Leon Haslam will be back for an attack on the 2017 MCE British Superbike Championship title as he returns with Team Green after signing with Kawasaki UK to line up in the Bournemouth Kawasaki team as he bids to go one better after narrowly missing out on this year’s crown.

Haslam returned to Britain this year from the world stage and with the JG Speedfit Kawasaki team celebrated nine race wins and a further six podium finishes as he took the title fight with Shane Byrne down to the wire at the final round.  

Haslam said: 

“This year was obviously a good one for me; it was my first season with Kawasaki and also the first back in BSB with the no electronics rule. It was a tough year revisiting some of the tracks I hadn’t been to for eight years but we came out fighting at every round.

“I had some interesting options in the World Championship but I know with this package we are going to be battling for wins and a championship title. I believe in Kawasaki and I think this second year working together will certainly put us in a stronger position than when we started out this season. I am looking forward to taking steps forward again in 2017 and with the understanding and knowledge that we have now I am really excited to get started.

“The aim for me is always to win and of course Shakey will be the target, but we both go into the new season with a year with our respective manufacturers so I feel we are in a similar position. There are lots of interesting rumours about who will be joining us on the grid next year, which is great as I love a challenge. We go into the 2017 season ahead of where we started this year and I feel with the development and testing programme we have ahead of us that we will be ready to roll when it comes to Donington Park for the first round.”