Grant plots FF2000 comeback

TWO-TIME HISTORIC FORMULA FORD 1600 champion Callum Grant will return to Historic Formula Ford 2000 next season for a serious crack at the title in what he says could be his last full season of racing for now.

Grant, 22, was HFF champion in 2012 and ’16 and narrowly missed out this year. Now he is planning a full season next year in his father Nigel’s Delta T78 in the two-litre series.

“It’s the same car as 2015 when I last raced it,” said

Grant. “I did three-quarters of the season in it but we couldn’t get the car handling as we wanted. We did a bit of work and tested it last year and it seemed better.

“I think 2018 will be my last full year. We’ll keep the cars but just do two or three meetings a year.”

Nigel has owned the Delta for more than a decade but they have struggled with tyre costs when racing it. Now, tyre changes have reduced the cost and the Grants are planning a full campaign next season.

“It’s always been fast, we’ve just not had the reliability,” explained Callum. “Now we’ve rebuilt it and gone through everything.”

His run in the Delta at the recent Silverstone meeting netted a podium finish, but Grant knows that he will face fierce opposition from drivers such as reigning champion Andrew Park and Ian Pearson.