Leon Haslam made a welcome return to Ducati machinery this week, when he got his first chance to ride the Moto Rapido Racing Ducati team's Panigale V4 R at the Navarra circuit in Spain during the first of three R&G Official Tests.

Moto Rapido Racing Ducati have announced their return in the 2025 Bennetts British Superbike Championship, signing Leon Haslam who reunites with Ducati as he bids for a second title victory.

"This year we’ve been hammering in podiums at pretty much every round and that’s all well and good. But now we need to do that and up the game a little bit."

It can’t go without saying that we had our boss back at Cadwell Park. As most know Wilf has been incredibly unwell and will still be recovering for some time, but he wanted to get back to support what he has built up over the last 15 seasons.It can’t go without saying that we had our boss back. As most know Wilf has been incredibly unwell and will still be recovering for some time, but he wanted to get back to support what he has built up over the last 15 seasons.

As most will know we went into one of the toughest weekends on the calendar for us without our team owner and Crew Chief Wilf. It certainly made a tricky task tougher, but the team were fully up for it and wanted to prove to the boss we could step up.

Both Christian Iddon and Ben Currie came into the Brands Hatch round knowing how big this one was, and we were just as aware. Halfway point, the turning point, or the point you look back at come round 11 and say, ‘but what if!’