Career
Norbert Zsigovits (1999) with his own team, Ride Hard Motorsport, is the most successful rider in Hungarian enduro racing today.In 2021 he finished 2nd in the EnduroGP Open 4S World Cup and 5th in the Superenduro Junior World Championship, and in 2022 he finished 8th in the Superenduro World Championship.
He started riding at the age of 6, and came to prominence at the age of 14-15 on a 450cc Kawasaki, achieving good results in motocross in the national, Austrian and Czech championships, winning the second division championship here.
In the following years, he raced for a German team, winning four championships in the local cross country championship (GCC) in Germany. In 2015, he started in the Junior category of the SuperEnduro World Championship. In 2016, he won the Hungarian endurocross championship in the “E1” category, and was also the leader in the junior category of the Hungarian Enduro Championship and the Alpok-Adria Enduro.
This year, at the six-day enduro tournament in Spain, he was the most successful member of the Hungarian team despite his young age. The Hungarian Motorsport Association voted him the 2016 Sportsman of the Year.
After a shoulder injury, he got back on his bike in 2018, competing for the German team in the Junior and Open categories of the Superenduro World Championship. He reached the finals several times with his team, but in 2019 he started a solo career. The 2020 season was the peak of his Superenduro career so far, when he won a European Cup race in Budapest and was consistently in the top 5 for the season.
In 2021 he finished 2nd in the EnduroGP World Cup and 5th in the Junior category of the Superenduro World Championship. The most successful Hungarian representative in the sport at the moment, he is a member of the Hungarian Motorsport Academy programme. From 2022 he will compete in the Hard Enduro World Championship and in the top category of the Superenduro World Championship, Prestige.
His goals include becoming a successful Super Enduro racer, a regular competitor in the Hard Enduro World Championship, competing in the USA, AMA Endurocross events and the legendary Dakar Rally.
Main results
- 2023: Superenduro World Championship, Prestige 8th place
- 2022: Junior Superenduro World Championship, 5th place
- 2021: EnduroGP Open 4S World Cup overall 2nd place, two wins
- First Hungarian Superenduro European Cup race winner
- Hungarian Motorsport Association “Driver of the Year” 2016
- Four-time German cross country champion, four-time Hungarian category champion
Bike
Norbert Zsigovits will be riding a 350cc, four-stroke KTM EXC. The bike is brand new and close to the production version, but has been modified with minor modifications, including a special chassis tuned to the rider’s style. He has previously used a lighter, more controllable two-stroke KTM EXC 300 for the Superenduro GP races, but will be racing a four-stroke bike in the Superenduro races from the 2023/2024 season.
News
A landmark innovation brings the legend of the sport back to the Super Enduro World Championship
The Superenduro World Championship has announced that, from this year’s edition, electric motors will be allowed to compete in the elite category, albeit with some restrictions. As a result, six-time world champion Taddy Błażusiak will return to the series.
Ticket sales start for the 2025 Superenduro GP of Hungary
Tickets are on sale from Monday for the Superenduro GP of Hungary in February 2025. Like this year, the MVM Dome will host the field next year.
The FIM Europe SuperEnduro Cup 2024/2025 calendar is here!
Get ready for an adrenaline-fueled season of the FIM Europe SuperEnduro Cup in 2024/2025! The calendar promises a series of hot action throughout 4 locations with the best European riders competing for the FIM Europe Cup.