Filip Backlund

Filip Backlund
Nationality Swedish
Born (1990-04-14) 14 April 1990
Västerås, Västmanland, Sweden
Current team Quattro Plant Cool Kawasaki
Bike number 99
Website filipbacklund.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

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

Filip now resides in Burton-upon-Trent, Staffordshire in the United Kingdom where he lives with his girlfriend and their cat Felicia.[4] He runs a successful racing school across Europe and enjoys cycling. He is also interested in art, music, cooking and interior design.[5]

Racing record

Career summary

YearChampionshipRacesWinsPodiumsPts.Pos.
2008 Superstock 100010001324th
2009 Pro Superbike STCC8361441st
2011 Pro Superbike Sweden1310102781st
2013 National Superstock 100011141363rd
2014 National Superstock 1000702887th
2014 British Superbikes9002125th
2015 British Superbikes24001926th
2016 British Superbikes2600230th

British Superbike Championship

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

  1. 1 2 3 http://www.quattroplantkawasaki.com/rider/filip-backlund/
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 http://filipbacklund.se/en/filip-backlund-eng/
  3. ↑ http://www.crash.net/bsb/news/228889/1/backlund-suffers-broken-collarbone-in-bsb-test-fall.html
  4. ↑ http://www.quattroplantkawasaki.com/rider/filip-backlund/
  5. ↑ http://www.quattroplantkawasaki.com/rider/filip-backlund/
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