James Toseland

James Michael Toseland is an English former motorcycle racer, commentator and vocalist of his own rock band, Toseland, born on 5 October 1980 in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. He won the Superbike World Championship in 2004 on a Ducati and again in 2007 on a Honda Fireblade prepared by Ten Kate, and is one of only three riders to have won it for two different manufacturers, alongside Troy Corser and Toprak Razgatlıoğlu. He retired from professional motorsport on 9 September 2011 because of a wrist injury sustained in a test at Motorland Aragon. Away from racing he is a pianist and singer-songwriter who has performed for the BBC, and he later worked as a television commentator and as team manager of Wepol Racing.