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Jake Dixon
NationalityBritish
Born (1996-01-15) 15 January 1996 (age 28)
Dover, Kent, England
Current teamPetronas Sprinta Racing
Bike number96
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Moto2 World Championship
Active years2017, 2019–
ManufacturersSuter, KTM, Kalex
2020 championship position18th (44 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
30 0 0 0 0 51

Jake Dixon (born 15 January 1996) is an English solo motorcycle racer who competed in the 2017 and 2018 British Superbike Championship.

For 2019 he signed to ride for the Spanish Ángel Nieto Team,[1] previously known as Aspar team, in the 2019 Moto2 World Championship with Andorran team-mate Xavi Cardelús,[2] aboard machinery using 765 cc Triumph controlled engines new to the series,[3] and KTM chassis.[4] For 2020 Jake has signed for The Petronas Sprinta SRT Moto 2 team aboard a Kalex machine. His team mate is Spaniard Xavi Vierge.

He is the son of Darren Dixon, TT F1 Superbike Champion in 1988 and double World Sidecar Champion in 1995 and 1996.

Career

2008–2009

At 12 years of age Dixon was competing in the Southern Supermoto Championship before advancing to the Aprilia Superteens Championship in 2010.

2010

In his first year competing on tarmac Dixon came 3rd in the Aprilia 125cc Superteens Championship. The winner that year was Chrissy Rouse, later competing against Dixon in the 2018 British Superbike Championship.[5][6]

2011

Dixon advanced up to the Aprilia RRV450 Challenge Championship racing Aprilia's twin cylinder four-stroke machine. Once again he was 3rd in the Championship that year.

2012

At 16 years of age Dixon advanced to the British National Superstock 600 cc Championship one of the support classes in the British Superbike Championship. He acquitted himself well on the Shaun Rose prepared Moto Breakers Yamaha R6 finishing 4th in the Championship. If he had not crashed going over the mountain at Cadwell Park injuring his wrist he could have finished higher than 4th.[7]

2013

Dixon contested the year with a new team and a new championship. He moved up to the Supersport 600 Championship riding for Craig Fitzpatrick's CF Motorsport team on a Yamaha R6. After six rounds he crashed heavily at Oulton Park and broke his scaphoid bone. This ended his season; he finished 16th in the championship.

2014

Staying in the Supersport 600 Championship Dixon rode for the Appleyard/Macadam/Doodson team again on a Yamaha R6. He finished the season in 8th position.

2015

Dixon joined the Smith's team riding a three-cylinder Triumph 675 and achieved 3rd place in the Supersport 600 Championship.

2016

Dixon teamed up with Dave Tyson's Tsingtao MV Agusta team for the season but things did not work out and he was offered an alternative ride half way through the year in the Premier Class British Superbikes with Lee Hardy's Briggs Equipment BMW S1000RR. After five rounds his brakes failed at Oulton Park resulting in a broken hip which ended his season.

2017

He won both round-four races of the 2017 British Superbike Championship at Knockhill Racing Circuit.[8] He finished 6th in the 2017 British Superbike Championship and was the youngest ever rider to make the final showdown which is made up from the top six riders. Dixon announced that he would stay with the Lee Hardy Racing/RAF Regular & Reserves Team in 2018, on a Kawasaki ZX10R 1000 cc machine in the 2018 British Superbike Championship.[9]

2018

Dixon finished his participation in the British Superbike Championship series in second position to champion Leon Haslam.

2019

Jake Dixon ride for the Ángel Nieto Team on their return to the Moto2 class in 2019.[10] He made his full debut as a Moto2 World Championship rider on board a KTM bike, but Jake Dixon’s full-time Moto2 bow in Qatar in 2019 is not his first Moto2 Grand Prix appearance, having already appeared as a wildcard at Silverstone in 2017.[11]

2020

Jake Dixon joins PETRONAS Sprinta Racing (Sepang Racing Team[12]) for the 2020 Moto2 World Championship, lining-up as part of the two-rider team alongside Xavi Vierge as the team enters its third season in Grand Prix racing’s middleweight class.[13] And as on 21 Oct 2020, Petronas Sprint Racing (Sepang Racing Team) announced that Jake Dixon will remain with the Malaysian team for the 2021 season.[14]

Moto2 World Championship

Dixon made his Moto2 debut at the 2017 British motorcycle Grand Prix at Silverstone riding for the Dynavolt/Intact Team replacing the injured Marcel Schrotter finishing 25th.[15]

Superbike World Championship

Dixon also made his first appearance in the Superbike World Championship in 2017 at the race at Donington Park, where he retired in the first race and finished 9th in the second race.[16]

Personal life

In December 2018, Dixon married Sarah,[17] daughter of former racer Eddie Roberts.[18]

Career statistics

Grand Prix Motorcycle Racing

By season

Season Class Motorcycle Team Race Win Podium Pole FLap Pts Plcd
2017 Moto2 Suter Dynavolt Intact GP 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC
2019 Moto2 KTM Sama Qatar Ángel Nieto Team 17 0 0 0 0 7 25th
2020 Moto2 Kalex Petronas Sprinta Racing 12 0 0 0 0 44 18th
Total 30 0 0 0 0 51

By class

Class Seasons 1st GP 1st Pod 1st Win Race Win Podiums Pole FLap Pts WChmp
Moto2 2017, 2019–present 2017 Great Britain 30 0 0 0 0 51 0
Total 2017, 2019–Present 30 0 0 0 0 51 0

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Class Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Pos Pts
2017 Moto2 Suter QAT ARG AME SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER CZE AUT GBR
25 		RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL
DNS 		NC 0
2019 Moto2 KTM QAT
Ret 		ARG
17 		AME
DNS 		SPA
 FRA
17 		ITA
Ret 		CAT
Ret 		NED
12 		GER
Ret 		CZE
18 		AUT
19 		GBR
23 		RSM
20 		ARA
23 		THA
19 		JPN
17 		AUS
21 		MAL
17 		VAL
13 		25th 7
2020 Moto2 Kalex QAT
14 		SPA
18 		ANC
Ret 		CZE
Ret 		AUT
14 		STY
8 		RSM
16 		EMI
6 		CAT
Ret 		FRA
Ret 		ARA
4 		TER
7 		EUR
DNS 		VAL POR 18th 44

References

  1. ^ Ángel Nieto Team (English homepage), Retrieved 3 May 2019
  2. ^ Cardelus signs as Dixon's team-mate at Angel Nieto Team Crash.net, 10 October 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2018
  3. ^ Triumph era right time for Moto2 switch - Jake Dixon Motorsport Week, 1 October 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2018
  4. ^ Aspar to return to Moto2 in 2019 Motorsport Week, 13 August 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2018
  5. ^ http://www.ukclubsport.com/superteens-to-superstars/
  6. ^ Rouse has Wright stuff, says Halsall team boss Bikesport News, 24 July 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2018
  7. ^ http://www.between-the-hedges.com/index.php/33-news/89-moto-breakers-cadwell-park
  8. ^ "British Superbike Championship: Jake Dixon dominates at Knockhill". 19 June 2017.
  9. ^ "BSB: Dixon to stick with RAF Kawasaki for 2018".
  10. ^ Sports, Dorna. "Jake Dixon to make Moto2™ move with Angel Nieto Team". www.motogp.com. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
  11. ^ "Moto2: BSB race winner Dixon set for Silverstone wildcard". www.motorcyclenews.com. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
  12. ^ "Moto2 | Sepang Racing Team". www.sepangracingteam.com. Retrieved 2020-10-24.
  13. ^ "Jake Dixon joins PETRONAS Sprinta Racing in Moto2 for 2020 | Sepang Racing Team". www.sepangracingteam.com. Retrieved 2020-10-25.
  14. ^ "Front-running Jake Dixon to stay with PETRONAS Sprinta Racing | Sepang Racing Team". www.sepangracingteam.com. Retrieved 2020-10-24.
  15. ^ Silverstone, David Miller at. "MotoGP Silverstone: 'I can be at the front of this class' - Dixon". Bikesport News.
  16. ^ Clay, Barry. "RAF Regular and Reserves rider Jake Dixon claims first World Championship points".
  17. ^ Jake Dixon ready for the challenge in Moto2 MotoGP.com, Retrieved 3 May 2019
  18. ^ Complog Performance Retrieved 3 May 2019
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