The move to 125cc.
At the age of 15 Robbin was the youngest rider ever in the European Championship. He joined his brother at the end of the season in 1996 at Magny Coures and Cartegena. It was a tough challenge, but he handled it well and took points in both races.
The next year he won the Scandinavian Championship, and then again 1999. But in the European races he had a hell of a year. Despite more than 30 crashes, he finished 3 times on the podium and finished 10th overall. Back then the European Championship was for the tough guys, more than 60 riders tried to qualify and Robbin raced with riders M. Melandri, F. Nieto, A. Vincent, just to name a few.
In the years to follow Robbin did not do as well. The budget was tight and he had found other interest that follow with the age, such as parties and girls.

Grand Prix 125cc.
In 2000 Robbin made a big effort in the German Championship together with his father and brother. As a private rider it was hard, but Robbin finished 3rd in 2000 and 2nd 2001.
After finishing 2nd in 2001, he decided to try hard again in the European Championship, but it was not possible to do well as private rider so he joined the Finnish team Red Devil Honda/Ajo Motorsport.
Again he finished on the podium 3 times, twice finishing 3rd and winning the final in Cartegena ahead of Simoncelli, Pesek and Pellino.
Those results should open the door to GP but because of difficult circumstances, he was not able to get a start. Instead he joined the Spanish team Seedorf Racing, (owned by Clarence Seedorf) and was meant to race in the Spanish Championship CEV.
But that was soon changed because of Robbin’s great riding skills. He replaced one of the team riders half way throughout the GP season and finished best as 10th and 14th despite technical problems all season.
The year after in 2002, he secured a position to race his first whole GP season with his team Ajo Motorsport. Unfortunately, the team wasn’t working well and he had to push the bike hard. Pushing more than possible all the time was a big risk. At Mugello, Robbin crashed hard and broke several bones in his back. But he was soon to be back, but only for a short time. In Japan he highsided badly and fractured his right leg, it was a complicated fracture. That was the end of Robbin’s full season in 2004. His best result was at Brno at 11th place only 15 seconds after the winner and ahead of A. Bautista.

World Championship Supersport 600cc. 2005
Like a dream come true, Robbin was offered the chance to race in the SS600 with a Swedish Team. Despite never racing on a 4-stroke before and it was more than 8 months prior since he had raced a bike, he took the chance. He always wanted to race something bigger and more powerful than 125, so this was just what he needed.
It turned out that Team Stiggy Motorsport was a great match for Robbin, after some unfortunate years, he found a team that could match his talent.
The first few races were all about how to learn to race a 4-stroke, team owner Johan Stigefelt was a great backup for him. At the end of the season, Robbin was the only rider from a private team to challenge the factory riders. He pushed hard and crashed out of two podium finishes, his best finishes were 4th at Brno and 6th at Assen.
To ride a 4-stroke was much better than he ever had imagined, he found himself comfortable on the bigger bike. He enjoyed the way everything worked out in the team and the whole 4-stroke world. The team and Robbin worked so well together that they decided to continue together in the future.

The break through!
2006 turned out to be the best year so far for Robbin, he had some outstanding races and finished as the first Dane ever on the World Championship podium in road racing. His goal for the season was to finish top 5 in the ranking.
Despite no testing before the season, he made his, and the team’s first front row start in Australia round 2. In the following races he finished in top 5 in every race and made his best result that year in round 4 at the legendary Italian track Monza, where he finished 2nd. The race after, at Silverstone, England he had an awesome ride, starting from 24th position on the grid and finished 5th.
Except his 6th place in round 1 at Qatar he had finished top 5 in every race, which had placed him 3rd in the overall ranking halfway through the season. But in round 7 at Brno he was hit by bad luck and had to retire from the race because of technical problems and missed out on crucial points.
In England, he battled out the 2 times World Champion Sebastian Charpentier and the British SS. Champion C. Cruthlow in a tight fight to the very last corner at Brands Hatch and finished 4th.
In Assen, he made a crazy comeback after an underserved crash at the start of the wet race and finished 9th. The next race in Germany, he finished 4th again only 1 second away from the podium.
Bad luck again in Italy at his favorite European track Imola where he crashed out because of technical problems.
But at the finale in France he did not only made his goal come true by claiming his 5th place in the overall World Championship ranking, he did also finish as the best private rider and lead his team to the 3rd best team in the championship.
A great year for Robbin, and it has only made him more hungry for victory!

Crash & Burn.
2007 turned out to bee one crazy year with great moments on the podium to bad crashes followed by injuries.
Starting on the new bike in the opening rounds at Qatar and Philip Island finishing 6th and 7th Robbin realized that there was a lack of engine power and feeling with the bike.
Back home in Europe he was going strong at Donington battling for the win, with Sofuoglu and Fujiwara, to take the second place at the last corner.
Moving on to the next races, strong and hungry for more podiums, things started to turn in the wrong direction. The bike was like a stranger to Robbin and caused him a lot of trouble that forced him to the ground and not able to compete in 3 races because of one injury followed by another.
But back again in the UK he kept his head cool and splashed his way through to 2nd place again on the extremely wet Silverstone track.
Running strong in the last races, Robbin made his way to the 4th spot at the overall ranking by only finishing 4 out 7 races.
At Brno in CZ he was flying and the bike was beginning to give him feedback. Starting on the first row for the first time this year he overtook Broc Parkes on the last lap to claim second place, but at the last corner, Parkes made a desperate braking move on Robbin, just to take him down and lose his second place.
Another podium fight played out at Brands hatch, coming around the last corner in first position, unfortunately to be overtaken on the finish line by 17 tenths of a thousand by Roccolis Yamaha.
Despite his bad luck he was closing the gap to 3rd place in the World Championship only 4 points behind at the 11th round in Germany.
After a crash in the insane rain at slippery Lausitzring is when it all came to and end. A combination of all the injuries colliding with a shoulder injury that forced Robbin out for 3 months with only 3 races left.
He finished 7th in the overall ranking, only finishing half of the races, the result is not so bad.

A mixed year with 2 podiums, 2 that slipped away, injuries and trouble with the bike, Robbin only gets stronger, eager and more ready for the future…..