Haslam gives his all in Australia

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Leon Haslam was one of the stars of the opening round of the 2011 Superbike World Championship season last weekend at Phillip Island. Last year's runner-up had looked to be struggling earlier in the week during the testing sessions, but when the flag dropped, the BMW Motorrad man was able to get and stay amongst the frontrunners, taking his S 1000RR to a brilliant third place in race 1.

"As a team we have made huge steps forward from two weeks ago. We still have some issues that need looking at in more detail to ensure we can become regular podium finishers, but on the whole we should be happy with the two races," he declared. "The first race was great; we encountered some issues in race two but still managed to finish in the top five, so we are definitely happy."

Despite the problems in race 2 the ‘Pocket Rocket' was able to score more points with a fifth place, taking his total to a creditable 27 for the Australian weekend. The Derby man can now look forward with confidence to the next round at Donington, his home track, where he will surely be one of the protagonists.

"A huge credit goes to the team for their efforts this weekend, but we now have to sit down and work out in detail how we plan to make that next step forward," he added.