Haslam is that guy who almost went as fast on his Airwaves Ducati as Bayliss did on his own 999, isn`t he? I think MotoGP`s a pretty long shot from there, when was the last time a rider came sraight outta BSB and onto a competitive motoGP bike, but I like the look of this fella. I reckon Ducati should bin that one hit wonder Lanzi and team him up with Bayliss in '07, all contracts allowing. If he can prove himself in WSBK< then move him to the MotoGP team. But that will take a few years. A few years Ducati don`t have. Who know`s when Loris will hang 'em up. They need to start training his sucessor and they need to do it ASAP. The Duke's more of a handful than the RCV and the M1, they need gifted guys like Loris to win on that thing.
Anyway, enough of Ducati, back to British riders, and JT. Isn`t Toesland a bit of a bullish rider like Bayliss? If so, he`d be a lot better off staying in WSBK than trying to adapt to a motoGP bike. I don`t know about many of the guys in BSB, but Shakey won`t come back unless he`s on somthing decent, and even then who knows if he`ll be good, Hodgson`s had his shot, He`s better off in SBK, too. I dunno. Maybe Britains just in a drought at the moment compared to countries like Spain and Italy. It really dosen`t make sense to me, seeing how big motorcycle racing appears to be in England.