ALTHORNE'S Harrison Scott boosted his chances of winning the Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 Championship title with victory in France.

The 20-year-old scored his second pole position and third race victory with the AV Formula by Adrián Vallés team at Circuit Paul Ricard.

He sits firmly in third position on the Drivers’ Championship table and is one of only four drivers who can take the title crown, with two rounds (four races) remaining.

Scott said: “We had a big high on Saturday, claiming pole position and going on to win the race with a great effort; the car was perfect and the result was fantastic for myself and for the team.

"On Sunday the car was really good again but I just couldn’t piece it together as I got caught in traffic.

"That put me down to fifth but with only half a tenth from P2, which I think would’ve been easily achievable if I’d have had a clear run.

"I got up to P4 in the opening lap of race two and I was pushing really hard to try to get a podium position when I lost the rear in the last sector on lap ten and I spun.

"I managed to keep the car going and recover to take ninth place but I'm obviously disappointed as the Championship title fight is very close now and I need to be fighting for the win on every outing.”

Scott is currently third in the 2016 Eurocup Formula Renault 2.0 standings on 148 points, with two rounds of the series remaining.

But before round six at Spa-Francorchamps on September 24-25, Scott has a busy racing schedule ahead of him.

It includes a guest drive with HHC in the BRDC British F3 Championship at Donington Park, an “intern programme” with Renault Sport at its Formula 1™ facility at Enstone, UK and a potential drive in the VCM Motorsport owned-1961 Cooper T56 at the Historics meeting at Spa following the pairing’s victory at the Silverstone Classic back in July 2016.