Leon Haslam heads into this weekend's Bennetts British Superbike races at Cadwell Park with a few bumps and bru🎉ise🙈s after suffering a heavy fall in free practice.

The HM Plant Honda rider was responding to the fast time𝔍 set by practice pace s🌼etter Tom Sykes when he high-sided over the fearsome Mountain.

Describing the crash as similar to Leon Camier's leg-breaking smaꩵsh last season, Haslam, who has won at Cadwell Park for the last three seasons, nonetheless got back on the bike and returned ꧑to the pit lane.

Bla💎ming the crash on his attempts t🅺o adapt his Honda to the Lincolnshire circuit, Haslam was still in a positive mood about his day, despite a bruised shoulder.

"The crash was very 🥃similar to Leon Camier's crash last year," he told the British Superbike website. "The bike can top the Mountain too fast and then it just flick☂s you straight off. Shakey did the same in the race last year as well.

"The HM Plant Honda does behave differently to the Ducati so I have been riding here slightly differently to how I did last yeꦗar. I fell on my shoulder so I have an ice pack on that now before the next session. But other than the crash it was a positive session and I went out on both bikes and I am happy with the progress we have been making this morning."