Jake Dixon had his best weekend yet in the World Superbike championship, taking three points finishes in Cremona.

The best was saved until last as Dixon took an impressive sixth place finish. To back up a ninth place finish earlier on Sunday in the sprint race. As well as a ninth place finish on Saturday in the opening race of the weekend. 

Having set himself the clear target of reaching the top nine in order to improve his starting position for Race 2, Dixon made immediate progress through the field. Within the space of just two laps, Jake had already worked his way up to eleventh place, immediately ahead of teammate Somkiat. With the top ten well within his sights, Jake continued to push, ultimately crossing the line ninth and doing exactly what was needed to secure a third-row start for Race 2. 

Starting ninth in the last race of the weekend, Dixon was tenth at the end of the opening lap but soon settled into a strong rhythm. Moving into ninth and then passing Gerloff for eighth, Jake was able to maintain a competitive pace and stay in touch with the group immediately ahead. Climbing to seventh by lap seven and eager to improve on his previous SBK best, Jake made the most of every opportunity today.

His impressive pace and consistency allowed him to build a three-second lead over the rider immediately behind, which made it easier to manage the final phase of the race and confirm sixth place across the line. P6 represents a career best result for Dixon in WorldSBK.

Speaking after the weekend, Dixon said: “A really good weekend. Especially after the crash on Friday and then the crash in qualifying, to come back and finish ninth, ninth and sixth, I couldn’t have asked for much more.

“In Race 2, I was sticking with the riders ahead but I’d already had a few warnings from the front and then I started to run out of rear grip. I had pushed as hard as I could from the beginning and used quite a lot of the tyre, so from there I just focused on bringing it home. Massive credit to the team for all their hard work, particularly considering the struggles we’ve had this year and my injury too.

“This may be a good track for the bike, but we need to take the positives when we have them and we can now head to Estoril with a bit more confidence.

“Hopefully we can do a little more work between the races so that we can keep pushing, stay in this kind of position and maybe fight a little more with riders like Alex. Anyway, as I said, I think we got all we could from the bike today, so I’m really, really happy.”