When I went back to racing for the 2024 season, the last thing I was expecting was such a test of team spirit and camaraderie. I first met John Cresswell at the farm where his workshop was, after I was invited to a team meeting by the team’s Crew Chief Alan. I was insistent that I met a few of the guys before I would commit to the team, but my reservations were soon appeased when I met John. It’s a rare thing to meet someone who is so wholly obsessed with a cause, and helping young riders succeed was John’s obsession. I was immediately sucked in by his raw passion for motorcycle racing – something I haven’t seen like that in anyone for a very long time. He was so driven to give the kids a chance to become a MotoGP star, he would have done anything in his…

There are times in everyone’s professional career that leave you with shattered self-confidence, and the empty feeling that you don’t know what you’re doing. This could come after an idea pitch that wasn’t successful, making a mistake in some data analysis or working for a narcissist. The last scenario is where I was at in my last role, and it took me a good few months to build back up to believing in myself as a decent engineer again. I thought this would be a good topic to write about, as it’s something that you could apply to all sorts of areas of your life, even if your particular loss of confidence isn’t in your career. It’s crazy the hold that a situation like this can have over you – your brain can really be your enemy and it can be hard to realise you’re self-sabotaging. 1) Trawl back through…

How does it make you feel if you make a mistake? Shame? Guilt? Sadness? Chances are, you will try and push these emotions away and just move on with your life. With some mistakes, this is pretty easy to do as they’re more likely to be minor (picking the slowest lane in a queue). However, some mistakes we make are life changers, as is the way that we deal with those. Sitting with a mistake, processing what’s happened and owning it can unlock a very different future for you. This is a topic that I’ve been thinking about A LOT over the last 9 months. I quit a job that I loved at JCB to take a risk on the apparently exciting opportunity that was presented to me at Ruroc. I thought making the move back into the motorcycle industry was what I wanted, and working for a dynamic up-and-coming…