MITTELLTOBUILDNEW CARFORBIKESPORTS
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RGB Sports 1000 frontrunner Scott Mittell will not compete in the championship this year, as his eponymous team has built a new car aimed at the Bikesports and OSS championships.
Mittell – who finished second in the RGB championship last year in a Mittell MC53 – won’t commit to a single championship in 2018, but will instead dovetail the development of the new car, the MC41, between Bikesports and OSS.
“It’s all designed and the chassis are done, we’re just having the fuel tanks made at the moment,” said Mittell of the new design. “It will be similar to the RGB car, just with a few differences.”
The MC41 will feature more exaggerated aerodynamic devices and a central driving position, which isn’t allowed in RGB. It will keep the 1000cc engine used in RGB with the aim of keeping costs down, with the car targeted to rival the popular Radical PR6.
“The plan is to go and try and beat some of the Radicals with Hayabusas [engines],” he added. “The PR6 is a proper car for Bikesports and OSS but you can’t buy new ones and the Hayabusas are expensive, at least £10,000 a pop. We think we can at least get close to them if not beat them with our 1000cc in, which is £2000 instead of £10,000.”
Despite Scott’s absence from RGB, Mittell Cars will field more entries than ever before in the category, with six cars slated to enter.