Pata Honda’s Leon Haslam has labelled his World Superbike weekend as ‘rubbish' so far. The English rider will start both races tomorrow at the Italian circuit from tenth place on the grid after some problems in today’s practice sessions.
The 30-year-old crashed early in free practice four after he experienced a problem with the shifter on his bike. He was deemed OK at the trackside and was a little bruised, but nothing was broken.
He was then unable to maximise the additional grip from Pirelli’s qualifying tyre in Superpole, but he is determined to mount two strong challenges on Sunday.
"It was a pretty rubbish afternoon. I felt we were making some good progress up until the second session today when I had a problem with the shifter on the outlap which caused a bit of a high-side,” said Haslam.
“I couldn’t quite get the gear and it threw me off and we lost the whole session. I had a familiar problem in Superpole with the extra grip from the qualifier and ended up going slower than I did on the race tyre. We’d made some good progress this weekend, but had a bad afternoon.”
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