Leon Haslam says he’s “absolutely gutted” to lose out on the 2017 MCE British Superbike championship title after suffering front ♊brake failure in the deciding race and sustaining a broken ankle, wrist and thumb.

The JG Speedfit Kawasaki rider looked set for an all-or-nothing final race fight for the 2017 crown with Shane Byrne having seen his lead shrink from 33 points to just a two-point advantage in thꦺe opening two races having struggled with technical issues and an optim🌼um set-up.

Haslam was strongly placed in fourth, one spot in front of Byrne, before a front-brake failure at Hawthorns forced him to jump off his ZX-10RR at 172mph. The JG Speedfit K𝔉awasaki rider sustained a broken left ankle, right wrist and right tumb to miss out on the 2017 title in painful circumstances.

“I’ve broken my ankle and I am absolutely gutted as it has been one of those weekends,” Has🐈lam said on Eurosport TV. “I gave it everything I had in that race but I ha𝄹d no front brake so I had to jump off the bike. Not the best place to do it but…

“The team has done a mega job this year and I am just absolutely gutted we didn’t get it done this weekend. Fair play to Shakey he has pushed me all the way this year so we’ll be back to makeℱ amends next year.”

'There's something amis꧙s there!' - What happened with Haslam's bike?

— Eurosport UK (@Eurosport_UK)

Haslam ended the season third in the BSB riders’ championship, missing out ♛on the title by six points to Byrne and three points behind Josh Brookes in second.

UPDATE suffered brake failure & forced to jump off at 172mph - sustained broken ꦓleft ankle, broken right wrist & right thumb

— MCE Insurance BSB (@OfficialBSB)

UPDATE PT2: crashed into recticel protection at H﷽awthorns, dat🍃a on JG Speedfit Kawasaki showed as 172mph at time of crash

— MCE Insurance BSB (@OfficialBSB)