Honda’s Leon Haslam hopes to come back for Donington Park WSBK.

Pata Honda World Superbike Team rider Leon Haslam will attempt to return from injury at this weekend’s Donington Park round of the Superbike World Championship in the UK.

Haslam is almost literally at home when he goes to Donington but currently he is in a battle to be fully fit after breaking his left leg at Assen.

His recovery process is going well but he will have to wait until given the medical all clear before he can make a start at the fifth round of the year.

“I had a successful operation after Monza and my aim is to race at Donington, my home event,” Haslam said. “I am struggling with knee movement but I have a few more days of working on that. I know Donington well and from Assen onwards the team have made big steps with the bike.

“Jonathan Rea has been speaking about how much better it is, so I am keen to get back on it. I had never missed an SBK race before in my life. I have had two broken legs, a collarbone, broken ankles in previous seasons and still been able to race, so it has been tough to take not racing in the past two rounds.

“If I can race I am definitely going to give it a go. From a positive side I will not have to learn Donington, there are not too many left-handers, which is going to be the issue with my knee. The biggest factors will be bending my knee enough and changing gears.”

Haslam currently sits 15th in the standings after sitting out the Assen and Monza rounds.