Leon Haslam

Quick Facts

Full Name	Leon Haslam
Occupation	Motorcycle Racer
Date Of Birth	May 31, 1983(1983-05-31)
Age	41
Birthplace	London Borough of Ealing
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Taurus

Leon Haslam Biography

Leon Haslam is one of the most popular and richest Motorcycle Racer who was born on May 31, 1983 in London Borough of Ealing, England, United Kingdom. Professional motorcycle racing driver has been renowned from the time he started his career in 2004. He’s perhaps most famous for his 2nd place finish at the Superbike World Championship in 2010. After his victory has seen him race on several brands that range from Suzuki and Kawasaki to Suzuki. Kawasaki.

He raced alongside his teammates He has raced against fellow teammate Cal Crutchlow..

Haslam was first exposed to motorcycle racing as a baby, often travelling with his parents to his dad’s races. He was 1995 and 1996’s National Youth Motocross champion, and 1998’s MCN Young Rider of the Year after finishing 7th in the British 125cc Championship. He did an assortment of 125cc races in 1999, but quickly advanced into international racing after that. Leon spent the 2000 season with the underprepared Italjet team on their return to the 125cc world championship, then racing a privateer Honda NSR500V in 2001 (scoring five points finishes, as the youngest rider ever to compete in the series), and a 250cc Honda in 2002 (again scoring points five times). At this stage, having never ridden on competitive machinery, he had valuable experience but little in the way of results, leading him to return home. For 2003 Renegade Ducati signed him to ride in the British Supersport championship, but he was promoted to the full blown Superbike after the departure of Sean Emmett, also riding in six World Superbikes races with a best finish of sixth at Assen and Magny Cours.

Haslam owns the snooker cue that Peter Ebdon used to win the 2002 World Snooker Championship, and has it framed on his wall. He also enjoys playing poker, pool and golf, and supports Manchester United F.C.. His training partners include his wife, and the Formula Renault front-runner Riki Christodoulou. At Mallory Park he also made his debut in the British Rallycross Championship in a Suzuki Swift, for which he then stated he had plans to run in the series part-time in 2010.

The son is He is the son of Ron “Rocket” Haslam, former Grand Prix motorcycle racer. He has two sisters named Emma and Zoe and, in 2010, he married Swedish glamour model Olivia Stringer. the an ex- Grand Prix motorcycle racer. He has two sisters , Emma and Zoe andin the year 2010 the couple got married. Swedish glamorous models Olivia Stringer.

Leon Haslam Net Worth

Leon Haslam is one of the richest Motorcycle Racer from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Leon Haslam 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

From the time he was a little the boy was always around motorcycles and racing, frequently travelling with his parents to watch his father’s racing events. In 1995, he had become an National Youth Motocross champion.

He is a massive lover of snooker, and has the cue He is a big fan of snooker and owns the cue that Peter Ebdon used to 2002 World Snooker Championship. used during the 2002 World Snooker Championship.

Leon Lloyd Haslam (born 31 May 1983, in the London Borough of Ealing) is a motorcycle road racer based in Derbyshire, England. After the 2019 World Superbike season with the factory Kawasaki team, for 2020 he is contracted to ride the new Honda Fireblade in world superbikes, with the team being run for the first time under full HRC control.

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Who is Leon Haslam Dating?

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WSBK remained his target for 2009, and he joined the Stiggy Honda team for their first World Superbike campaign, starting the year strongly with a third- place finish at the first round at Phillip Island in race two. The Dutch Grand Prix at Assen was also a very successful weekend as Haslam finished on the podium in both races with a third place in race one and a second place in race two. He finished the season 6th overall, comfortably the top privateer.

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Leon Ranked on the list of most popular Motorcycle Racer. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Leon Haslam celebrates birthday on May 31 of every year.

Haslam’s impressive results for Stiggy led to Alstare Suzuki signing him to partner Sylvain Guintoli for the 2010 season. He took his first WSBK pole in the 2010 season opener at Phillip Island. He then went on to win his first World Superbike race in race one, narrowly beating Michel Fabrizio by 0.004 seconds at the line in the closest finish ever recorded in a World Superbike race. Haslam was also in control of race two until 3 turns from the end he was overtaken by the eventual winner Carlos Checa. He took two-second places at round 2 in Portugal. These strong results continued in the early part of the season, before a run of four successive wins for Max Biaggi’s Aprilia. This led Haslam to publicly ask Suzuki Japan for more resources, to prevent their title challenge from faltering. Haslam beat Biaggi in both Silverstone races, to trim Biaggi’s championship lead to 60 points. The championship went down to the penultimate round at Imola with Haslam needing to win, in race one both Haslam and Biaggi made mistakes, Biaggi ran straight on at turns 3 and 4 the Villeneuve esses cutting across the track right in front of the competitors and was lucky not to be hit or fall off, he recovered to finish 11th while Haslam was 2nd going into the final lap, coming into rivazza one Haslam tried to go underneath race leader Carlos Checa, Haslam however could not stop the bike and ended up in the gravel and could only manage a 5th place, in race 2 Biaggi made a much better start and was right at the front from the start, with Haslam. Haslam made a mistake on lap 7 which dropped him back to 5th place, trying to make his way back up the field going through the Villeneuve esses his engine blew up, this was the Suzuki’s first mechanical failure of the year. This handed the title to Max Biaggi who came home 5th, with wild celebrations on the slow down lap. On 27 September Haslam was released from his two-year contract with Alstare Suzuki by mutual consent, team manager Francis Batta citing the lack of response to the call for help from the Suzuki factory.

What is Leon Haslam doing this year?

Leon Haslam is another rider to have followed in his Father’s footsteps to compete in top level motorcycle racing , and the ‘Pocket Rocket’ returns to bid for a second British Championship crown in 2022 with Kawasaki.

Is Leon Haslam still in World Superbikes?

Haslam to make early World Superbike return at Assen For 2022 , Haslam’s primary programme is in the British Superbike Championship where he is riding a Kawasaki ZX-10RR for the Lee Hardy Racing team.

Is Leon Haslam related to Ron Haslam?

Haslam spends much of his time helping his son Leon Haslam in his racing career and previously trained riders and racers alike at his former Race School based at Donington racetrack, Leicestershire.

How old is Leon Haslam?

39 years (May 31, 1983)

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