Junior Supersport Round 3 Report

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The Cigma Racing team arrived in Scotland on Thursday, ready for the next round of the HEL British Junior Supersport at Knockhill. Free practice started well on Saturday morning with Nathan-Ellis getting his lap time down to 59.110 over the course of the session. With some adjustments made to the bike, he was hoping to […]

Qualifying for Round 2 of the HEL British Junior Supersport

Junior Supersport Round 2 Report

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Nathan-Ellis and the rest of the team arrived on Thursday to start getting prepared for Round 2 of the HEL British Junior Supersport at Donington Park. The races this weekend are taking place on the full track layout set in Leicestershire. Some of the other competitors in the Supersport are busy with GCSE Exams which […]

Ready to go for Round 1

Junior Supersport Round 1 Report

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The team turned up early to Silverstone for Round 1 of the British Junior Supersport on the National Circuit. Thursday was a test day and as Nathan-Ellis has had limited time on the bike, it seemed like a good idea to make the most of it. The weather, unfortunately, did not agree. Lots of rain […]

Preparing for the Race

Great Start to the Season for Sam

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This weekend saw the first event of the British Superbikes Championship at Silverstone on the National circuit. Sam Cox’s National Superstock campaign got underway with two races, one Saturday and one on Sunday. Free practice saw Sam get as high as 7th in his group. Once both groups had completed qualifying Sam lined up in […]

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Testing at Mallory for Nathan-Ellis

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Last weekend Nathan-Ellis finally got to take his new bike for 2023 out on track for a test. It was a cold start at Mallory Park in Leicestershire as the Cigma Racing pits were being set up. Nathan-Ellis was feeling excited, confident, and a little nervous too about getting out on the track and up […]

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Coming Soon, more fun-filled, adrenalin-fuelled action from the man himself… Storm Stacey!!!

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Nathan’s Bemsee Season Finale at Brands Hatch

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It was the 9th and final round of the ACU Team Green Cup this weekend at Brands Hatch. The indy circuit was in use for this meeting, guaranteeing some fast and close racing! The meeting started with a practice day on Friday. Nathan was struggling to get the right gearing and suspension settings. That wasn’t […]

View from Pit Lane – Edition 54

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Manx GP 2022 Gallery All the photos from the Manx Grand Prix 2022 in one place. A big thanks to our sponsors. Our journey wouldn’t have gone this far without their support!

Manx GP 2022

View from Pit Lane – Edition 53

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Manx GP – 29 August – Race Day After a day off, relaxing, nursing a sore head and leaving Rik to do the race preparation, which is part of the bonding process between bike and rider, race day dawned with heavy skies. Reports were also coming in of very damp roads all around the course […]

Ready for a lap

View from Pit Lane – Edition 52

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Manx GP – 27 August There are not many better places in the world to be than Mona’s Isle when the is shining brightly, and this was one of those days. Glorious all day. We had 3 races to follow, with the added ‘Brucie bonus’ of a warm-up lap for Rik and Trudie, giving us […]

Evening in the camp

View from Pit Lane – Edition 51

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Manx GP – 26 August Last day of practice today and we were woken by the patter of persistent rain bouncing off of the truck’s roof. Not promising for the afternoon’s activities of our practice and the Lightweight race. A little later we had a surprise visit from Phil, who was doing some business in […]

Waiting for the Dyno

View from Pit Lane – Edition 50

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Manx GP Qualifying 5 – 25 August Matt and I were up with the seagulls at 5.45 am, ahead of what turned out to be a very busy day for one and all. One of those days that start off nice and relaxed, slowly building up momentum to a very high speed of work efficiency. […]

Rik and Trudy in action

View from Pit Lane – Edition 49

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Manx GP Qualifying 3 & 4 – 24 August Busy day today with an unprecedented double practice in one day, giving us the possibility of 4 laps around the mountain course. The day didn’t dawn promising though, with The Island cloaked in cloud and it was raining, with the prospect of more rain throughout the […]

Ready for another lap

View from Pit Lane – Edition 48

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Manx GP Qualifying 2 – 23 August Yesterday was a washout. The Manx weather closed in and treated us to a deluge lasting most of the day. It finally cleared late afternoon, giving one and all a rather pleasant evening. Too late though for any kind of chicanery. We spent the day catching up on […]

Ready for a lap

View from Pit Lane – Edition 47

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Manx GP Qualifying 1 – 21 August It was very fitting that we woke to a beautiful, sun-kissed morning, as today marks the culmination of nearly two years of work and planning. And the sun stayed with us all day long. It’s the start of practice for next Monday’s race. I was up at six and […]

Trudy ready for battle

View from Pit Lane – Edition 46

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Manx GP Preparation – 20 August – 20:45 Winner-winner, chicken dinner tonight. With some kind of roast tatty!  Turned out to be quite a busy and long day. With briefings, signing-on and clothing inspection for all of Rik’s race gear, all of our firesuits and stuff for the pit stop and refuelling during practice. First […]

Camp set up and ready for the Manx GP

View from Pit Lane – Edition 45

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Manx GP Preparation – 19 August – 19:00 As luck would have it, Matt secured the last available 4-berth cabin on the ferry across and we all took full advantage of this unplanned luxury. We slept soundly the whole crossing, only being reluctantly pulled out of our magnificent slumber by the announcement we were soon […]

Isle of Man Flag

View from Pit Lane – Edition 44

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Manx GP Preparation – 18 August – 19:58 We are sat in the truck, parked outside the Isle of Man Steam Packet ferry terminal in Heysham, waiting for our night crossing to the Island. A long wait, as we arrived so early we got to watch the afternoon ferry leaving her berth. We left home […]

Trudy all ready for the Manx GP

View from Pit Lane – Edition 43

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Manx GP Preparation – 15 August After another good weekend’s work, Trudie is good to go with just some lock wiring and graphics left to do when we get to The Island on Friday. I spent today sorting out the truck ready for loading tomorrow evening, so far so good. It’s been a long time […]

Preparing for the Manx GP

View from Pit Lane – Edition 42

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Manx GP Preparation – 30 July Since our race meeting at Carole, the bike prep for The Manx has had to take a backseat to Rik and Sarah’s wedding. Leaving me only enough time to do some admin and ordering. I did manage to squeeze in some fairing painting though, and this last week Matt […]

Carole-Circuit-2

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Circuit Carole – 08/09/10 July 2022 – Part 3 Our race was due off at 10.20, so it was a fairly leisurely morning tidying away as much as possible before needing to sort out the gear we needed for the race and pit stop. This includes two sets of fireproof overalls, balaclava, goggles, fire extinguisher, […]

Trudie vs gravel trap

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Circuit Carole – 08/09/10 July 2022 – Part 2 Saturday dawned, as forecast, bright and sunny. ‘Gonna be a good day,’ I thought. I was outside the Dunlop set-up prompt at 7. Such a shame they didn’t open till 7.30. But at least I was second in the queue, which rapidly extended, and as it […]

Carole Circuit in the sunshine

View from Pit Lane – Edition 39

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Circuit Carole – 08/09/10 July 2022 – Part 1 Fortunately for us, the weather was due to hold fair and remain dry throughout the weekend. I say this because we have a problem with the truck’s wiper motor that’s proving somewhat tiresome to fix. Carole is situated just north of Paris and a fraction south […]

Fire near Navarra

View from Pit Lane – Edition 38

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Navarra, Spain – 17/18/19 June 2022 – Part 4 We all survived being burnt alive as we slept, thankfully, but the smell of the fires hung over the paddock as a stark reminder of the previous night. Matt was up at first light leaving me undisturbed in my slumber and only waking me up when […]