Jake Dixon

Jake Dixon
Nationality	British
Born	(1996-01-15) 15 January 1996 (age 28) Dover, Kent, England
Current team	CFMoto Aspar Team
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 (2017) KTM (2019) Kalex (2020–) 2023 championship position 4th (204 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 84 2 11 4 1 453.5 Superbike World Championship Active years 2017 Manufacturers Kawasaki Championships 0 2017 championship position 30th (7 pts) Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points 2 0 0 0 0 7

Jake Curtis Dixon ^[1] (born 15 January 1996) is a British Grand Prix motorcycle racer competing for GasGas Aspar Team in the 2023 Moto2 World Championship. Dixon is best known for placing second in the 2018 British Superbike Championship and was the youngest rider ever to qualify for the championship showdown in 2017. ^[2] 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. ^{[3] [4]}

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. ^[5]

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. 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 with Royal Air Force Reg. & Res. Kawasaki Team, 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 Sprinta Racing (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 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.

GasGas Aspar Team (2022–present)

From 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 2021. ^{[18] [19]}

Personal life

In December 2018, Dixon married Sarah, ^[20] daughter of former racer Eddie Roberts. ^[21] Sarah delivered their first child – a girl – on 1 April whilst Jake was away from home competing in Argentina. ^[22]

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
2022	Moto2	Kalex	GasGas Aspar Team	20	0	6	2	0	168.5	6th
2023	Moto2	Kalex	GasGas Aspar Team	19	2	5	2	1	204	3rd
2024	Moto2	Kalex	CFMoto Aspar Team	0	0	0	0	0	0	NC
Total				86	2	11	4	1	453.5

By class

Class	Seasons	1st GP	1st Pod	1st Win	Race	Win	Podiums	Pole	FLap	Pts	WChmp
Moto2	2017, 2019–present	2017 Great Britain	2022 Americas	2023 Netherlands	84	2	11	4	1	453.5	0
MotoGP	2021	2021 Great Britain			2	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	2017, 2019–present				86	2	11	4	1	453.5	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	20	21	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
2022	Moto2	Kalex	QAT 11	INA Ret	ARG 5	AME 3	POR Ret	SPA Ret	FRA 21	ITA 6	CAT 4	GER 11	NED 3	GBR 3	AUT 3	RSM Ret	ARA Ret	JPN 4	THA 4‡	AUS 3	MAL 3	VAL 7		6th	168.5
2023	Moto2	Kalex	POR 6	ARG 3	AME DNS	SPA 6	FRA 5	ITA 3	GER 3	NED 1	GBR Ret	AUT 4	CAT 1	RSM 12	IND Ret	JPN 4	INA 4	AUS Ret	THA Ret	MAL 5	QAT 5	VAL 6		4th	204
2024	Moto2	Kalex	QAT WD	POR WD	AME	SPA	FRA	CAT	ITA	KAZ	NED	GER	GBR	AUT	CAT	RSM	IND	INA	JPN	AUS	THA	MAL	VAL	NC*	0*

^‡ Half points awarded as less than two thirds of the race distance (but at least three full laps) was completed.
* Season still in progress.

Superbike World Championship

Races by year

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

Year	Make	1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		13		Pos.	Pts
		R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2
2017	Kawasaki	AUS	AUS	THA	THA	SPA	SPA	NED	NED	ITA	ITA	GBR Ret	GBR 9	ITA	ITA	USA	USA	GER	GER	POR	POR	FRA	FRA	SPA	SPA	QAT	QAT	30th	7

References

1. Jake Dixon Racing Ltd British Company House business records. Retrieved 9 April 2022
2. "Jake Dixon on Moto2: "I'll do the country proud"".
3. "Superteens to Superstars". 3 November 2016.
4. Rouse has Wright stuff, says Halsall team boss Bikesport News, 24 July 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2018
5. "Between the Hedges - Index page".
6. "BSB: Dixon to stick with RAF Kawasaki for 2018".
7. Clay, Barry (31 May 2017). "RAF Regular and Reserves rider Jake Dixon claims first World Championship points".
8. Silverstone, David Miller at (27 August 2017). "MotoGP Silverstone: 'I can be at the front of this class' - Dixon". Bikesport News.
9. Aspar to return to Moto2 in 2019 Archived 30 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine Motorsport Week, 13 August 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2018
10. Cardelus signs as Dixon's team-mate at Angel Nieto Team Crash.net, 10 October 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2018
11. Triumph era right time for Moto2 switch - Jake Dixon Archived 30 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine Motorsport Week, 1 October 2018. Retrieved 11 October 2018
12. Sports, Dorna. "Jake Dixon to make Moto2™ move with Angel Nieto Team". motogp.com. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
13. "Moto2: BSB race winner Dixon set for Silverstone wildcard". motorcyclenews.com. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
14. "Moto2 | Sepang Racing Team". sepangracingteam.com. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
15. "Jake Dixon joins PETRONAS Sprinta Racing in Moto2 for 2020 | Sepang Racing Team". sepangracingteam.com. Retrieved 25 October 2020.
16. "Front-running Jake Dixon to stay with PETRONAS Sprinta Racing | Sepang Racing Team". sepangracingteam.com. Retrieved 24 October 2020.
17. Jake Dixon remains in Moto2 for 2022 with Aspar return under GASGAS brand visordown.com, 13 December 2021. Retrieved 22 December 2021
18. MotoGP Silverstone: Fabio Quartararo dominates the British Grand Prix Motorcycle News , 29 August 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2021
19. MotoGP Aragon: Francesco Bagnaia holds off Marc Marquez to take maiden win Motorcycle News , 12 September 2021. Retrieved 13 September 2021
20. Jake Dixon ready for the challenge in Moto2 MotoGP.com, Retrieved 3 May 2019
21. Complog Performance Retrieved 3 May 2019
22. Jake Dixon's daughter was born and 'Dad' celebrated on the podium: 'The last 24 hours have been incredible' motorcyclesports.net. Retrieved 5 April 2023

External links

• Jake Dixon at MotoGP.com
• Jake Dixon at WorldSBK.com
• Jake Dixon at AS.com (in Spanish)
• Interview at Bennetts