| Ethan Sparks | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | British |
| Born | 8 December 2010 Pembury, Kent, England [1] |
| Current team | MRE Talent |
| Bike number | 62 |
Ethan Sparks (born in Pembury on 8 December 2010, and raised in Maidstone) is a British motorcycle racer competing in the 2025 European Talent Cup for MRE Talent. He is the 2025 British Talent Cup champion, and will be competing in the 2026 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup. [2] [3]
Sparks has been coached by Michael Laverty, Danny Webb, and former Isle of Man TT and Grand Prix race winner Chas Mortimer. [4]
Sparks was born in Pembury, England. He started riding minibikes at the age of five, at a Swindon-based academy. His first championship participation was in the Cool FAB British Minibike Championship in 2017, where he claimed his first win in his debut year. [5] Sparks moved up to the Mini GP50 Cool Fab Championship for 2020, aged nine, a category previously won by Scott Redding, Danny Kent, and Scott Ogden. [4] He claimed the title in his rookie season and became the youngest-ever winner of the class. [6] [7] Sparks stepped up to the GP70 class, where he would go on to win back-to-back titles for the next three years. These results earned him a wildcard appearance in the 2022 Spanish Moto4 championship at Jerez. [8] In 2023, he returned to Moto4 for a second year, this time clinching three podiums—two third-place finishes at Aragón and Estoril, and a win at Valencia. [9] [10]
In 2025, Sparks was selected to compete in the British Talent Cup, as well as the European Talent Cup. [11] He claimed the British Talent Cup title in his rookie year, becoming the first rider to do so, with six wins and 13 podiums in total. [12] [13] This feat granted him a spot in the 2026 Red Bull MotoGP Rookies Cup season. [3] [14] He entered the European Talent Cup with MRE Talent, but missed two rounds due to his participation in the British Talent Cup. His best finish was tenth place at Jerez and Montmeló.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | Pos | Pts | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R3 | ||||
| 2025 | Honda | DON 4 | DON 2 | SIL Ret | SIL 4 | SNE Ret | SNE 2 | BRH 1 | BRH 1 | THR 2 | THR 5 | DON 1 | DON 1 | DON 2 | ASS 1 | ASS 2 | OUL 2 | OUL 1 | OUL 2 | 1st | 327 |
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Pos | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Honda | EST1 DNQ | EST2 DNQ | JER1 13 | JER2 10 | MAG1 Ret | MAG2 16 | ARA | MIS1 | MIS2 | CAT 10 | VAL | 23rd* | 15* |
* Season still in progress.
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)
| Year | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | Pos | Pts | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | ||||
| 2026 | KTM | JER | JER | LMS | LMS | MUG | MUG | ASS | ASS | SAC | SAC | MIS | MIS | RBR | RBR | NC | 0 |