Jake Dixon

Jake Dixon
Nationality	British
Born	(1996-01-15) 15 January 1996 (age 25) Dover, Kent, England
Current team	Aspar GasGas
Bike number	96
Motorcycle racing career statistics MotoGP World Championship Active years 2021 Manufacturers Yamaha Championships 0 2021 championship position 30th (0 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 2 0 0 0 0 0 Moto2 World Championship Active years 2017, 2019– Manufacturers Suter, KTM, Kalex 2021 championship position 20th (30 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 45 0 0 0 0 81

Jake Dixon (born 15 January 1996) is a British Grand Prix motorcycle racer, set to compete for the Aspar Team in the 2022 Moto2 World Championship. Dixon is best known for finishing runner-up in the 2018 British Superbike Championship, and being the youngest to qualify for the championship showdown in 2017.^[1]

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

Career[]

Early career[]

At 12 years of age Dixon was competing in the Southern Supermoto Championship before advancing to the Aprilia Superteens Championship in 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.^[2][3]

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.

Supersport 600 Championship[]

In 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.^[4]

In 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.

Staying in the Supersport 600 Championship for 2014, Dixon rode for the Appleyard/Macadam/Doodson team again on a Yamaha R6. He finished the season in 8th position.

For 2015, Dixon joined the Smith's team riding a three-cylinder Triumph 675, and achieved 3rd place in the Supersport 600 Championship.

British Superbike Championship[]

Dixon moved up to the 2016 British Superbike Championship, and while it was originally planned that he would teaming up with Dave Tyson's Tsingtao Kawasaki team for the season, financial concerns led to the team not fielding a pair of riders that season, managing to start at only one round with Danny Buchan. Dixon was offered an alternative ride half way through the year, with Lee Hardy's Briggs Equipment BMW S1000RR, but after six rounds his brakes failed at Oulton Park, resulting in a broken hip, ending his season prematurely.

He won both round-four races of the 2017 British Superbike Championship at Knockhill Racing Circuit.^[5] He finished 6th in the 2017 British Superbike Championship and was the youngest ever rider to make the final showdown, 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.^[6] He finished his participation in the British Superbike Championship series in second position to champion Leon Haslam.

Superbike World Championship[]

Dixon also made his first appearance in the Superbike World Championship in 2017 as a wildcard entry at Donington Park, where he retired in the first race, and finished 9th place in the second race.^[7]

Moto2 World Championship[]

Dynavolt Intact GP (2017)[]

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.^[8]

Ángel Nieto Team (2019)[]

For 2019 he signed to ride for the Spanish Aspar Team,^[9] in the 2019 Moto2 World Championship with team-mate Xavi Cardelús,^[10] aboard machinery using 765 cc Triumph controlled engines new to the series,^[11] and KTM chassis.^[12] 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 of 2019, is not his first Moto2 Grand Prix appearance, having already appeared as a wildcard at Silverstone in 2017, a race he finished in 25th place.^[13] Dixon finished his debut season with 7 points.

Petronas Sepang Racing Team (2020–2021)[]

Jake Dixon joined Petronas Sprinta Racing^[14] for the 2020 Moto2 World Championship, alongside Xavi Vierge, in the team's third season in Grand Prix racing’s middleweight class.^[15] Dixon finished the 2020 season with 44 points.

In October of 2020, Petronas Sprint Racing (Sepang Racing Team) announced that Jake Dixon would remain with the Malaysian team in Moto2 for the 2021 season.^[16] Dixon finished the year with 30 points.

Aspar GasGas Team (2022)[]

For 2022, Dixon is contracted to race for the Aspar Team branded as GasGas using a Kalex chassis in Moto2.^[17]

MotoGP World Championship[]

Petronas Yamaha SRT (2021)[]

Dixon also competed in two MotoGP races for Petronas Yamaha, finishing in 19th place at the British Grand Prix in August and falling on the second lap at Aragon in September of 2021.^[18][19]

Personal life[]

In December 2018, Dixon married Sarah,^[20] daughter of former racer Eddie Roberts.^[21]

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	45th
2019	Moto2	KTM	Ángel Nieto Team	17	0	0	0	0	7	25th
2020	Moto2	Kalex	Petronas Sprinta Racing	12	0	0	0	0	44	18th
2021	Moto2	Kalex	Petronas Sprinta Racing	15	0	0	0	0	30	20th
	MotoGP	Yamaha	Petronas Yamaha SRT	2	0	0	0	0	0	30th
Total				47	0	0	0	0	81

By class[]

Class	Seasons	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts	WChmp
Moto2	2017, 2019–present	2017 Great Britain			45	0	0	0	0	81	0
MotoGP	2021	2021 Great Britain			2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	2017, 2019–present				47	0	0	0	0	81	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		45th	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
2021	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 7	DOH Ret	POR Ret	SPA DNS	FRA 18	ITA 14	CAT 18	GER 21	NED 18	STY 11	AUT 11			RSM 19	AME 10	EMI 13	ALR Ret	VAL 16		20th	30
	MotoGP	Yamaha												GBR 19	ARA Ret							30th	0

References[]

External links[]

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• Interview at Bennetts