Christian Iddon (born 7 January 1985) is a British motorcycle racer from Stockport, England.[1] He is the son of former racer Paul Iddon.[2]
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| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 January 1985 Stockport, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current team | Oxford Products Moto Rapido Ducati | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bike number | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career summary
editAfter two seasons with Paul Bird Ducati, Iddon is contracted to Buildbase Suzuki for 2022, racing in the British Superbike Championship.[3][4]
In 2020 Iddon was a frontrunner in the British Superbike championship, riding for VisionTrack Ducati. He finished third in the 2020 BSB championship, following a victory at Snetterton and a total of 8 podiums across the 18 races,[5] and fourth in the 2021 season.
In 2019, he completed his fourth BSB season with Tyco BMW, alongside teammate Keith Farmer who stepped up from Superstock.[6]
A regular in British Superbikes, Iddon has competed at a high level, winning races and championships in some of the biggest motorcycle racing championships across the world. He has raced in Supermoto, Supersport, Hillclimb and Superbike. A typically adaptable rider, Iddon has won a large amount of off-road titles including multiple British and International Supermoto championships, that rank in the double figures.[7] Since switching to circuit racing in 2010, Iddon has ranked highly among some of the world's best modified production superbike racers, scoring podiums and finishing several seasons in the top ten of the British Superbike Championship. In 2017 Iddon finished a career high 7th overall in British Superbikes and in addition won the 2017 Rider's Cup trophy, given to the top non-showdown rider.[8]
In November 2019, Iddon was announced as the replacement to the outgoing 2019 title-winner Scott Redding at the Be Wiser Ducati team.[9]
Career statistics
editBritish Superbike Championship
editBy year
edit| Year | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | Pos | Pts | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | R1 | R2 | R3 | ||||
| 2022 | Suzuki | SIL 8 |
SIL 10 |
SIL 11 |
OUL 7 |
OUL 7 |
OUL 14 |
DON 6 |
DON 7 |
DON 6 |
KNO Ret |
KNO DNS |
KNO DNS |
BRH 10 |
BRH Ret |
BRH 11 |
THR 12 |
THR 11 |
THR 11 |
CAD 18 |
CAD 12 |
CAD Ret |
SNE 4 |
SNE Ret |
SNE Ret |
OUL 7 |
OUL DNS |
OUL DNS |
DON |
DON |
DON |
BRH Ret |
BRH 7 |
BRH 9 |
15th | 135 |
| 2023 | Ducati | SIL |
SIL |
SIL |
OUL |
OUL |
OUL |
DON |
DON |
DON |
KNO |
KNO |
KNO |
SNE |
SNE |
SNE |
BRH |
BRH |
BRH |
THR |
THR |
THR |
CAD |
CAD |
CAD |
OUL |
OUL |
OUL |
DON |
DON |
DON |
BRH |
BRH |
BRH |
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References
edit- ^ "Superbike Archives".
- ^ Christian Iddon Mulling Over Roads Debut At Dundrod Road Racing News, 23 June 2017. Retrieved 2 January 2019
- ^ Christian Iddon to race for Buildbase Suzuki in 2022 Bennetts British Superbike Championship Buxton Advertiser, 9 February 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2022
- ^ BSB: Christian Iddon joins Danny Kent at Buildbase Suzuki Motorcycle News, 9 February 2022. Retrieved 11 February 2022
- ^ https://www.britishsuperbike.com/media/727576/superbike-points-3.pdf Archived 20 October 2019 at the Wayback Machine Britishsuperbike.com, October 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020
- ^ BSB:Iddon and Farmer at Tyco BMW for 2019 Motorcycle News, 23 November 2018. Retrieved 2 January 2019
- ^ "IDDON PROFILE | Christian Iddon Racing".
- ^ 2017 Riders Cup Winner Christian Iddon. YouTube. Archived from the original on 10 December 2021.
- ^ CHRISTIAN IDDON REPLACES SCOTT REDDING, JOINS BROOKES AT PBM DUCATI visordown.com, 6 November 2019. Retrieved 6 November 2019
