GWinner of the MotoAmerica American Circuit Junior Cup in 2018 and Twins Cup in 2019, Dumas, aged just 18, is a rising star in motorcycle racing. 2020 started well in the Stock 1000 class, Division 2 of MotoAmerica, before autumn spoiled its season.
“I was always on the podiums and I was third in the championship. However, in the middle of the year, I fell at the start of the race and broke my arm. My arms were in cast for two weeks and I spent a month without riding a motorcycle,” he says. After he returned to competition in the last two events of the season, his period of inactivity resulted in results worse than he had hoped.
Besides the COVID-19 pandemic, this incident has also resulted in his contract not being renewed, Team Hammer. “I decided to return to Canada because my team ran out of budget due to COVID and because I was unable to find another team at MotoAmerica. Additionally, I wanted to study to become a pilot and enrolled in the Flying School at Quebec Airport.”
Air taste
If his father Francois, a former snowboarder biker, gave him the desire to run on two wheels at the age of eleven, then Alex might have tasted the air from his uncle.
“A year ago, it was all in my head. I don’t know how long I will be able to make a living with my motorbike, so I was looking for a plan B. My father’s half-brother is a pilot for Air Transat. I discussed his work with him and he made me want it.” In doing the job too, “Dumas explains.
His training began at the end of January. There is a lot of reading and information. There are a lot of different things to do at the same time. There are six or seven musical instruments that you have to watch all the time. On the other hand, I think my maneuverability gives me a boost, even if I am piloting the plane on the ground And in the air, it’s not the same thing at all, “he explains.
To make a good impression
For his first season on the circuit of the Canadian Superbike Championship, he’s not always a secret that he wants to make a strong impression there and eventually starts racing again on the south side of the Canadian-American border. “I’ll be there for a year, maybe two years. It’s really a stepping stone to going back to the US. Besides, I’ll try to do the last two rounds of Motamerica this year.”
On the Canadian tracks, where it will race in the strongest category, the Pro Feature Superbike, Dumas expects to find the same level of competition as last year. “There might be a little less depth, but advanced players advance very quickly. I think it will look like MotoAmerica’s Stock 1000,” says the guy who will represent the Liqui Moly MPG FAST Riding School team on his Suzuki GSX-R1000 motorcycle.
On his way, Dumas will find veteran Jordan Zuki, who is more than twice his age and 14 Canadian championships behind the draw, including the 2020 championship, and possibly the Scotsman Ben Young, the 2019 champion who has yet to confirm his return after winning. Hole last season.
Dream
“My expectations are high and I aim for nothing less than the championship!” , Launch, confident, the person whose ultimate dream will be to participate in the events of the Global Superbike Series or even the prestigious MotoGP Series, the equivalent of a Formula 1 race on two wheels.
“It’s a childhood dream for me, but I have to admit that the chances of going to MotoGP are slim. Even the best riders in the United States generally fail to qualify for the largest class of MotoGP,” he said of this series where Italian and Spanish riders have ruled the game for nearly a dozen Years.
The last Quebec racer to play a full season on the motorcycle circuit was Miguel Duhamel of Phil LaSalle in 1992. Three years later Duhamel became the first Canadian racer to win the AMA Superbike Series, and he is the predecessor of the MotoAmerica Superbike.
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