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Article: Leon Haslam in confident mood for the new Superbike season.
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- Ripley & Heanor News (Ripley, England)
- Article date:
- March 23, 2006
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WITH the new British Superbike season beginning this Sunday, Leon Haslam emerged from the final test in Albacete, Spain, in confident mood.
Airwaves Ducati rider Leon completed 132 laps of the circuit, recording a fastest time of 1m30.44 whilst team mate Gregorio Lavilla rode 127 laps clocking a fastest time of 1m30.45.
Both riders utilised the team's last test before the start of the 2006 Bennetts British Superbike Season to complete two simulated race runs in which they both averaged 1m31.0 laps.
Only one one-hundredths of a second between their fastest lap times and similar lap time averages during race simulation goes to prove how close the ...