Young motorcyclist Aeziah Divine is to showcase his budding talents with a new team this year.

Divine, who competes on high-performance 250cc motorcycles throughout Britain and Spain, made his debut in the R&G British Talent Cup last year and will be competing for Fibre Tec Honda/MLav Racing in 2025.

He was destined to become a motorcycle racer having fallen in love with the sport at a very young age.

The Bermudian has come a long way since those early days, holding his own on his debut with Microlise Cresswell Racing and Sencat Talent Team Mortimer Racing.

“I can't wait to start working with Fibre Tec Honda – MLav Racing and I know exactly what I need to work on this season,” he said. “With more time on the bike, and with the support of a team like this, I feel that I can show my true potential and continue to build on from last year.

“At my last race at Thruxton Circuit, everything started to come together and I was battling for points for the first time in the class."

Now in its seventh year, the R&G British Talent Cup features riders between the age of 14 and 17, and is contested at racetracks around the United Kingdom alongside the British Superbike Championship and MotoGP at the British GP.

“The R&G British Talent Cup is a great environment for developing and it offers a pathway to world-level competition,” Divine added. “The class has a lot of experienced racers, structured briefings and group track walks.

“We run alongside Bennetts British Superbikes, and many riders in the higher classes offer tips and are happy to talk."

The 15-year-old’s transition to this level proved anything but smooth as he encountered many obstacles throughout his debut campaign last year.

“Transitioning to this level of competition was definitely challenging to adjust to, especially changing bikes mid-season after having to change teams after the sudden passing of my former team boss,” Divine said.

“But once my team and I found the right bike setup for my riding style, I felt a lot more comfortable and confident to push more during the races.”

Acclimatising to the racetracks in Britain posed another challenge for the promising athlete.

“It was really difficult trying to learn and adjust to all the big tracks last year as up until then I had only raced and trained on much smaller karting tracks and on lower powered bikes,” Divine said.

“It was really hard for me to know how to be competitive without that prior experience, such as braking late when approaching a corner at high speed, using the rear brake on entry and throttle control on long corners.

“Ideally, I'll be training on a 600 at this stage to help with all of this. Having the right tools to prepare is critical, so that will be one of our goals this year; to incorporate this kind of bike into my training programme.”

As for his expectations for the upcoming season, which gets underway in May, Divine said: “My goal for this season is to consistently battle to finish within the points [top 15 finishers] in every race. I am also working towards finishing in the top ten by the end of the season.

“My long-term goal is to use BTC as a pathway to reach the FIM JuniorGP World Championship in the next few years. If everything goes well this season, there is an opportunity for me to wild card in one of the classes in that championship at the end of this year, so that's a lot of motivation to dig deep and put in a lot of work this year.

“I have been taking steps to increase my fitness and will hopefully be back in Spain soon to continue on track preparation as well.”

Divine competed in the Moto5 class in the Finetwork MIR Racing Cup at various circuits across Spain two years ago, gaining valuable knowledge from top riders in a structured training environment along the way.

“I still remember riding a little balance bike around Bermuda and Montessori when I was 3 or 4,” he told The Royal Gazette.

“Not long after that my parents bought me my first electric motorbike, a blue Razor, and that’s when I knew I wanted to pursue the sport.

“One of my most fond memories was my mother [Kristin] picking me up from preschool one lunchtime to go pick out my first motorbike helmet.”