Leon Haslam wants to close the gap to the Yamahas of Bradley Ray and Kyle Ryde at Donington Park this weekend.

Leon Haslam has vowed to take the fight to the Yamahas across the final four rounds of the 2025 British Superbike season.

This weekend, Donington Park will host the final round before the Showdown begins, and four Sprint Races will take place across the weekend.

With Bradley Ray and Kyle Ryde fighting for the title with Raceways Yamaha and Nitrous Competitions Racing, Haslam is the top Ducati rider and wants to close the gap to the R1s.

"Cadwell Park for me was kind of bittersweet really," Haslam said ahead of Donington Park.

"Obviously, we started the test P1 and in the 25s, and I did quite a good run in the 25s, even up to lap 10 in practice. We started 15th after problems and a crash in qualifying, so what I thought was going to be challenging for wins and definite podiums turned into a very tough weekend.

"We ran off in race one, and we still managed to work our way back to eighth, even though we lost six seconds mid-race, and in the second race, we got a bit of a better grid place and ended up with a fourth. Again, felt like I had the podium pace, but it just took a little bit too long to get through some of the riders. In the last race, we did have a few issues and got a seventh, and it was frustrating.

"We were the top Ducati, which is always nice, and we moved from fifth to third in the championship and extended that gap and even actually closed down on Brad, so looking at it as a whole it wasn’t bad, but my expectations for results was a little bit higher.

"We can learn from Cadwell, the team worked fantastically. Obviously, Donington, we had a few issues there at the beginning of the year, but fundamentally the bike was working really, really well and I’m looking forward now to these last few rounds into Assen, Oulton Park and Brands Hatch as they’re all circuits that I really enjoy and the Ducati can be very strong at."