MONSTER ENERGY RELEASES EXCLUSIVE TWISTING THE THROTTLE FILM

Great Britain’s triple world champion Tai Woffinden speaks movingly about his incredible journey to the top of the sport as part of Monster Energy’s exclusive behind-the-scenes film Twisting the Throttle – play it above now.

Cameras were given exclusive access throughout the 2022 Speedway GP season to the six men wearing the M-claw.

Digging deeper to find out what makes them tick and the path they have taken to land at the top, the film features Woffinden, Patryk Dudek, Freddie Lindgren, Dan Bewley, Chris and Jack Holder and Paweł Przedpelski.

As part of the film, Woffinden speaks movingly about his Speedway GP debut season. Emerging as GB’s next top talent, he was awarded a wild card for the 2010 Speedway GP series in late 2009.

Woffinden has gone on to become Britain’s most successful speedway rider, winning his first Speedway GP World Championship as a 500/1 outsider with the bookmakers in 2013, before becoming the nation’s first three-time gold medallist with wins in 2015 and 2018.

With 11 Speedway GP victories to his name and an FIM Speedway of Nations World Championship gold medal from 2021, Woffy has established himself as one of the sport’s modern-day icons.

But his first Speedway GP season was far from easy after his father Rob passed away following a year-long battle with cancer in January 2010. The Wroclaw rider admits making the biggest step of his career just months after losing his dad was incredibly tough.

“My whole career was doing stuff with him,” he told Twisting the Throttle. “We would drive together, wash the bikes together, prepare the bikes together and travel together.

“They said he would just fall asleep and not wake up. The last eight hours of his life was him screaming. It was really tough. It was a nightmare. But finally the moment came when he stopped breathing and it was obviously tough, but it was kind of a little bit of a relief. I just didn’t want to see him in pain anymore.”

Before his dad’s passing, Woffinden admits Rob advised him not to take up the Speedway GP opportunity he was offered for 2010. He said: “I remember we were sat in the house. We had a hospital bed in the house because he was pretty sick. I was sat on the sofa and we were talking about sponsorship deals and if should do the GPs or I shouldn’t.

“He said ‘don’t do it, Tai. You’re not ready.’ I just thought ‘how can I turn this opportunity down?’ When he wasn’t there, 2010 was a strange year. I had some really tough times in the GPs. But I wasn’t ready physically, mentally or mechanically.

“I think before the first round, I was out on the Friday night – before the first round of the World Championship on the Saturday. I wasn’t ready. I was still having fun partying. It is what it is.

“That year was tough and I went back to Australia and went completely off the rails with my mates for three months, which was pretty fun but super, super reckless. But then in 2013, they gave me another wild card and then we took off to the moon.”

Watch the full film from Monster Energy above now.