Leon H rides hard at home
Despite his intense efforts, including a recovery from a massive near-high side in race one, Haslam stuck with the task manfully and came very close to scoring a much desired podium in race one, despite a far-from perfect machine set-up. Said Leon "It has again been a hard fought weekend for us, but we have definitely made clear improvements from Australia. In race 1 we had some issues, which were similar to those I experienced in Phillip Island, so we made some changes for the second race and it was a real improvement, especially in the second half."
He was not to be able to make the most of his better set-up after a moment of drama put him backwards for a time. "I made a mistake in the early laps of race 2, which dropped me back a number of places, but I was happy I was able to fight back and finish strong. We will now work hard to be ready for Assen."
Leon retained third in the championship after his two strong Donington rides.
