Haslam to lead Stiggy WSBK effort.

its good to see the english getting into wsb but how will this affect BSB?

Brilliant news, much deserved Leon! Next years WSBK is gonna be amazing!!

Suppose you can look at it 2 ways - there is a mass exodus, but BSB is obviously an important breeding ground for riders. Therefore its growing reputation might attract even more impressive names to the fold.

Nice to see lots of Brits up there now!

dont give a stuff what haslams doing, but in this story it mensions tommy hill, this might be a bit thick on my part but which team is hill riding for?

Greensleeves, his current team are graduating him to their WSB squad (Althea Honda). A slightly strange one given that he's had any hardly running time in WSS with the injuries he's had but i'm just glad he's got a ride for next year although am unsure how competitive they will be.

Haslam will not progress well this year in WSB. There are 3 "A List" teams and then the rest, Ten Kate Honda, Xerox Ducati, Yamaha Italia, if you don't have a seat on one of those you will not be contending.

It's not that the bloke isn't talented he is bloody marvelous, but you cant help wondering why he can't get a top seat and Tom Sykes can

Tar, Rube.

Just please sort the bl**dy paint scheme out!, even if you not winning (and it aint going to be easy, but good luck to him) at least look good trying!

Tom got in nice and early somewhow and got a great berth, still not sure how he managed to get that ride lol. Seems anyone bar Nori, TC and TB would want that seat for next year!

could have won BSB in 2009 - all the main opposition would have gone to WSB. Sykes got the plumb ride because he raced at both Brands and Donners in WSB and finished well in both. Haslam wasn't at Brands......

I like the Stiggy colour scheme

Didn't Leon race against Stiggy when they were both doing 500GP's (or 250's??) in 2001ish??

thank you stiggy for getting hold of haslam for next season lets hope he can do something with it and get out of his dads shadow,come on leon we are all vvvvvvvvery hopeful

@Seadoubleyou
Stiggy was a sidecar champion wasn't he? Leon was on that shell advance v twin piece of cr@p in 2001.
Anyone know if ten kate are gonna prepare their bikes? I think the supersports are aren't they? Then again I might have dreamt that one!

I think Stiggy has only done this deal to have Olly the brolly, i know stiggo has a great bird himself, but Olly's nice to look at as well. come on Olly! Maybe stig should take haslam of the grid and just have Olly standing there.

No.... ignore that last comment...definitely not a sidecar rider! dunno where I got that from? I don't remember him at all....

Stiggy was a 250GP rider, a privateer, for years...he raced against McWilliams, that sort of era.

Stiggy raced the infamous "Sabre V4" in 2001.

"There are 3 "A List" teams and then the rest, Ten Kate Honda, Xerox Ducati, Yamaha Italia, if you don't have a seat on one of those you will not be contending."

I think Mr Shane Byrne might have something to say about that. The story is he's contracted directly to Ducati and will be on an F09 the same as Haga and Fabrizio next year, plus will have a direct link into Ducati themselves, so besides learning a few WSBK circuits that didn't feature on the MotoGP calendar in 2004/05, he'll be on it from the word go in my opinion. Plus if the Aprilia is any good, and Biaggi clicks with it, he'll be in there mixing it as usual. Got 2 years circuit knowledge under his belt now too.

go on our youth it'l be mint next year in wsb,we should get behind all the brits and hope they get good results,they get my support there all decent riders,come on chicken legs!!!!!.