It happened in EWC 2022… #7: Nigon’s unexpected Suzuka sayonara

When former FIM Endurance World Championship winner Erwan Nigon signed up to contest the 43rd Coca-Cola Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance Race last August, there was no indication he’d be hanging up his helmet a little more than two months later. Following Viltaïs Racing Igol’s decision not to include the Japanese race on its 2022 schedule, the Frenchman was free to join the EVA RT 01 Webike TRICKSTAR Kawasaki squad alongside local riders Hikari Okubo and Yuto Sano instead. Ad Speaking during Suzuka race week, the then 38-year-old Nigon said: “Three weeks ago they asked me if I want to participate, and I thought ‘that’s okay for me, I’m very excited to come’.

It’s a great pleasure to join Trickstar because it’s like family for me. I ran for three years with them before so it’s not totally discovery, but at the same time it’s a new challenge to switch machine and team. FIM EWCIndonesian rider Pratama to make history in Le Mans EWC openerYESTERDAY AT 05:09 “The first day was a little bit difficult because the philosophy of the engine is completely different.

But after a few laps, well, and then maybe a day because also jetlag is not easy and the weather also not so easy, but by Wednesday I was fast. The top 10 is possible, five to 10 is good and it’s the target of the team so we try to push for that result.” Sadly for Nigon, Okubo and Sano, hopes of a top 10 ended in retirement after 142 laps. Then, after being part of the line-up that won the Bol d’Or for Viltaïs Racing Igol, the following month, Nigon called time on his riding career after 25 seasons.