Leon Haslam

Leon Haslam is a motorcycle road racer based in Derbyshire, England, born on 31 May 1983 in the London Borough of Ealing and nicknamed Pocket Rocket. He is the son of the former road racer Ron Haslam. He raced from an early age, was National Youth Motocross champion in 1995 and 1996 and took part in the 125cc, 500cc and 250cc world championships between 2000 and 2002. He was rookie of the year in the 2004 Superbike World Championship with Renegade Ducati alongside Noriyuki Haga, then became a regular front-runner in British Superbikes. He won the 2018 British championship at Brands Hatch for Kawasaki, which led to a factory Kawasaki ride in World Superbikes in 2019 beside Jonathan Rea, followed by the new Honda CBR1000RR-R for 2020 and 2021 and a return to British Superbikes in 2022.