BSB: Supersport switch for Davie

Adon Davie will move up to the Supersport class in 2023 with JDF racing.

Scottish rider Adon Davie will continue with the JDF Racing team for 2023 and will compete in the Supersport Cup. He will also continue riding a Ducati in 2023, racing in eight rounds throughout the year.

Davie had a successful 2022 season in the Ducati Tri-Options Cup, where he raced for JDF Racing. He would finish fifth in the championship, and won at the final round of the series, at Brand Hatch.

The title would eventually go to David Shoubridge, who took the final Ducati Tri-Options Cup title. The series will be replaced by the BMW F 900 R Cup in 2023 and will be competing at nine rounds throughout the year.

Davie is no stranger to competing at the front of races, previously racing in the British Talent Cup and the Junior Supersport class. His best season would come in 2021 when the Scotsman would finish third in the Junior Supersport class.

Discussing the move, Davie said: “I am really looking forward to stepping up to the Supersport Cup in 2023 with JDF Racing. With the Ducati Tri-Options series being cancelled at the end of last year I have kind of been forced to move up earlier than planned so the aim this year is to continue to learn and develop my riding. 

“I will be entered in the Supersport Cup so won’t do all of the rounds, but I will still be on track with all of the riders in British Supersport so there’s going to be so much to learn from the former British Champions and world championship riders. I am delighted to be remaining with JDF Racing – without them I wouldn’t even be at BSB. 

“They are like my second family and I can’t thank them enough for their continued support. The atmosphere in the team is great and they do everything they can off track which helps me when I’m on track. This was certainly the case at Brands Hatch last year where I was able to win by seventeen seconds. The mandatory move to slicks will be interesting for me. 

“I am keen to see how they feel but it’s put a squeeze on an already tight budget. The one cool thing is that you get to pick the eight rounds you contest within the Supersport Cup, so it’s certainly going to add a new dynamic as not everyone will race at the same rounds.”

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