TEAM BOSS SCOTT SET FOR EURO RX RETURN

Albatec racing head will be back in the driver’ s seat next season

Former European Rallycross Championship podium finisher Andy Scott is targeting a return to the series next season in one of his Albatec Racing team’s Peugeot 208 Supercars.

Scott last raced regularly in the Euro RX Championship in 2016 and finished equal on points with Irishman Ollie O’donovan, before stepping back to run cars for Norwegian Tommy Rustad and Finn Jere Kalliokoski in the series this year.

It’s expected that Scott will drive a third Peugeot in 2018, alongside the team’s other drivers.

“I’m definitely driving next year. I’ve enjoyed running the team in the European Championship this year but I’m not getting any younger and I want to have one last crack at the European Championship,” Scott told Motorsport News. “Some of the guys I’ve been used to racing with have come on and made good progress, Derek [Tohill] in particular, so it’ll be a challenge. I would like to think I can be a top10 finisher in the championship.”

Scott returned to the driving seat at a French championship event at Lessay in October, where he drove the latest evolution of the squad’s 208.

“Each year the car has got stronger. We did a big update on the suspension on my car for last year and we rolled that across all the cars for this year, which is definitely a step in the right direction,” said Scott. “It’s the same theory this year, we’ve built a new car with an upgraded engine package, some tweaks on the suspension and it’s lighter.

“We’ve been working on the packaging to get the best from our engines so, along with [engine tuner] ORECA, we’re starting to feel more confident on the engine side. We’re very pleased with the way the development has gone, but we know how to fight at the front and we have to improve again through the winter.”