Leon Haslam is determined to be in the battle for the victory in the Bennetts British Superbike Championship next weekend at Cadwell Park as the Moto Rapido Ducati Racing bids to return to winning ways in Lincolnshire.
Haslam has rocketed to nine victories at Cadwell Park during his career, including his first with Ducati in 2005 and now the ‘Pocket Rocket’ is eager to regain ground on his rivals and be back in the podium hunt this weekend after a positive Thruxton.
Haslam said: “I am actually looking forward to Cadwell Park; Knockhill was a low point of the season, but Thruxton was honestly quite positive. Realistically it should have been three top fives, but with the penalty in race one and a little bit of an issue with two laps to go in race two, it was a ninth and an eighth and then a sixth in the last race. We were the top Ducati and at Thruxton, being in the top ten on a Ducati is a positive weekend, and we were still in the fight with a few laps to go, so I was happy with that.
“Cadwell Park is one of my favourite tracks, I had the lap record there for 12 years, but of course I haven’t ridden a Ducati there for a long time. We know that Yamaha with Brad and Kyle are strong there but we will be working hard to be in that mix and try and get back on the podium.”