Leon Haslam expects Honda’s CBR1000RR Fireblade to break the Ducati dominance at Donington Park

Leon Haslam will be looking to get his British Superbike campaign back on track this weekend, and expects his Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade to lend a helping hand.

The British Superbike field go to Donington Park this weekend for round four of the championship, and after a poor start to the season the 2007 double winner believes his new Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade has the ability to put a stop to the Ducati’s dominance.

Haslam said: “It’s obviously time to put my recent disappointments behind me and my ‘home’ circuit of Donington Park is the place to do it.

“It’s a place I probably know better than anywhere, really, as I instruct on my dad’s race school 20 times a year and it’s only 20 minutes down the road.

“I’m looking forward to riding the Honda around there.

“Ducati has dominated in the past – I took the double there last year – but I think the new CBR1000RR Fireblade will go well around Donington.”