Filip Backlund

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.

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

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

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

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. http://www.quattroplantkawasaki.com/rider/filip-backlund/
2. 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/