Jake Dixon

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.[5][6]

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.

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]

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

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

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.

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]

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

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]

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]

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]

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]

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