Most children his age are still working out what they want to do with their lives. Évan Prot already knows. The young Monegasque student, who attends FANB, is three rounds into his first full French Championship season in Mini OGP, the premier racing category for riders aged 7 to 12, and sits third in the standings after a strong opening round. His goal for the season is a top five finish. His goal beyond that is rather more ambitious.
Évan’s introduction to motorcycles came at two and a half years old, on a small electric bike in the family garden. It was not a phase. By the time he was eight, he was accompanying his father Iwan on a four-day, 2,500-kilometre road trip through the Dolomites with the Monaco Moto Club, barely leaving the back of the motorcycle for the duration. He ate on it. He urged the group to keep moving. Those who were there have not forgotten it.
After building his experience through a full season in the Provence League in 2024 and a first French Championship appearance in Alès at the end of 2025, Évan has now taken the step up to a full national campaign. The French Mini OGP Championship runs over six rounds across France, with two races per weekend and a final standings published in September. The 115cc machines used in the category are built specifically for riders of this age and deliberately restricted, placing the emphasis on the rider’s ability rather than the motorcycle’s performance.
Behind the racing lies a serious logistical operation. The family travels to every round together, with Iwan having taken on most of the mechanical preparation himself, supported by professional checks before race weekends. The season budget runs to between 30,000 and 40,000 euros. On race days, Évan’s preparation is methodical: before heading to the grid, he isolates himself, closes his eyes, and walks through each corner of the track in his mind. His coach at the KF78 Academy, the organisation that provides him with technical and mental support throughout the season, oversees this side of his preparation.
For the Moto Club de Monaco, whose 262 members include notable figures such as Dakar veteran David Casteu and European Supermoto champion Melvin Viola, Évan represents something particular. Of the club’s seventeen competitive riders, he is the only one who holds Monegasque nationality. His racing suit bears the club’s logo alongside the colours of his sponsors, and his nationality appears in the official French championship standings. Christophe Greco, president of the Monaco Moto Club, told Monaco-Matin that the club’s belief in the young rider goes beyond the fact of his passport: “It’s not just because he’s the only one. It’s because we believe in him.”
In 2027, Évan will move up to the more powerful 160cc class, where he will face older and more experienced opponents. His ambition is to qualify for the FIM Mini GP World Series, the European competition that brings together the leading young riders from each country, and whose final is held in Valencia on the weekend of the MotoGP race. Ask him who his favourite rider is and the answer comes without hesitation: Marc Marquez.
He has not yet won a race. But for a ten-year-old already committed to a 30,000-euro season, racing under the Monegasque flag, and mentally rehearsing his lines before each start, the journey is already well underway.