Filip Backlund

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Filip Backlund
NationalitySwedish
Born (1990-04-14) 14 April 1990 (age 34)
Västerås, Västmanland, Sweden
Current teamQuattro Plant Cool Kawasaki
Bike number99
Websitefilipbacklund.se

Jan Filip Backlund (born 14 April 1990 in Västerås, Västmanland) is a Swedish motorcycle road racer nicknamed ‘The Teacher'[1] He currently competes in the British Superbike Championship for Quattro Plant Cool Kawasaki.

Career[edit]

Filip began riding motorcycles at the age of three, when his father bought him a Honda 50cc bike.[2] He began competing in motocross at seven years old, riding in the 60cc class.[2]

In 2001, after five years in motocross, he stopped racing in the series as his parents felt it was too dangerous.[2] After attempting different forms of motorsport and motorcycling, at the age of 12 he fell in love with Mini Moto and began to race all over Europe with his brother.[2]

At 13 years of age, Filip was granted an exemption to race 125cc bikes in Scandinavia and that year became the first rider of that age to win the championship.[2] He followed this up in 250cc in 2004 and again won the title on his first attempt.[2]

Suzuki then invited him to ride in the Superstock 600cc Veidec Trophy in Scandinavia, where he took two wins in two years of competition.[2]

From 2007, Filip competed in 1000cc Superbikes, competing in the FIM Superstock Youth World Championship in 2008, before winning two gold medals in the Swedish Championships in 2009 and 2011. He also has raced in Endurance WC races and German IDM Superbikes.[2]

In 2012, he moved to the United Kingdom and entered the National Superstock 1000 Championship. He competed in the series for two seasons, finishing third in 2013.[1] Since 2014, Filip has ridden in the British Superbike Championship, starting with four rounds that year and then full programmes in 2015 & 2016 for Kawasaki.[1]

Before the 2016 campaign, he fell while testing for the new season at Donington Park and broke his collarbone.[3]

Personal[edit]

Filip now resides in Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire in the United Kingdom where he lives with his girlfriend and their cat Felicia.[1] He runs a successful racing school across Europe and enjoys cycling. He is also interested in art, music, cooking and interior design.[1]

Racing record[edit]

Career summary[edit]

Year Championship Races Wins Podiums Pts. Pos.
2008 Superstock 1000 10 0 0 13 24th
2009 Pro Superbike STCC 8 3 6 144 1st
2011 Pro Superbike Sweden 13 10 10 278 1st
2013 National Superstock 1000 11 1 4 136 3rd
2014 National Superstock 1000 7 0 2 88 7th
2014 British Superbikes 9 0 0 21 25th
2015 British Superbikes 24 0 0 19 26th
2016 British Superbikes 26 0 0 2 30th

British Superbike Championship[edit]

Year Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Pts
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3
2014 Yamaha BHI BHI OUL OUL SNE SNE KNO KNO BHGP BHGP THR THR OUL OUL OUL CAD CAD DON
17 		DON
15 		ASS
Ret 		ASS
9 		SIL
13 		SIL
11 		BHGP
Ret 		BHGP
15 		BHGP
13 		25th 21
2015 Kawasaki DON
17 		DON
Ret 		BHI
Ret 		BHI
22 		OUL
Ret 		OUL
16 		SNE
Ret 		SNE
8 		KNO
Ret 		KNO
Ret 		BHGP
15 		BHGP
15 		THR
11 		THR
14 		CAD
18 		CAD
16 		OUL
13 		OUL
16 		OUL
18 		ASS
18 		ASS
20 		SIL
18 		SIL
19 		BHGP
20 		BHGP
17 		BHGP
17 		26th 19
2016 Kawasaki SIL
DNS 		SIL
DNS 		OUL
20 		OUL
17 		BHI
18 		BHI
17 		KNO
19 		KNO
Ret 		SNE
15 		SNE
18 		THR
15 		THR
18 		BHGP
Ret 		BHGP
DNS 		CAD
18 		CAD
Ret 		OUL
19 		OUL
19 		OUL
20 		DON
Ret 		DON
Ret 		ASS
23 		ASS
25 		BHGP
Ret 		BHGP
DNS 		BHGP
DNS 		30th 2

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e "Nimbus Hosting".
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h "Filip Backlund | Filip Backlund". Archived from the original on 16 August 2016. Retrieved 30 June 2016.
  3. ^ "Backlund suffers broken collarbone in BSB test fall". 31 March 2016.
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