Leon Haslam (born Leon Lloyd Haslam, 31 May 1983, in the London Borough of Ealing) is a motorcycle road racer based in Derbyshire, England. For 2017, he is contracted to race in the British Superbike Championship aboard a Kawasaki ZX-10R.
He began racing at an early age and by the time he was in his late teens, he had raced in most of the significant British and international championships. After the 2004 season on a Ducati in World Superbikes with team mate Nori Haga, between 2005 and 2008 he was a regular front-runner in the British Superbike Championship. For 2009 he returned to the Superbike World Championship, riding for Suzuki, BMW, Honda and Aprilia for 2015. Haslam is nicknamed 'Pocket Rocket' and is the son of former road-racer 'Rocket Ron' Haslam.
Location: Thruxton
Photographer: Andy Kench