EWC
Mike Di Meglio: the enduring passion
It's been more than twenty years since Mike Di Meglio has been collecting victories around the world. Spotted in 2002, when he was only 14, in a competition organized by the FFM, the Toulouse native entered the 125 Grand Prix three years later with the Liégeois team.
The learning curve was tough, but the kid persevered and eventually found his way to the podium in 2005 with the Scot Honda team. He won his first race that same year in Turkey.
However, he had to wait until 2008 to claim the world championship title, this time with the Ajo Motorsport structure. He started the following year in the 250 class with the Aspar team. Regularly fighting for the top 5, the Frenchman stood out.
Unfortunately, the replacement of the 250 category by the Moto2 class did not allow him to continue his progress.
Less comfortable with the Honda 600 4-stroke engine than the 2-stroke Aprilia, Mike struggled to regain the front positions, whether with the Suter chassis of the Aspar team, the Mistral of Tech 3, the Kalex of Speed Up, or the Motobi of JiR.
From MotoGP to EWC: Mike Di Meglio's trajectory
Thus, in 2014, he decides to move to MotoGP with the Avintia team to ride an experimental Kawasaki-engined machine entered in Open.
In 2015, still with the Avintia team, he struggles with an old-generation Ducati that still does not allow him to exploit his potential.
He then decides to join the EWC with the GMT 94 team. Alongside David Checa and Niccolo Canepa, the Toulouse native wins the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the Eight Hours of Oschersleben, and the Eight Hours of Slovakia to clinch his second world championship title, the first in Endurance.
The following season, Mike Di Meglio adds a new trophy to his record by winning the Bol d'Or. When GMT 94 withdraws from the EWC championship, the Toulouse native signs with the FCC TSR Honda France team.
Aligned with Josh Hook and Freddy Foray, he obtains a new world championship title in 2022. Now a major figure in the World Endurance Championship, he sets off again this year with Masakazu Fujii's structure, with teammates Josh Hook and Alan Techer.
