Jan Filip Backlund (born 14 April 1990 in Västerås, Västmanland) is a Swedish motorcycle road racer nicknamed ‘The Teacher' 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. He began competing in motocross at seven years old, riding in the 60cc class.

In 2001, after five years in motocross, he stopped racing in the series as his parents felt it was too dangerous. 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.

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. He followed this up in 250cc in 2004 and again won the title on his first attempt.

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

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.

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. 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.

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

Personal

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

Racing record

2006 - 36th, European Superstock 600 Championship, Suzuki GSX-R600 2008 - 24th, FIM Superstock 1000 Cup, Suzuki GSX-R1000 2013 - 24th, FIM Superstock 1000 Cup, Kawasaki ZX-10R

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

European Superstock 600 Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos Pts 2006 Honda VAL MNZ SIL MIS BRN BRA ASS LAU IMO MAG 36th 2

FIM Superstock 1000 Cup Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos Pts 2008 Suzuki VAL18 NED22 MNZ13 NŰR19 SMR22 BRN29 BRA19 DON8 MAG19 ALG14 24th 13 2013 Kawasaki ARA NED MNZ ALG IMO SIL10 SILRet NŰR MAG JER 24th 6

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 DON17 DON15 ASSRet ASS9 SIL13 SIL11 BHGPRet BHGP15 BHGP13 25th 21 2015 Kawasaki DON17 DONRet BHIRet BHI22 OULRet OUL16 SNERet SNE8 KNORet KNORet BHGP15 BHGP15 THR11 THR14 CAD18 CAD16 OUL13 OUL16 OUL18 ASS18 ASS20 SIL18 SIL19 BHGP20 BHGP17 BHGP17 26th 19 2016 Kawasaki SILDNS SILDNS OUL20 OUL17 BHI18 BHI17 KNO19 KNORet SNE15 SNE18 THR15 THR18 BHGPRet BHGPDNS CAD18 CADRet OUL19 OUL19 OUL20 DONRet DONRet ASS23 ASS25 BHGPRet BHGPDNS BHGPDNS 30th 2

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