Haslam: 'Anything can happen!'
The next opportunity for Haslam will be the Imola round at the end of September, but for the moment Leon has been taking stock of his up and down run at the Nurburgring.
"My crash in race one was a highside and I am sorry that it caused Troy to crash also," he declared. "Luckily the race was stopped and everybody was able to have another go. I had hurt my right thumb and left knee and they were very sore, but I was determined to get out there and give my all. Once the race started, the adrenaline kicked in and I think I would've been much faster and more competitive if it had not been for the fact that I was on my number two bike. The mechanics weren't able to repair my number one bike in time for the restart. I had only done a few laps on the spare bike and so the set-up wasn't as good and it was that which prevented me challenging the front guys, not my injuries."
For the second race in the afternoon the Alstare team repaired his number one bike in time for race two and Leon felt much better. "They and the Clinica Mobile staff did great jobs and it was thanks to both of them that I was able to get on the bike and take a podium. I'm sure I'm going to be pretty sore tonight and although I would've wanted a couple of wins today, I was happy to get on the podium and with 100 points possible in the next two rounds, anything can happen."
