NEW TEAM JOINS INAUGURAL FIM WOMEN’S MOTORCYCLING WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP
SEKHMET INTERNATIONAL MOTORCYCLE RACING TEAM JOINS CHAMPIONSHIP WITH MALLORY DOBBS & LISSY WHITMORE
Derry/Londonderry, Northern Eire, 12 February 2024
You’ll be able to solely have your first time as soon as and having the chance to make historical past has proved irresistible for Australian born Maddi Patterson; one in all only a few feminine crew house owners on the planet of motorbike racing.
Maddi Patterson, SEKHMET RACING Group Proprietor: “After I first heard that this was going to occur I knew it was the place I wanted to be. On the official announcement by DORNA, the officiating organisation, nobody was stunned once I mentioned ‘F*ck it, I’ll do it!’
Forming a crew and signing riders for this has been an actual time crunch and, having achieved this in eight months, I respect all those that have helped alongside the best way (you recognize who you might be) – if it was straightforward everyone would do it. I’m so proud to announce our riders; Mallory Dobbs #14 (USA) and Lissy Whitmore #34 (UK) who might be using Yamaha YZF-R7 bikes at circuits together with Misano World Circuit “Marco Simoncelli”, Donington Park Circuit and Circuito de Jerez-Angel Nieto from Might to October 2024 alongside the World Superbike Championship which is televised Globally. What a visit!”
The FIM Girls’s Motorcycling World Championship is the primary devoted bike world championship for feminine circuit racers. This initiative by DORNA has been welcomed by the motorsport group worldwide and responds to the expansion in feminine participation in motorcycling, bike racing and a rise in feminine bike racing followers attending occasions in recent times.
Maddi added: “Sekhmet, an Egyptian Deity, was born from hearth – a logo of energy and resilience. And therein lies the rationale for the crew naming; I endured and recovered from sixty % burns to my physique solely three years in the past. Sekhmet is called the protector of pals and the chief in battle – one thing I embrace in my very own life. I’m extremely honoured, excited and conscious that my position is to guide my crew and greater than that, assist, encourage and create the possibility to do one thing totally different. To be the distinction. And when the visor goes down, nothing else issues. That is racing.”
The crew will attend the media launch and testing in Might instantly forward of the primary race and is accepting sponsorship proposals from manufacturers that share the crew’s values and ambitions. This can be a recreation changer and this crew isn’t simply ticking the equality field – these riders are world class athletes on the high of their recreation and our mission is to convey a recent dynamic, problem perceptions, change minds, win respect and acknowledge expertise whereas creating recollections, making historical past and having enjoyable.
Let’s race!
