Jake Dixon Brands Hatch Supersport review

Jake Dixon moved up into the main Motorpoint British Supersport Championship this weekend at Brands Hatch, with the Appleyard Macadam Doodson Yamaha team from the Supersport Cup Championship last year, where he finished third. He was eager for some good results at his local circuit and was unfortunate to crash our of third place in race one and finished seventh in race two.

18-year-old Dixon has been working hard over the winter to get fit and ready for the opening round of the season after injury ruled him out last season. The youngster was riding well all weekend and was not far off the front runners times. The conditions took a turn for the worse on Sunday and qualifying and the Sprint race were declared wet. Jake had a few set up issues in wet qualifying and was only able to secure 10th place on the grid.

In the short Sprint race he gained a fantastic start and was up to fourth place by turn one and he was keen to push hard for a podium. All was looking well as he made the move on Gowland for third and he was soon away with the leaders and challenging all the way for the win. He was in a strong third place on the last lap when he got on the gas too soon on the exit of Druids corner, catching some water on the track and spitting him over the bars, uninjured but a race time good enough to put him on the front row in third place for race two on Monday.

In the main race Jake started on the front row but was not able to get off the line well and slipped back to fourth place after the opening lap. Despite his best efforts he was not able to push the front runners and had to settle for seventh place.

Jake Dixon - "The sprint race went really well yesterday and I was really pleased with my pace and running up at the front in the wet conditions. The Appleyard Macadam Doodson team got my Yamaha dialled in really well for race one and although I crashed out I was still in third place when that happened. I thought I was able to make a move and push for the lead but I got caught out on a very wet bit of track and that was my race done.

I was looking forward to racing here in the dry and was eager to see my pace in the dry at Brands, we made a few changes on the bike but I was struggling in certain places and therefore I lost time and had to settle for seventh. It is some points in the bag before Oulton and hope we can make amends there and be back at the sharp end."

2014 Personal Sponsors

 Shoei - Daytona - RetroGravity Clothing - Feridax - anyone wishing to sponsor Jake this season with product or funding please get in touch - carly.rathmell@btinternet.com

 Team Sponsors

 Appleyard - Macadam - Doodson - Yamaha


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