Moto Rapido Racing have announced their return in the 2025 Bennetts British Superbike Championship, signing Leon Haslam who reunites with Ducati as he bids for a second title victory.

Moto Rapido Racing are aiming for their first Bennetts BSB Championship victory, having come close previously, including finishing runner-up in 2021. The Winchester-based Ducati dealership team have now joined forces with 2018 title-winner Haslam, and together they are ready to come out fighting when the season gets underway next May at Oulton Park.

Haslam returns to Ducati for the first time since 2007 and is relishing a return to the manufacturer he made his Superbike debut with in 2003. The Derbyshire rider’s previous success with Ducati includes claiming his first BSB race win together in 2004 and taking the runner-up spot in the 2006 Championship standings. The ‘Pocket Rocket’ also celebrated 10 race wins and a total of 42 podium finishes with Ducati in the Championship from 2004 – 2007.

Haslam said: “I am super excited for next year and returning to Ducati where it all first started for me on the Superbike back in 2003. I got my first ever BSB race win and World Championship podium with them and it was where my Superbike career really started.

“To go back to Ducati, riding for Wilf and the Moto Rapido Racing team, gives me the opportunity to try to win a second British Championship; everyone involved is so fired up for next year and for me that is the most important thing. I want to come back and have another go at winning this championship again, I can have a good winter and am excited to be ready to hit the ground running next year and try to win the title with Ducati.”

Team Owner Steve Moore commented: “I’m very pleased to secure Leon for our 2025 challenge. We’ve already had several technical meetings and we are certainly on the same page with what he needs from the Ducati, so I’m confident we can put the bike under him and the team around him that he needs to be winning races.

“Leon is a strong and demanding character, which I like, as so am I; together we can be a winning combination! The challenge of BSB is immense, the level of teams, machinery and riders means we will need to be on top of every detail, so we are starting preparation now.”