Leon Haslam: Progress made at Miller, despite the accident!
Posted by Leon Haslam in WSBKHi, I’m Leon Haslam, one half of Stiggy Racing Honda’s World Superbike team. Motors TV have invited me to blog about my life and the championship so I’ll be doing just that as the season progresses.
Miller was another weekend of two halves, I know I crashed but I was actually happy with the way I rode and the bike set up for the second race. We had a few problems in the first race and made a couple of little changes for the second race which made a massive difference. I felt I was stronger than Johnny (Rea) on most of the track but his bike was so much faster that whenever I passed him he just rode back past me on the the straight. It was frustrating but we still have lots of development to do and I feel confident for the second half of the season.
It’s good to be home although we have been away for so long and there is so much to catch up on. I have been back at the gym with my trainer Kirk Gibbons and we have been doing speed work and interval work the last couple of mornings, trust me when I say I would rather be racing than doing that.
I’m a little stiff from my couple of crashes in Kyalami and Miller so I’m trying to get some physio while I’m home. I go to the Ilse Of Man next week for a charity event and to play some golf with some sponsors, I’m looking forward to it, before heading to Italy to see Oral engineering, the guys that develop my engines to try and help with the development for Misano.
Not so quiet after all, but then it never is. After Misano and Donington we have a few weeks off to try and catch up on some training.
Speak soon
Leon
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Quality ride again, deserved a podium in the second race at Miller!
Good luck for Misano & Donnington! – Got to be in with a shout for a podium at Donnington if the bike goes well?…
Wow where you here in South Africa??? Great racing and for sharing the experience with us Good luck with your future races
Will you be doing Miller next year? Might see you there!
Jamie P.
Friends, can you maybe help me? A good friend of mine is considering getting themselves a new cbr 1000 as their first bike! They have never rode much of anything else before! I said this is definitely not a very good idea for the first one, but they are adamant and wont change their mind! What do you think, is this ok and would u maybe then just recommend proper lessons?