Leon Haslam
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Suzuka 8 Hour: Alex Lowes wins, Leon Haslam second, Josh Brookes third (with their team-mates, naturally)
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Suzuka 8 Hour: Alex Lowes wins, Leon Haslam second, Josh Brookes third (with their team-mates, naturally). Alex Lowes has won the Suzuka 8 Hour endurance race in Japan alongside Yamaha Factory Racing team-mates Pol Espargaró and Katsuyuki Nakasuga. It was the second year in succession that Yamaha has won the prestigious annual race, second place…
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Video: Leon Haslam pit-stop at Suzuka. In and out in 21 seconds!
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Video: Leon Haslam pit-stop at Suzuka. In and out in 21 seconds! Here’s a cool bit of video at the bottom of this article. It shows our lad Leon Haslam getting ready to get out at Suzuki in Japan during practice ahead of this weekend’s 8-hour race. Leon is the rider getting onto the bike…
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BSB: Shakey shows ’em at Thruxton
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BSB: Shakey shows ’em at Thruxton. By Philip Wain The sixth round of the MCE British Superbike Championship at Thruxton last weekend saw some of the most topsy-turvy races ever seen in the domestic series with the Hampshire circuit’s unique surface throwing up all manner of tyre dilemmas. Extremely abrasive in nature, talk from…
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BSB Preview: Round 6, Thruxton
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By Philip Wain This weekend sees the MCE British Superbike Championship reach its halfway point with round six of the series taking place at Thruxton and if the previous five rounds are anything to go by, we can expect another unpredictable set of races. The Hampshire circuit is the fastest on the BSB calendar with…
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Alex Lowes’ Yamaha team tops Suzuka 8-hour timesheets in closed-off rain-hit test
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So here’s some great news from the latest Suzuka 8-hour test from Japan – Alex Lowes and his Yamaha team-mate Katsuyuki Nakasuga have bagged the fastest time on the works bike. The pair took the best time in the afternoon, two-hour session at the famous Japanese circuit with the Yamahas sitting pretty with a best…
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BSB – Shakey takes over championship lead after Snetterton
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BSB – Shakey takes over championship lead after Snetterton. By Philip Wain As the saying goes, the cream always rises to the crop and that was certainly the case at Snetterton at the weekend, venue for round five of the 2016 British Superbike Championship, as Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne put in a majestic performance on his…
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WSB preview: Round 9, Laguna Seca – the stats that matter
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Ahead of this weekend’s WSB round at Laguna Seca, California here’s a vast stack of excellent stats to get your bike racing brain firing on all cylinders. Check out the amount of time that Tom Sykes appears in the important-stats list! 17 – A European rider won here for the first time after 16 races:…
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BSB Preview: Round five – Snetterton
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By Philip Wain The British Superbike Championship convoy rolls into Snetterton this weekend and with the teams having tested at the Norfolk venue last month, everyone should be able to hit the ground running and be on the pace immediately. Leon Haslam (above) arrives at Snetterton as the Championship leader, a status he’ll be keen…
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Ron Haslam Race School review: Part 2, Premier Experience
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When I approached Donington Park for my Ron Haslam Race School Premier Experience, I wasn’t feeling fast, confident or even particularly excited. I had just battled the hellishly busy M1 in heavy rain, I was wet and cold. Things started to brighten up as soon as I got in the vicinity of the race school…
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BSB review: Brands bends to Haslam’s will
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BSB review: Brands bends to Haslam’s will. By Philip Wain With Leon Haslam and Shane Byrne occupying the top two spots in the MCE British Superbike Championship after the first three rounds, you could be forgiven for thinking it’s been predictable thus far and very much going as expected. However, that couldn’t be further from…
