Di Meglio : MotoE™ rider modified into teacher and hairdresser

Di Meglio has no longer one, but two bikes rapid parked. His MotoE Energica Ego Corse and his World Endurance Honda have barely been ridden to this level in 2020. But the Frenchman, faithful to the DNA of a rider and admire of competitors, is enthusiastic to have adrenaline coursing through his veins again. On the opposite hand, removed from shedding his optimism, di Meglio is coping with lockdown with correct humour and loads of work to be carried out at home. 

We now have been in lockdown for over a month now. How is your experience of this scenario?

“It is no longer an effortless scenario for anyone. I’m spending it in France with my wife and teens. It’s a must-must wait and see, sure and hear to the suggestions of the consultants. Luminous now, a truly remarkable notify is to set home and set up for the arena to recover from this pandemic.”

How cease you spend your time at home?

“I spend a range of it at faculty.”

In class? Are you doing on-line applications or one thing love that?

“No, I’m the teacher! I in actuality have two young other folks aged eight and four and in notify that they may be able to’t scuttle to varsity. The older one, Matheo, has classes on every day foundation so, alongside with my wife, we strive to replace the lecturers as most appealing we can. We now have space up the di Meglio home college! With the toddler there are classes too, though the activities are completely different. In the afternoon, as soon as the classes are over, I birth my extracurricular activities making an strive to put together as a lot as I will to support myself in form bodily.”

How is your day-to-day existence?

“We birth round 9am and until 12pm or no longer it’s far time for classes. We eat and the teens scuttle to relaxation comparatively bit. After they relaxation, I strive to put together and play sports activities due to the after they receive up we organise activities with them love taking part in in the garden and we also play board games. Now we have dinner early, detect a movie on occasion and tumble asleep.”

What would you notify is principally the most easy notify to receive out of in the meantime and what’s basically the most refined notify you are finding?

“Surely, basically the most easy notify is to have time with your family. Right here’s one thing that we receive refined to search out at occasions attributable to my work. The toughest notify to address is no longer luminous as soon as we could well well be ready to come to racing. The winter used to be lengthy and with the entirety that goes on the wait is getting very lengthy.”

Are you practicing?

“Sure, or at least I’m making an strive my most appealing. I’m making an strive to receive out and dawdle. We are in a position to cease it right here if we respect the allowed security distances. At home I also work, I experience static bikes and cease completely different physical circuits to support fit. In actual fact that I’m reasonably smartly geared up to be ready to cease correct practicing at home.”

Absorb you ever found any fresh skill at some stage in your time in lockdown?

“Sure! My abilities as a teacher and a hairdresser that had been hidden until now have come to light! And I’m no longer irascible in any respect! When I in actuality have the scissors in my hand that it’s essential to also aloof belief the peep on the faces of the young other folks!”

Counsel to us for in the meantime:

A e-book:

“I’m reading the e-book ‘An house in Paris’ by Guillaume Musso. I’ve true started it, but it appears correct.”

A series:

“I’ve viewed several, but dazzling now I’m beginning to belief ‘Vikings’. It has action, a correct suppose and is extremely smartly space.”

A movie:

“The leisure one I’ve viewed in the meantime is The Gap. It’s reasonably abnormal and at some facets comparatively grotesque however the underlying message makes you mediate.’

Song:

“I are making an strive to commerce musical styles based entirely on my temper and frame of mind. My playlist can scuttle from rock to pop, hip hop, fine classics and even some reggaeton.”

Something to cease in a in point of fact dead moment:

“To be correct, with young other folks or no longer it’s nearly no longer attainable to receive bored or have time for relaxation so, if that point came, I would want just trusty thing about it to receive some sleep.”

Originate you peep it refined to set focused when preparing for a season that you develop no longer know when this can birth?

“Sure and no. We’re consultants and we have a behavior of constantly keeping fit and alert. Competing in the World Endurance Championship I mediate helps me due to the in that series issues can turn 360 levels very rapid. That has helped me to continually be willing for when or no longer it’s wished.”

How cease you organize it mentally?

“I strive to search out and lift out the sure aspect of the scenario, to make the as a rule at home and with the family and to put together as a lot as imaginable bodily for when the time comes, every time it’s far.”

What conclusions did you plot from the most major MotoE™ take a look at?

“I could well well be lying if I talked about I used to be very contented with my end result due to the I wasn’t. On the opposite hand, it used to be a in point of fact sure take a look at to make contact with the bike again and receive the sentiments to experience again. It used to be three days of intense work at some stage in which we examined a range of issues that will certainly support us for the future.”

What would you notify are the diversities between the 2019 and 2020 bike?

“The main changes are in the tyres, the chassis and the energy unit. Michelin brought fresh tyres to the take a look at with appealing changes, though it will probably also no longer be the definitive model as they are planning to continue working on a fresh and improved possibility. Energica, on completely different hand, has evolved the chassis and energy unit from the 2019 model, evolutions that have gone in the dazzling direction.”

After this first take a look at, what would you notify is your solid level for the 2020 season?

“The experience. As an alternative of the indisputable truth that this could well well be the 2d year I’ll be riding and competing with an electric bike, I realized a lot remaining year. I realized the trusty diagram to pick out, lose, come relieve and be high quality that, if in motorcycling there is form of no room for mistakes, in MotoE, the ‘nearly’ disappears fully.”

And the facets to give a use to?

“The fleet lap and studying to possibility comparatively more at sing moments. In spite of the entirety, it used to be true a first take a look at to plot some very definite conclusions. Although you continually can also aloof give your most appealing in checking out, I’m a rider who changes a lot at some stage in the bustle weekend.”

With handiest one take a look at to plot conclusions and many rapid riders, who cease you belief as your main rivals?

“This season we have fresh riders who’ve been rapid from the starting. Although this increases the likelihood of rivals, it’s far a righteous notify for the championship. It’s aloof early days for names and right candidates, but I’m having a peep forward to checking out when the season begins.”