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Haslam in last chance for WSB title this weekend

Haslam says he's up for the fight this weekend at the 11th round of this year's Superbike World Championship at the Nurburgring in Germany.

The track is situated relatively close to the Suzuki team's headquarters, so it will be almost a 'home event' for Haslam and team-mate Sylvain Guintoli.

It's likely to be too big a task for Haslam to regain his championship lead though, the so far disappointing Brit lies 60 points behind series leader Max Biaggi, but he's still talking up the fight, saying: "Last year I managed a sixth and a fifth on a privateer bike, so I am looking forward to this year's round and challenging for the podium in both races. For sure I would like to win both races and put pressure on Max, but there are a lot of good riders and good bikes out there and it's not going to be an easy weekend. But, I wouldn't be out there if I didn't like the battle and I get a real buzz mixing it with the rest of the top riders.

"We've had a good, long break and although I have been training hard and doing a lot of riding - mainly off-road - there is nothing like being on the track and racing flat out. All I can do is the best I can, beat Max in both races and hope he gets a couple of poor results."