Frustration for Haslam in France

Pata Honda World Superbike rider Leon Haslam left France empty-handed this weekend after a frustrating 13th-round event at Magny-Cours in France.

With rain affecting much of the practice sessions at the 4.411km circuit, dry track time had been limited over the weekend, but the rain was kept at bay for race one. Starting from 15th on the grid after crashing during yesterday’s Superpole, Haslam finished in eighth position, one place behind his team-mate. He was forced to retire from race two with technical problems.

Leon Haslam – 8th and DNF

Yes, we had a technical problem in race but I’m actually really, really happy that we’ve found an important aspect of the bike that has been wrong for many races. We changed that part for race two and it transformed the bike. It turned properly and did everything that it should have been doing for the last few rounds. It took a lot of inconsistency out of the bike as well. Starting from 15th wasn’t ideal but, even though our setting didn’t suit the big change we made, I was quickly able to get up to seventh and was catching the guys in front.