Jake Dixon continued his fine form in the latest round of the Moto2 Championship with a stunning ride to fifth place in Misano at the weekend.

The rider from Dover started from the fifth row of the grid after a yellow flag in qualifying scuppered his fastest lap. He got off the line well and was very competitive in the first few metres. In fact, when he has crossed the line after the first lap, he was already in tenth position.

The CFMOTO Inde Aspar Team rider gradually picked off the riders in front of him until he ended up in fifth position. Dixon will be pleased with the result after a difficult weekend, and hoping to be back in the fight for the podium in the second race in Misano, in two weeks.

Speaking after the weekend, Dixon said: “I feel like it’s a win, to come from where we come from. I’m absolutely exhausted, it hasn’t been an easy weekend at all. I’m super fit and even for me it has been really physical.

“I just have tried to stay calm at the beginning and I knew that I would be stronger at the end. If we had been in the first two rows of the grid, we could have afforded to fight for the podium again.

“Today I have got the maximum possible points from the position I have started in. I am super happy and I want to thank the whole team. They gave everything this weekend, we never give up, that is the mentality we have this year. We will be stronger here in the next race in two weeks, we cannot afford to repeat what happened this weekend.”