TWO-time Australian Top Fuel champion Phil Lamattina will return to the cockpit of the Lamattina Top Fuel Racing dragster for the 2019-20 season.

The Wemen-based driver has been acting in a team manager role for the last two seasons but said the temptation to get back into the car proved too much.

"I guess for me it's a matter of once a racer, always a racer and I just want to get back into that...