British Superbike rider Andrew Irwin believes he has been given “a brand new lease of life” after making the choice to run his personal workforce with the assistance of title sponsors within the forthcoming season.
Chatting with the BBC Bikes Podcast, the 31-year-old stated he had endured “sleepless nights” after his three-year partnership with Honda Racing got here to an finish on the finish on the finish of the 2025 marketing campaign.
Irwin will change to Ducati equipment for 2026 below the banner of MET fonaCAB Racing.
“There was one thing lacking over the previous few years. I do not know what it’s.
“I had so many sleepless nights, what am I going to do, we had simply had a second child, and it is my household’s revenue.
“I knew I might go and get a standard job, I would completed that earlier than, however racing bikes beats a standard job. I could not cease, I knew I needed to maintain going and attempt to realise my unfulfilled potential.
“That was the motivation in placing this workforce collectively. It is nearly doing it week in, week out. I’ve a lot perception in myself that I can do it.”
Irwin added that he believes a contemporary strategy and a brand new problem can solely profit him within the 12 months forward.
“I used to be wanting spherical for one thing else. I wanted a change of route, I wanted a change of motivation I really feel.
“It is most likely the very best factor that is occurred to me, I really feel like I’ve obtained a brand new lease of life. We have not gone racing but however I really feel like I can return to being myself.”
Among the many different topics Andrew discusses on the podcast are being a part of the well-known Irwin racing household and his ideas on his brother Glenn’s determination to return to the North West 200 after a one-year sabbatical.
