Leon Haslam is confident he’s found pace bไreakthroughs at Brands Hatch but says he was still frustrated at mi🍸ssing out on the battle for victory behind Josh Brookes and Glenn Irwin.

The Bennetts B𓂃ritish Superbike championship leader had to settle for a pair of third pla๊ces at the Kent circuit, which also hosts the final round, having entered this race weekend targeting performance gains having struggled at the track in recent seasons.

Despite adding to his podium tally, taking his record to five rostrum finishes across a total of 12 BSB races on the GP circuit since his return to BSB, Haslam says improvements have been established with his JG Speedfit Kawasaki but there is still more work to do wiಌth his ZX-10RR accleration out of ෴corners to join the victory fight having seen Brookes claimed a dominant double ahead of runner-up Glenn Irwin.

“I pushed on to catch the front two at mid-race and made some improvements which saw us set the fastest lap so the pacꦇe was a little bit better,” Haslam said. “But honestly the l🍷ast three or four laps we really struggled.

“Iꦯ felt like I was losing a little bit on acceleration from the changes we made. I am happy with the changes we made and the improvements we made to extend the lead but I am a little bit disappointed I didn’t get to fight the front two.

“We are lacking a little bit and losin𝓰g on the straights. We changed the gearing for that race but it wasn’t helping with the punc🍷h off the turns especially against the Ducati.

“But we are the closest we have ever been to the Yamahas and the Ducatis aroဣund this circuit so we’ve definitely made a step and we are extending the lead and got a couple of Podium Points.”