Jake Dixon rounded off a tough weekend in the British Supersport championship with a podium finish at Brands Hatch on Sunday afternoon.
Having qualified in fourth place for the sprint race on Saturday afternoon, which would be the position that Jake would finish. He went one better in the shortened feature race on Sunday afternoon taking third place.
He didn’t quite have the pace of those in front of him but rather than push the bike to far, he used his race craft to shape his own race and pick up two good results for the youngster from Dover.
In the sprint race, Dixon made a good start aboard the factory-supported Smiths Triumph Daytona 675R and maintained his position at the completion of the opening lap. Like in qualifying, the front trio of Kyle Ryde, Glenn Irwin and Luke Stapleford had that little bit extra pace and Jake found himself part of a four man battle for fourth which went all the way to the end of the race but it was the 19 year old from Dover who claimed the 13 hard-earned points in fourth.
Sixth on the grid for Sunday’s feature race, Dixon was up to third at the end of the fifth lap but by half race distance he’d been overhauled before fighting back past Glenn Irwin to claim the final podium position. The weekend’s results mean Jake now lies in joint second overall, 12 points behind Stapleford.
Speaking after a tough weekend, Dixon said: “Coming off a win and a second at Donington Park, it’s been a bit of a struggle this weekend, firstly with the front end and then a lack of rear grip. The team did a great job with the front but I just didn’t quite have the pace that the other boys did and it was a bit of a damage limitation weekend.
“I’m not overly happy with third but, at the same time after the way things have gone, I’m delighted to have ended the weekend with a podium. Hats off to Luke and Kyle, they’ve rode brilliantly all weekend but we’ve picked up a decent haul of points and the team have done a great job so we’ll come out fighting at the next round.”
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