Leon Haslam, British Superbike Championship, round six

Qualifying: 15th – 1m 15.400s
Race one: 13th – +22.810s
Race two: 5th – +6.851s
Best race lap: 1m 15.568s – race two
Championship: 2nd – 166 points
Round 6: Thruxton
July 22 – 24

“It’s been a disaster of a weekend really. We’ve all struggled with the engine configuration and it’s meant we’ve been on the back foot the whole time. “I knew we would do better in the races, and full credit to the team as they were able to get us in a much better position today. The red flag destroyed our chances in the opening race when I felt we would be capable of a top five. “The second race was better and I felt really comfortable sitting in second place but with four laps to go the tyre just completely dropped off. It’s certainly  frustrating but to have been challenging for the win with four laps to go in race two shows just how far we’ve come since first practice.”