Leon Haslam tests Honda SBK at Assen

Rider Leon Haslam already has his first impressions of his new mount, the Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade 2012 from the Pata Honda World Superbikes team, undoubtedly some very interesting first moments for him and the Team.

Although the important sessions for Haslam and the team are scheduled for November at the Motorland Aragón and Jerez circuits, in these days he has been able to test what will be his machine for the 2013 World Superbike season at the TT Van Drenthe circuit in Assen.

They are not drawing big conclusions from these tests, but at least he has had his first contact with the bike, and surely he and his teammate, Jonathan Rea, will be able to master this marvel of a machine. Moreover, for the Briton it is not the first time on a Honda, since when he was competing in the British Superbike Championship, the BSB, he did so for a time, before moving to the Suzuki Alstare and in the last few seasons to the BMW Motorrad SBK team.

Although undoubtedly one of the great moments will be the arrival of the most anticipated machine, the new V4 superbike inspired by the RC213V from the MotoGP World Championship, although that will be for the 2014 season, but since Haslam has a two-year contract, everything points to him being the owner of one of those handlebars.

But first he will have this exciting 2013 season of adapting to Honda and the team, but Haslam is a rider to be taken very seriously in the fight for the title. We will see what progress BMW-Ducati-Aprilia make for next season and what impressions their riders have in the first official tests.

They don’t stop.

Via | Bikeracing.it
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