Leon Haslam maintained his perfect World Superbik▨e Championship scoring record so far in 2♐019 with a trio of top ten finishes at Jerez, results that Briton admits he is ‘not too happy about’.

A testing weekend for the reigning British Superbike Champion, Haslam – much like Kawasaki Racing team-mate Jonathan Rea – struggled to find the right setti😼ng on the ZX-10RR and spent all three ⛦races mired in the midfield.

Though experience allowed him to wrestle the bike home for a 9-6-5 set of results, Haslam admits th💙e ongoing issues, together with his mistakes whilst attempting to make up ground, are reflected in the distant finishes.  

“Every session we were struggling with the front traction and we ran a bit more angle and corner speed compared to some of the other Kawasaki riders and I thin🉐k that has been hindering me, especially as the temperatures have risen.

“I have tried to ad🅺apt my style and played around a little bit with set-up. I felt in that final race of the weekend I had good pace and could have challenged for that third place but I got stuck behind Tom for too many laps.

“Then when I got past him I was pushing too hard, like I was before, making too many mistakes. I was just lining Rinaldi up when the🅠 red flags came out. Another fifth place, so obviously I am not too happy about the result, but we have managed a lot of problems here this weekend.”

Haslam is one of only two riders – the other being Rea – to have scored points in each race this season.&nb꧃sp;