Seven-year-old speedster Theo Tyler chases UK Winter Championship glory

Theo Tyler. Photo credit: Dale Baldwin.

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Topping the leaderboard remains the challenge for seven-year-old Theo Tyler who’s currently competing in the UK Winter Championships at Stretton in Leicester.

After two rounds of the competition, Theo from Ellington Park, Maidenhead, sits second on the leaderboard, but he’d love to move top of the Christmas tree when the series resumes early in the new year.

So far, he’s had a bit of a roller-coaster championships and picked up the odd bump and bruise along the way.

But his parents are also incredibly proud of the way he’s dealt with those setbacks and got back on the bike to continue pushing for podium finishes.

He collected the second placed trophy for his rides in round one of the series last month.

After qualifying in seventh, he weaved his way through the field to finish second in race one and maintained that position through the second and third races to make an encouraging start to championships.

The second round of the series featured a few more setbacks, but he dealt with those brilliantly considering his age. In race one, he dropped back to sixth after coming off his 50cc motorbike when he had been challenging for top spot in second. Thankfully, he was able to continue and showed great resilience to scrap his way back onto the podium in third.

He followed that up with a third placed finish in race two, but his team felt a few mechanical tweaks were needed to the bike’s setup ahead of race three.

Unfortunately, they couldn’t give Theo the race pace he needed to challenge for first place, but a fourth placed finish puts him in second place overall, and his proud dad Paul says, ‘there’s still plenty to play for’.

Theo has been riding 50cc motorbikes at speeds of 50mph in the Minimotos championships for the past couple of years, having been introduced to the sport through his dad’s passion for biking.

He’s coached by former British Super Bikes champion Kyle Ryde and his impressive performances in the competition have caught the eye of the RB Racing Team in Rome, Italy, where he recently went for a training week with the team.

in his rookie season in the Minimotos fab racing Series, competing across eight different UK circuits and is looking to step up to the 12mil class – where the bikes travel a little faster – in the 2026 competition. The hope is he’ll also be picked up as a rider for a team like RG Racing in the not-too-distant future.

Theo is sponsored by the following companies: Luxe projects London; X1 performance; AS Waist & Metal Recycling @ skip hire; FCM; Rmc; The Race Shop; Clikcreate; 151s; DB brickwork; CFF custom paints