Returning Ducati BSB rider “went straight to the gym, been fixing myself”
“The Duca𒉰ti has similar characteristics to what I remember," says Leon Haslam

Leon Haslam is returniౠng from a🔜n injury-hit spell to return to a Ducati.
He has joined the Moto Rapido Ducati Racing team for the 2025 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:British Superbike Championship.
It means Haslam, who𝓡 rode a BMW last ไyear, is back on a Ducati for the first time since 2007.
He was fifth-fastest overall at the pre-season test at the Navarra༒ circuit in Spa🃏in, 0.880s away from the leader.
Haslam said: “It’s good to be back! From my side the last time I﷽ rode a race bike was back in October, but we have h🦂ad a productive winter.
“I had quite a lot of injuries over♌ the la🌠st two years and so I pretty much went straight to the gym after Brands Hatch and have been fixing myself.
“Now I am back doing fun stuff again like trials ridiꦓng and pit biking and I am feeling🍌 a lot stronger.
“Coming here to Navarra, I have been getting to know all the boys for the first time, it’s the first time adapting myself to this Ducati, and to be honest at this test we have 💃gone through a big old list of stuff.
“We probably used the least amount of tyres to anyone but we are feeling pretty strong and competiti༺ve even though we ha✅ven’t thrown anything at it yet.
“The Ducati has similar characteristics to what I remember from the last time I rode🧸 one, obviously Ducati at the minute are really putting a lot of force into championships – it’s amazing.
“From my perspective, I have obviouslyꦗ been batt♏ling the Ducatis for a lot of years.
“I remember being teammates with Alvaro and seeing him move back to Ducati and win a championship it hurt a little so to finally get on a Ducati now is a🏅mazing.”

James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering🐓 everything from American sports, to football, to F1.