Leon Haslam

  • BSB review: Brands bends to Haslam’s will

    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…

  • BSB Preview: Round three Brands Hatch

    BSB Preview: Round three Brands Hatch

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    By Philip Wain Christian Iddon leads the MCE Insurance British Superbike Championship into the third round of the season at Brands Hatch this weekend and the Tyco BMW rider knows he will have a fight on his hands in his quest to celebrate a debut race win in Kent. Iddon is the only rider to…

  • Video: Fancy a bike in the mush?

    Video: Fancy a bike in the mush?

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    Here’s a video to underline just how quickly things can go wrong on track – end of a track session, one rider coasting around – another clips him – and the following rider gets a face full of superbike pretty quickly. Ouch. Here’s the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G9j9EmfZjCQ It reminds us of this crash in British Superbikes that…

  • BSB Oulton: Haslam and Cooper win in the damp – Iddon leads the championship!

    BSB Oulton: Haslam and Cooper win in the damp – Iddon leads the championship!

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    BSB Oulton: Haslam and Cooper win in the damp – Iddon leads the championship!     By Philip Wain If there’s one thing to upset the applecart in the MCE British Superbike Championship, it’s the good old UK weather. The second round at Oulton Park saw every kind of condition the UK has to offer…

  • Preview: British Superbikes round two – Oulton Park

    Preview: British Superbikes round two – Oulton Park

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    Preview: British Superbikes round two – Oulton Park.   By Philip Wain The 2016 MCE British Superbike Championship heads to Oulton Park this weekend for round two and after an intriguing season opener at Silverstone three weeks ago, predicting an outcome is anyone’s guess. Shane ‘Shakey’ Byrne (pictured above) currently leads the standings after a…

  • WSB Assen preview (the races are this weekend)

    WSB Assen preview (the races are this weekend)

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    WorldSBK heads to Holland on the 15th to 17th of April to the legendary track and chicane of the TT Circuit Assen, with Race 1 on Saturday at 13:00 (GMT +2). The TT Circuit Assen is a track that breathes history. Racing in the area began over 90 years ago, and the first ribbons of…

  • BSB Round One: Silverstone kicks things off and ends up with a Hicky

    BSB Round One: Silverstone kicks things off and ends up with a Hicky

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    By Philip Wain Well, the long wait is over. After the long winter months, the British Superbike Championship got underway at Silverstone at the weekend and its fair to say it didn’t disappoint. There’s always talk about it being ‘the closest ever year’ or the ‘strength in depth has never been greater’ but if the…

  • SEASON PREVIEW: 2016 British Superbikes is about to get underway!

    SEASON PREVIEW: 2016 British Superbikes is about to get underway!

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    By Philip Wain The latest British Superbike Championship season is now upon us with the opening round taking place this weekend at Silverstone and with a winter that’s seen numerous changes, it’s arguably one of the most open seasons ever. Of course, we say this most years but we’ve got plenty of unknown quantities and…

  • WSB Aragon – the stats, facts and figures you need to know for this weekend

    WSB Aragon – the stats, facts and figures you need to know for this weekend

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    WSB Aragon – the stats, facts and figures you need to know for this weekend. Want to pretend that you’re a WSB expert? Then here’s all you need to know! This is the facts and figures crib sheet that the telly people rely on – and you can have it too. This is how the…

  • Carole Nash employees change names to ‘Jonathan Rea’ to celebrate WSB title

    Carole Nash employees change names to ‘Jonathan Rea’ to celebrate WSB title

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        Colleagues Eamonn Holt, David Rogers, Keith O’Donoghue, Sean Daly and Luke Nestor at specialist insurance brokers Carole Nash, which have been sponsoring Jonathan Rea for several years, have changed their names by deed poll to celebrate the 28-year-old’s world title, secured with two race weekends remaining of the 2015 season. Eamonn Holt, Team…


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