Current Bennetts British Superbike Championship title contender Jake Dixon has announced that he will be moving to join the Moto2 grid for the 2019 season.

Dover’s Dixon who has spent the last two seasons onboard the RAF Regular & Reserves Kawasaki in the BSB, propelling himself into a real title contender this season, running current leader Leon Haslam close with two full rounds of the season to go.

He will ride for the Ángel Nieto Team on their return to the Moto2 class in 2019. Dixon,will make his full debut as a World Championship rider on board a KTM.

Dixon currently lies second in the British Superbike standings with just two rounds remaining. In 2017 he took two wins in the regular season and became the youngest rider ever to qualify for the Showdown, finishing sixth overall. So far this season he has three wins to his name, including a double at Oulton Park last time out to kick off this year’s Showdown, leaving him just 31 points off the leader with five races still remaining.

Speaking about making the move Dixon, said: “I want to say thank you to Jorge Martínez “Aspar” and the Ángel Nieto Team for believing in me and giving me this opportunity. This is a team with a lot of experience and several world titles behind them and I am looking forward to being part of a new project with the Ángel Nieto Team and KTM.

“The first season will be for gathering as much information as possible, learning as much as I can and then fighting for the championship after that. I’d also like to say thanks to RAF Regular & Reserve Kawasaki, my team for the past two seasons, for everything they have done for me and to everybody that has helped make it possible for me to make the step up to the Moto2 World Championship.”

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