Leon Haslam

Leon Lloyd Haslam (born 31 May 1983, in the London Borough of Ealing) is a motorcycle road racer based in Derbyshire, England. In February 2022, Haslam confirmed he would be racing in British Superbikes for Lee Hardy Racing on a Kawasaki ZX-10RR, whilst the actual sponsor name of the team, VisionTrack (previously a backer of Paul Bird Motorsport), determined later. Haslam competed in a wild card ride at Assen World Superbikes in April 2022, substituting at short notice for Pedercini Racing. After the 2019 World Superbike season with the factory Kawasaki team, Haslam was contracted to ride the then-new Honda CBR1000RR-R in the World Superbike Championship for 2020 and 2021, with the team being run for the first time under full HRC control. Between the 2016 and 2018 seasons, Haslam was contracted to race in the British Superbike Championship aboard a Kawasaki ZX-10R. He won the 2018 British championship at the final event held at Brands Hatch in late October, having previously signed to join the Kawasaki Superbike factory team in World Championship from 2019 as team-mate to Jonathan Rea. Haslam began racing at an early age and by the time he was in his late teens, he had raced in most of the significant British and international championships. After the 2004 season, on a Ducati in World Superbikes with teammate Noriyuki Haga, between 2005 and 2008, he was a regular front-runner in the British Superbike Championship. For 2009, he returned to the Superbike World Championship, riding for Suzuki, BMW, Honda and Aprilia. Haslam is nicknamed 'Pocket Rocket' and is the son of former road-racer 'Rocket Ron' Haslam.