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James Toseland – profile and career history
08 ottobre 2007  Now 27, and having celebrated his birthday on the Friday of first practice in France, the Doncaster-born rider has more racing experience under his leathers than some of the series' other veterans. Early competition in trials and motocross awarded him an impressive haul of trophies and ultimately laid the foundations of a promising career in road racing. Toseland quickly worked his way up through the ranks of 125cc racing and into British Supersport and shone in the European Championship. However, it was in 1998 at the tender age of 16 that he was given his big break – a ride with Castrol Honda in the World Supersport series. Never one to turn down a challenge, over the next two seasons Toseland finished 18th and 11th overall before returning to Britain to ride in the 2000 British Superbike Championship. Despite missing almost half the season through injury, the Yorkshireman finished 12th and was quickly snapped-up by GSE Racing for its World Superbike campaign. An impressive 13th place in the 2001 series, including sixth at Brands Hatch, was enough to confirm the rider as a clear World Superbike contender. Since then, Toseland has emerged as a world-class rider. In only his second year in the World Superbike series in 2002, he made his name as a regular top-six finisher and scored his first-ever podium finish at Assen. In 2003, he ended fellow Brit Hodgson's winning streak with an impressive victory at Oschersleben and earned his first pole position in the final round at Magny-Cours. An extraordinary 2004 season followed, with Toseland making the history books as the youngest-ever World Superbike Champion. Despite a relatively tough 2005 season with the British-based team – when he finished fourth overall – Toseland bounced back in 2006 to take second position overall with Winston Ten Kate Honda. 2007 is his seventh consecutive year as a permanent fixture on the Superbike grid - this time with Hannspree Ten Kate Honda. He has led the championship since round one at Qatar including 8 race wins until the eve of Magny-Cours. |
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