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| Nationality | English | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 May 1983 London Borough of Ealing, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current team | ROKit Haslam Racing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bike number | 91 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Website | leonhaslam.com | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Leon Lloyd Haslam (born 31 May 1983, in the London Borough of Ealing)[1] is a motorcycle road racer based in Derbyshire, England.
In February 2022, Haslam confirmed he would be racing in British Superbikes for Lee Hardy Racing on a Kawasaki ZX-10RR,[2] whilst the actual sponsor name of the team, VisionTrack (previously a backer of Paul Bird Motorsport), determined later.[3][4] Haslam competed in a wild card ride at Assen World Superbikes in April 2022, substituting at short notice for Pedercini Racing.[5]
After the 2019 World Superbike season with the factory Kawasaki team, for 2020 and 2021 he was contracted to ride the then-new Honda CBR1000RR-R in the World Superbike Championship, with the team being run for the first time under full HRC control.[6]
Between the 2016 and 2018 seasons, he was contracted to race in the British Superbike Championship aboard a Kawasaki ZX-10R. He won the 2018 British championship at the final event held at Brands Hatch in late October, having previously signed to join the Kawasaki Superbike factory team in World Championship from 2019 as team-mate to Jonathan Rea.[7]
He began racing at an early age and by the time he was in his late teens, he had raced in most of the significant British and international championships. After the 2004 season on a Ducati in World Superbikes with teammate Noriyuki Haga, between 2005 and 2008 he was a regular front-runner in the British Superbike Championship. For 2009 he returned to the Superbike World Championship, riding for Suzuki, BMW, Honda and Aprilia. Haslam is nicknamed 'Pocket Rocket' and is the son of former road-racer 'Rocket Ron' Haslam.
- ^ Haslam, Ron (2009). Rocket Men. Random House. p. 171. ISBN 978-0-553-81936-6. Retrieved 29 August 2013.
[...] Ann had given birth alone in Ealing Hospital.
- ^ Haslam makes British Superbike return with Kawasaki motorsport.com, 16 February 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2022
- ^ VisionTrack shifts title backing to Lee Hardy Kawasaki for 2022 BSB visordown.com, 4 March 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2022
- ^ Leon Haslam reveals 2022 BSB VisionTrack Kawasaki, hints at WorldSBK wild-cards visordown.com. 6 March 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2022
- ^ Haslam to make early World Superbike return at Assen motorsport.com, 21 April 2022. Retrieved 27 April 2022
- ^ Honda reveals new WSBK model, confirms Haslam motorsport.com, 5 Nov 2019. Retrieved 6 December 2019
- ^ Kawasaki confirms Haslam alongside Rea for WorldSBK Crash.net, 25 July 2018. Retrieved 16 October 2018