Toseland hopes to maintain form in Monza

James Toseland will look to wipe out the memory of last year's Monza round of the World Superbike Championship this weekend in Italy.

The HANNspree Ten Kate Honda rider leads the current series after winning a

race at each of the first five rounds.

But last year, which was his debut season for the team, the former champion

crashed and finished fifth in the two races at the circuit near Milan.

He is determined to put that right this season to keep his title challenge on

track after taking a first and second during the last round at Assen in

Holland.

Toseland only missed out on a double race win when he was just edged out in

race two by Ducati Xerox's defending champion Troy Bayliss.

"We kept the winning streak going at Assen - although the double win escaped

me yet again thanks to Troy," admitted Toseland.

"I hope I can carry it on at Monza and get another double podium. I wasn't

happy with my results at Monza last year - I had a high-speed crash in race one

and finished fifth in race two - so this year I hope to wipe out those memories

with two successful races to keep and extend the championship lead."

Toseland's team manager Ronald ten Kate has his focus on at least two podium

finishes.

He said: "With James still leading the championship and with the way he is

riding at the moment, we don't want to settle for anything less than two podiums

at Monza.

"Having said that, we know that racing is very intense at this circuit so we

will have to see what happens."