to convert his lead into a victory.
"During the red flag I was not a happy guy to say the least!" he joked. "But it came out alright in the end, I stayed focused and sent it into turn one.
"There was no way I was coming out of there in second, because if I did it was race over. So I was fully committed."
McLean has enjoyed a clear step forward so far this season, but admits that qualifying improvements will be the key for him to take podiums and wins more frequently.
"Race one was okay, but we didn't quite maximise qualifying, so we were a little further back than we'd have liked, and that meant we got caught up in some of the tussles at the start.
"Then we had the incident [with Coulthard] in race two which ended the race on lap one. We just need to keep improving on what I'm working on, and fingers crossed if we qualify well we can get results in races one and two as well."
He now heads to Donington Park, where he was inside the top-six at the media day test in March.
"It was probably our best circuit from pre-season testing and it's similar to Oulton Park, so fast and flowing.
"I'm really looking forward to it, and we'll be hoping to build on where we left off last time out."
