Tiff may refer to:

Places[link]

Tiff, Missouri, United States

People with the given name Tiff[link]

Tiff Lacey (21st century), British singer

Tiff Needell (born 1951), British racing driver and television presenter

Milan Tiff Track and field athletics Triple Jumper

The acronym TIFF[link]

Tagged Image File Format (TIFF), a computer file format for storing images, including photographs and line art

Tooth Interior Fatigue Fracture (TIFF), a type of gear failure

a popular nickname for Timothy Findley (1930–2002), Canadian author, based on his initials (Timothy Irving Frederick Findley)

Film festivals abbreviated to TIFF[link]

Thessaloniki International Film Festival, an annual film festival held in Thessaloniki, Greece and established in 1960

Tokyo International Film Festival, a film festival held in Tokyo, Japan and established in 1985

Toronto International Film Festival, a film festival held in Toronto, Canada and known originally as "The Festival of Festivals" founded in 1976

Tromsø International Film Festival, an annual film festival held in Tromsø, Norway and established in 1991

Transilvania International Film Festival (spelled Transylvania in English), a film festival held in Cluj-Napoca, Romania and established in 2001

Other[link]

Tiff (mineral), a mineral consisting of barium sulfate

Tiff, a slang word for a verbal argument

See also[link]

Tiffs, a nickname for branch badges worn by the British Royal Navy

TIF (disambiguation)

TIFFE (disambiguation)

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Timothy "Tiff" Needell (born 29 October 1951 in Havant, Hampshire) is a British racing driver and television presenter. He is best known as a former co-presenter of ''Top Gear'' and current co-presenter of ''Fifth Gear''.

Biography[link]

Needell attended Ottershaw School followed by City University, London where he achieved an Honours Degree in Civil Engineering. Hired by George Wimpey & Co, his day job was as a Structural Design Engineer.

Racing career[link]

Needell first raced at a driving school at Brands Hatch in 1970. He progressed to Formula Ford, his progress assisted by the use of a Lotus 69 FF he won in an ''Autosport'' magazine competition. He later sold his Lotus and used the money to buy and race an Elden Mk10. Needell's Formula Ford period culminated in his acquiring a Crossle 25F with which he won the Kent Messenger FF Championship after competing for only half of the remaining season. This success landed him a partly paid drive in the Formula Ford 2000 Championship in a Hawke chassis provided by McKinstry Racing. Needell was completely dominant in that car and series which provided him with the springboard into Formula 3. The remainder of the 1970s saw Needell as a front runner in the British Formula 3 series and then in the Aurora British Formula One championship. In 1979 he was unable to graduate to the F1 World Championship due to the lack of the correct licence, but he was back in , driving two Grands Prix for Ensign, qualifying for the Belgian Grand Prix at Zolder. However, he had an engine problem and did not finish the race. He subsequently failed to qualify for the Monaco Grand Prix.

In 1988 and 1989 he competed in the British Rallycross Grand Prix in a Metro 6R4 prepared by Will Gollop's motorsport team. He achieved a good result in 1988 finishing 4th in the B-Final in what was his first rallycross event, however, the 1989 event was cancelled due to heavy fog after the practice sessions.

Needell made his first appearance at the 24 Hours of Le Mans in 1981 driving a Ibec-Hesketh 308LM alongside Tony Trimmer. They failed to finish and again in 1982 this time paired with Bob Evans and Geoff Lees in an Aston Martin Nimrod NRA/C2. However the following year Needell finished 17th driving a Porsche 956. In 1985 Needell briefly led the 24 hours driving the Aston Martin EMKA C84/1 and would eventually finish 11th. His best result at Le Mans was 3rd in . He then had a couple of years in the British Touring Car Championship with Nissan, before returning to sports cars in 1995, driving a Porsche at Daytona and a Jaguar XJ220 at Le Mans. He then drove the Lister Storm for 3 years, reaching 3rd overall at Daytona in 1997 before gearbox problems dropped them to 19th. In 1998 he finished 2nd in the GT1 championship and won the Silverstone Golden Jubilee Trophy race.

Since then, Needell's racing career has mainly consisted of racing tin-tops (hard-topped cars), with varying levels of success in sports cars, historic racing and touring cars. He achieved particular notoriety after an accident with Nigel Mansell at the 1993 TOCA shoot out race at Donington Park.

Television career[link]

Needell is best known in the United Kingdom as a television presenter and motoring journalist, in particular in association with the BBC TV series ''Top Gear'' which he started co-hosting in 1987. In 2001, when the BBC cancelled Top Gear (the show was brought back in 2002), Needell and the whole cast defected and signed with Five to produce and host a new motoring show named ''Fifth Gear''. He does however, still contribute to Top Gear magazine. Needell has also co-presented 'MPH' at Earls Court in 2003, 2004, 2005 with Jeremy Clarkson and Richard Hammond and in 2006 with Jeremy Clarkson and James May (because Richard Hammond was recovering from his accident). He also appeared very briefly in the 2005 Top Gear Comic Relief special, Stars in Fast Cars. In 2009 he appeared on ''James May's Toy Stories'' featuring the building of a Scalextric around Brooklands. In 2011, he appeared on Top Gear, driving the Ariel Atom V8 in a race against a BMW S1000RR around the Top Gear Test Track. The segment was done in humour, with James May supposedly driving the Atom V8, only for it to actually be Tiff.

Needell says his highlight to date is "accidentally, ahem, ignoring the strict instructions Ferrari issued about not touching the traction control on their half million pound Enzo..." He has also done this on ''Fifth Gear'' while reviewing the Bugatti Veyron as well as the Mercedes-Benz SLR McLaren, joking that his finger slipped after showing viewers the letter from Mercedes-Benz requesting he leave the traction control on.

He was one of several people suspected of portraying the elusive masked racing driver The Stig on the current format of Top Gear. The true identity of The Stig was eventually revealed as being Ben Collins but in late 2010 Needell returned to Top Gear after a nine-year absence to train Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle. In the same episode Jeremy Clarkson referred to Needell as the "Emergency Stig"

Other work[link]

He has an occasional column in the car magazine ''Auto Express''.

Needell has lent his voice to the first and second games in the 'TOCA Touring Car series' for British video game developer Codemasters. His voice is also featured in the 'Ferrari Challenge' and 'Le Mans 24 Hours' video game for racing game developer Eutechnyx. He also features in the video games Race Pro and GTR Evolution racing an Aston Martin DBR9. Additionally, he is the voice of the ''Road Angel'' road safety device and GPS speed camera alert system, as well as the face on their advertising campaigns. He was the launching announcer for the high speed Rita roller coaster at Alton Towers, as well as narrating several Discovery Channel documentaries.

Thruxton Circuit has an exclusive deal which enables customers to pay £145 for three laps of fast-paced driving and drifting with Needell. The laps are filmed from within the car and feature his commentary and conversation with the passenger.

It was confirmed in the February 2012 issue of ''Evo'' magazine that Needell will be part of the contribution team going forward in 2012.

Personal life[link]

He lives in Wiltshire with his wife Patsy and his three sons, Jack, Harry and George.

His younger brother Chris is a team manager for Barwell Motorsports team racing Aston Martin DBRS9.

In November 2006, Needell was cleared of 'failing to supply details in relation to a speeding ticket', and the accompanying speeding offence by Pontypridd magistrates. He was defended by Nick Freeman, otherwise known as Mr. Loophole, who also defended former colleague Jeremy Clarkson on a similar case.

He is a football fan and supports Southampton. He is also an active user of Twitter.

He also works as an after dinner speaker.

Complete Formula One results[link]

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References[link]

External links[link]

www.tiff.tv - The official website of Tiff Needell

''Fifth Gear'' website

interview on Mitzi TV, "Baby You Can Drive My Car"

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name	Tiff Lacey
background	solo_singer
birth name	Tiffany Lacey
origin	Crayford, Kent, England
genre	Trance, House, Dance, Chillout, Pop
occupation	Singer, Songwriter
years active	2002–present
associated labels	Loverush Digital, Black Hole, Enhanced Recordings
associated acts	ATB, Matt Darey, Headstrong, Cosmic Gate, Paul Oakenfold
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Tiff Lacey also known as Tiffany Lacey (born c. 1986) is a singer/songwriter from Crayford, Kent, England, and the vocalist behind many trance and house hits. Except for her vocal abilities, she's also known for the fact that she often writes lyrics that differ considerably from the standard themes in the genre.

Singing career[link]

Tiff Lacey started singing when she was 16 years old. A few years later she began working as a backing singer to the band "Falling Man". They recorded an album and gigged regularly until they eventually disbanded. Then she started fronting a blues/rock band touring locally in the South East. However, she felt the need to develop her songwriting capabilities in her own right, so she left the band, but yet teamed up with one of its members.They recorded several songs and had interest from both Virgin and EMI. But unfortunately they broke up soon after, because they were not able to capitalize upon the record company's interest. Deciding to change direction, Tiff Lacey joined the "Frankenstein’s Baby", an indie/folk band. They wrote and recorded several songs, gained large fan base and were reviewed various times in musical press around the country. Playing regularly at the legendary "Mean Fiddler", Tiff Lacey felt that the other members were not as driven as her in seeking chart success, so she left, to reflect on the direction her career should eventually take.

And then her breakthrough in the club scene happened. Her demo was chosen among many by Paul Oakenfold and he invited her to record the vocals for his track "Hypnotised", which became a worldwide hit in 2002. It was then followed by "In Your Hands" with Redd Square which resulted another success and by M-Box's "Kiss In Shadows", which was remixed by Tiesto. In 2003 she also provided vocals for The Thrillseekers' track "Affinity". Her fame was established in 2004 when she was included in three tracks from ATB's album ''No Silence'', all three of which became hits, especially "Ecstasy" which is still ATB's biggest hit to date. She would later work with him again for the albums ''Seven Years: 1998-2005'' (2005) and ''Future Memories'' (2009). In 2005 she recorded vocals for Filo & Peri's techno hit "Dance With A Devil", which was remixed by Serge Devant and DJ Shog. That year saw her teaming up with Headstrong (aka Don Jackson). They recorded numerous tracks together which were released through the years. The hits among them are "Close Your Eyes" (2005), "The Truth" (2006) and "Symphony Of Soul" (2007). Lacey got in touch with Jackson thanks to another longtime collaborator and popular name in the EDM industry - Matt Darey (who contributed a remix for "Close Your Eyes"), with whom she recorded the successful track "Always", which was followed by "Sum Of All Fears" (2007) and "Into The Blue" (2010). Always in 2005 she did her first collaboration with Flash Brothers called "Faith In Love" which received support from DJs like Paul Van Dyk, Armin Van Buuren, Markus Schulz and became Flash Brothers' main hit until then. Lacey later recorded again for them in 2007 ("Stay") and in 2011 she sang the title track for their album "Heaven's Gate".

In 2006 she recorded for the first time with Cosmic Gate. The tune called "Should've Known" was included on their album ''Earth Mover'' and was also released as a single with remixes by Wippenberg, Jonas Steur a.k.a. Estuera and DJ Delicious, receiving big success. Wippenberg wanted Lacey for the track "Promised Land" the next year, which was remixed by Nic Chagall.

In 2007 Tiff Lacey teamed up with Russian DJ Bobina for a collaboration track called "Where Did You Go", which was included in his album "Again". The track was remixed by another popular name, Dutch DJ First State. The remix received massive support from DJs such as Armin Van Buuren, which led to a collaboration between First State and Lacey called "Where Do We Go", included on his album "Time Frame".

In 2008 Lacey recorded two tracks with trance duo Matt Abbott and Chris Chambers a.k.a. Abbott & Chambers titled "Where Are You" and "Strange Liaison". The tracks were released with remixes by Nitrous Oxide, Cressida, Carl B, Dennis Sheperd, David & Carr, Onova, Allan O' Marshall and Karl G. These tunes established her fame in the Uplifting trance genre, after being included mainly on Progressive trance and Dance before that. The same year she also did "Don't Be Afraid" with Michael Badal and "The Sweetest Sound" with Nick Murray both of which became hits and are considered signature tracks of hers. Overall in 2008 (only) Tiff Lacey was included on more than 30 releases.

Her collaboration track with Tenishia called "Burning From The Inside" won the award Best Dance Production 2008 at the Malta Music Awards.

She wrote a vocal electronic album with Huw Williams in 2007 and it was released in 2008 under their alias name Rubikon and titled "Wonderland". The album featured 11 original recordings. Three of them, "Thing Called Love", "Why Keep On" and "Telephone" were released as singles with remixes by Morgan Page and Hakan Ludvigson, amongst others.

Even though she's mainly considered a Trance singer, however, Tiff Lacey is often wanted for House music collaborations as well. Some of her highlights in this genre include: "Clockworks" with Amex, Natlife and Purepath (2008), "Dreaming" with DJ Zya (2009), "Sweet 17" with Tash (2009), "Beds" with Chus Liberata (2010), "As We Ride" with The Henchmen (2011) , "Perfect World" with Pagano (2011) and "Darkest Hours" with Fergus Keogh (2012).

Tiff Lacey's first solo single (she only had one solo song included on Ibiza compilation before that) - a piano ballad called "Show Me The Way" was released on 14 December 2009, with remix package provided by Ivan Spell and Gabriel Lukosz. It was re-released in 2011 with a reworked version of the Ivan Spell remix.

In January 2010 "I Know" with George Acosta was released. The remix of the tune by Beat Service was played on A State Of Trance and featured on numerous other podcasts.

In April 2010, Tiff Lacey signed with label Loverush Digital for the release of her solo album. Later in that year she did a special appearance on Matt Darey's Nocturnal radio show where a 1 hour guest vocal set consisting entirely of her hits was played, including comments by herself between every track.

In February 2011, her track with Aly & Fila called "Paradise" was released as a single on Future Sound of Egypt to good reviews, being played on ASOT.

On 31 January 2011 the singer shared the official video of the first single from her upcoming full-length studio album "iVIVA!" called "Take Me Away" on her Facebook page. Later on the same day Mark "Loverush" Schneider announced the single's upcoming release. It was released on March 9, 2011 on iTunes with remixes by Tom Noize, Loverush UK, Darren Flinders and Stereojackers.

On May 8, 2011, Tiff Lacey presented on Facebook an official video to another song from her upcoming album - the ballad "Mother To Daughter". The video was shot in Dorset and in her home. Her daughter also appears in it.

There was an album launch party which took place in London on August 12, 2011. The event included live performances by Lacey and Paul Stevens and guest DJ sets by Loverush UK, Stuart J and Matt Emulsion.

Her album "¡Viva!" came out on iTunes on August 15, 2011 via Loverush Digital. Among the main record producers in it are George Popa, Matt Bukovski, Nick Murray and Loverush UK!. On the very next day, on August 16, American DJ/producer Ryan Farish released his album "Upon a Dream" which included 3 collaborations with Tiff Lacey (the title track being one of them). The album received a worldwide success and for Lacey musically it was an experience similar to those she had with ATB.

In January, 2012, Lacey's collaboration with Italian DJ Vito De Santis aka Vitodito called "Forbidden Love" was released via Neuroscience Deep label to great reviews. The Domenico Cascarino & Luca Lombardi remix of the track reached #3 on Beatport Chillout Chart.

Her second single with The Henchmen, "Dancing Into Day" became an immediate success after the original mix was released on "Housesession Miami WMC 2012" in March. She participated in the WMC 2012 compilations with one more track - "Perfect World" with Pagano, in remix by Ralphi Rosario.

On April 10, 2012, the singer shared with her fans in Facebook the music video for her song "Speak Your Name" (from "¡Viva!")

Tiff Lacey is finishing the works of a new solo EP, to be released this summer. Confirmed upcoming collaborations include "Sleeping Dogs" with N'Heaven (Milk Records) and "She" with Danyella (Nouo Records). Her tracks "Perfect World" with Pagano and "Little Heart" with Illitheas, which already gained lots of attention and airplay, will have full single releases soon as well. She has also recorded new tracks with Airwave, Philip Aelis and Robert Lyttle, amongst others.

Writing[link]

Besides her singing talent, Tiff Lacey is also a writer and painter. She wrote almost all of her song lyrics. Her themes include various subjects, like love, romance, joy, dreams, fears, introspection, sorrow, God and, especially in the last few years, a consistent part of her lyrics are describing motherhood.

Discography[link]

Albums:

''¡Viva!'' (2011)

''TBA'' (2012)

Selected tracks:

Paul Oakenfold & Tiff Lacey - "Hypnotised"

The Thrillseekers pres. Hydra & Tiff Lacey - "Affinity"

ATB & Tiff Lacey - "Ecstasy"

Filo & Peri with Tiff Lacey - "Dance With A Devil"

Matt Darey & Tiff Lacey - "Always"

Bobina & Tiff Lacey - "Where Did You Go"

First State & Tiff Lacey - "Where Do We Go"

Michael Badal & Tiff Lacey - "Don't Be Afraid"

Cosmic Gate & Tiff Lacey - "Open Your Heart"

George Acosta & Tiff Lacey - "I Know"

Motionchild & Will Holland with Tiff Lacey - "Arctic Kiss"

Aly & Fila with Tiff Lacey - "Paradise"

The Henchmen & Tiff Lacey - "As We Ride"

Ryan Farish & Tiff Lacey - "Upon A Dream"

Matt Bukovski & Tiff Lacey - "Swept Away"

Bartlett Bros, Matt Loki & Tiff Lacey - "Sweet Child"

References[link]

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name	Leon Haslam
nationality	English
birth date	May 31, 1983
birth place	Smalley, Derbyshire
current team	BMW Motorrad Motorsport
bike number	91
sbk active years	2003–04, 2009–Present
sbk manufacturers	Ducati, Honda, Suzuki, BMW
sbk championships	0
sbk race starts	116
sbk race wins	3
sbk podiums	25
sbk poles	1
sbk fastest laps	3
sbk total points	1103
sbk last season	2011
sbk last position	5th (224pts)
bsb active years	2005-2008
bsb manufacturers	Ducati, Honda
bsb championships	0
bsb race starts	100
bsb race wins	15
bsb podiums	53
bsb total points	1552
bsb last season	2008
bsb last position	2nd (357pts)
website	leonhaslam.com }}

Leon Lloyd Haslam (born 31 May 1983 in Smalley, Derbyshire) is a motorcycle racer from England. He began racing at an early age and by the time he was in his late teens, he had raced in most of the significant British and international championships. Between 2005 and 2008 he was a regular front-runner in the British Superbike Championship. For 2009 he switched to the Superbike World Championship, remaining there in 2010 (his third full season in the class) on a factory Suzuki. Haslam is nicknamed 'Pocket Rocket' and is the son of 'Rocket' Ron Haslam.

Early Days 1998–2003[link]

Haslam was first exposed to motorcycle racing as a baby, often travelling with his parents to his dad's races. He was 1995 and 1996's National Youth Motocross champion, and 1998's MCN Young Rider of the Year after finishing 7th in the British 125cc Championship. He did an assortment of 125cc races in 1999, but quickly advanced into international racing after that. Leon spent the 2000 season with the underprepared ItalJet team on their return to the 125cc world championship, then racing a privateer Honda NSR500V in 2001 (scoring five points finishes, as the youngest rider ever to compete in the series), and a 250cc Honda in 2002 (again scoring points five times). At this stage, having never ridden on competitive machinery, he had valuable experience but little in the way of results, leading him to return home. For 2003 Renegade Ducati signed him to ride in the British Supersport championship, but he was promoted to the full blown Superbike after the departure of Sean Emmett, also riding in six World Superbikes races with a best finish of sixth at Assen and Magny Cours.

World Superbike Championship 2004[link]

For 2004 he did the full WSBK season for Renegade alongside Noriyuki Haga. He was 8th overall with a best of 3rd, finishing as the rookie of the year. Haslam also had an impressive victory in a British Superbike race at Brands Hatch on one of the team's 3 ventures into the series. In torrential rain, this was the only Ducati win in the series all year, even though this was the title-winning bike in both 2003 (Shane "Shakey" Byrne) and 2005 (Gregorio Lavilla).

British Superbikes 2005–2008[link]

With Renegade switching to Honda machinery and cutting to one rider Haslam moved to BSB with the reformed GSE Racing Squad, now known as Airwaves Ducati. Haslam finished 4th overall behind only team-mate Lavilla and the two HM Plant Hondas of Ryuichi Kiyonari and Michael Rutter.

2006 saw Leon once again on the Airwaves sponsored GSE Ducati 999, partnering Lavilla. In the first 12 races of the 2006 season he finished 2nd no less than 8 times, without winning a race but taking 3 poles and lying 2nd overall. The wins came later; he was particularly proud of a win in the wet at Croft.

He managed to push for the title all the way to the last race of the season at a rain soaked Brands Hatch where Leon, Lavilla and Kiyonari all had a chance to win. Leon was running second to Kiyo in the first race when it was stopped after Byrne crashed heavily, and despite storming to victory in the second race, he ended the season in second place and Lavilla (who crashed in race one) was third. Leon did however drive off in the £50,000 Audi convertible which was his prize for scoring the most points in the Audi pole position competition.

While Lavilla won the first four races and lead the championship after eight, Haslam struggled to match these results. However, two second places at Oulton Park in round four moved him up to fourth overall. He ultimately finished 3rd, behind Kiyonari and Jonathan Rea's Hondas but ahead of a fading Lavilla.

Haslam was released by Airwaves Ducati for 2008, when they initially withdrew from the series over questions about the legality of the Ducati 1098 under the new BSB tuning rules. He joined Airwaves' rivals HM Plant Honda, but the Ducati proved to be the faster bike, with Shakey Byrne dominating the championship. Haslam struggled early in the season and was generally outpaced by younger team-mate Cal Crutchlow, and was excluded from race 2 at Oulton Park after a racing incident with Tom Sykes. Despite several podium finishes his first win did not come until round 8 at Knockhill, when race leader Byrne crashed heavily. He then took a double win at Cadwell Park, despite not starting on the front row

Haslam also made two wild card appearance in the World Superbike Championship at Donington Park and Portimão. A competitive showing at Donington ended with disappointing results. In race one he ran with the leaders after a red flag, but eased off after seeing a white flag with a red cross. In BSB races this indicates the deployment of the safety car, however in WSBK it merely means slippery surface. The time he lost here proved costly, as he was taken out a lap later. In race two he crashed out of fourth place with just three laps to go. At Portimão he finished third in race two, with a German flag above him on the podium, implying that the officials expected Max Neukirchner to overhaul him.

World Superbike Championship 2009–Present[link]

WSBK remained his target for 2009, and he joined the Stiggy Honda team for their first World Superbike campaign, starting the year strongly with a third place finish at the first round at Phillip Island in race two. The Dutch Grand Prix at Assen was also a very successful weekend as Haslam finished on the podium in both races with a third place in race one and a second place in race two. He finished the season 6th overall, comfortably the top privateer. Haslam's impressive results for Stiggy led to Alstare Suzuki signing him to partner Sylvain Guintoli for the 2010 season. He took his first WSBK pole in the 2010 season opener at Phillip Island. He then went on to win his first World Superbike race in race one, narrowly beating Michel Fabrizio by 0.004 seconds at the line in the closest finish ever recorded in a World Superbike race. Haslam was also in control of race two until 3 turns from the end he was overtaken by the eventual winner Carlos Checa. He took two second places at round 2 in Portugal. These strong results continued in the early part of the season, before a run of four successive wins for Max Biaggi's Aprilia. This led Haslam to publicly ask Suzuki Japan for more resources, in order to prevent their title challenge from faltering. Haslam beat Biaggi in both Silverstone races, to trim Biaggi's championship lead to 60 points. The championship went down to the penultimate round at Imola with Haslam needing to win, in race one both Haslam and Biaggi made mistakes, Biaggi ran straight on at turns 3 and 4 the Villeneuve esses cutting across the track right in front of the competitors and was lucky not to be hit or fall off, he recovered to finish 11th while Haslam was 2nd going into the final lap, coming into rivazza one Haslam tried to go underneath race leader Carlos Checa, Haslam however could not stop the bike and ended up in the gravel and could only manage a 5th place, in race 2 Biaggi made a much better start and was right at the front from the start, with Haslam. Haslam made a mistake on lap 7 which dropped him back to 5th place, trying to make his way back up the field going through the Villeneuve esses his engine blew up, this was the Suzuki's first mechanical failure of the year. This handed the title to Max Biaggi who came home 5th, with wild celebrations on the slow down lap. On the 27 September Haslam was released from his 2 year contact with Alstare Suzuki by mutual consent, team manager Francis Batta citing the lack of response to the call for help from the Suzuki factory.

On 28 September 2010, Haslam signed a two year contract with the BMW team to ride in the 2011 Superbike World Championship season.

Career statistics[link]

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Superbike World Championship[link]

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! R1

! R2

! R1

! R2

! R1

! R2

! R1

! R2

! R1

! R2

2003 Superbike World Championship season>2003

! Ducati

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21st

35

!

2004 Superbike World Championship season>2004

! Ducati

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8th

169

!

2008 Superbike World Championship season>2008

! Honda

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22nd

33

!

2009 Superbike World Championship season>2009

! Honda

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bgcolor="#efcfff"

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6th

219

!

2010 Superbike World Championship season>2010

! Suzuki

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2011 Superbike World Championship season>2011

BMW_Motorrad>BMW

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! 5th

! 224

2012 Superbike World Championship season>2012

BMW Motorrad>BMW

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! 7th*

! 58*

* Season in progress.

British Superbike Championship[link]

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2005 British Superbike Championship season>2005

! Ducati

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2006 British Superbike Championship season>2006

! Ducati

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2007 British Superbike Championship season>2007

! Ducati

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2008 British Superbike Championship season>2008

! Honda

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Personal life[link]

Leon has two sisters, Emma and Zoe. In 2010, he married his long term partner, former glamour model turned TV preseter Olivia Stringer in Sweden, who gave birth to their daughter Ava May in December 2011.

Haslam owns the snooker cue that Peter Ebdon used to win the 2002 World Snooker Championship, and has it framed on his wall. He also enjoys playing poker, pool and golf, and supports Manchester United F.C.. His training partners include his wife, and the Formula Renault front-runner Riki Christodulou. At Mallory Park he also made his debut in the British Rallycross Championship in a Suzuki Swift, for which he then stated he had plans to run in the series part-time in 2010.

References[link]

External links[link]

History on his official site

Leon Haslam full profile

See also[link]

1998 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

1999 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

2000 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

2001 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

2002 Grand Prix motorcycle racing season

2003 Superbike World Championship season

2004 Superbike World Championship season

2008 Superbike World Championship season

2009 Superbike World Championship season

2010 Superbike World Championship season

2005 British Superbike Championship season

2006 British Superbike Championship season

2007 British Superbike Championship season

2008 British Superbike Championship season

Category:People from Derbyshire Category:English motorcycle racers Category:500cc World Championship riders Category:Superbike World Championship riders Category:British Superbike Championship riders Category:Living people Category:1983 births

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name	James Toseland
nationality	English
birth date	October 05, 1980
birth place	Doncaster, South Yorkshire
bike number	52
motogp active years	2008-2009
motogp manufacturers	Yamaha
motogp championships	0
motogp race starts	31
motogp race wins	0
motogp podiums	0
motogp poles	0
motogp fastest laps	0
motogp total points	183
motogp last season	2009
motogp last position	13th (78 pts)
sbk active years	- ,
sbk manufacturers	Ducati, Honda, Yamaha, BMW Motorrad
sbk championships	2 ,
sbk race starts	168
sbk race wins	16
sbk podiums	57
sbk poles	4
sbk fastest laps	2
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James Michael Toseland (born 5 October 1980 in Doncaster, South Yorkshire) is an English former motorcycle racer. Toseland was the World Superbike Champion on a Ten Kate Honda, who also won the Superbike World Championship on a Ducati. He is one of only two men, the other being Troy Corser, to have won the Superbike World Championship for two different manufacturers. On 9th September 2011 he officially retired from professional motorsport due to a wrist injury sustained in March 2011 at an official World Superbike Championship testing session at Motorland Aragon, Spain.

Toseland is also a pianist (reaching Grade 6) and singer who performs regularly with his band "Crash" when not at home in the Isle of Man, Toseland performed alongside Ray Stubbs for BBC's Sport Relief, as well as playing a piano set at the British sports personality of the year awards 2007.

Biography[link]

Born in Doncaster, his parents separated and Toseland was raised by his mother in Kiveton Park in Rotherham. After his mother started a relationship with Ken Wright, Toseland accepted him as his default father figure, and began taking interest in Wright's hobbies. Toseland started taking piano lessons aged eight, taught by a professional pianist; while he also started riding motocross bikes on the coal slag heaps close to his home. He was taught from Year 7 to Year 11 at Wales High School, located in Kiveton Park.

While his mother struggled with income, Wright and Toseland would attend Junior trials and motocross events across the UK. After his mother's relationship with Wright started breaking down in his early teens, Toseland chose to support his depressed mother and ended his relationship with Wright after he broke up with his mother - Wright later committed suicide. Toseland kept up his piano lessons, achieving Grade 6 - not enough for him to gain a place at the London College of Music.

Toseland is engaged to pop singer Katie Melua, according to an announcement on her official website on 18 January 2012.

Motorcycle racing career[link]

Transferring his motorcycle career from off-road to road racing after Ken's death, Toseland quickly worked his way up through the ranks becoming 1995 Junior Road Race Champion and moving on to 125cc racing in the UK Superteen series and sprang to prominence in the late nineties when he dominated the Honda CB500 Cup series aged 17. He was picked up to ride a Supersport Honda and won races at national level.

World Supersport 1998-1999[link]

As a result he was signed to the factory Castrol Honda World Supersport squad where he rode for two years finishing 18th and 11th in the championship with best results of 8th in his first year and 6th in the first round of the second year.

British Superbikes 2000[link]

He joined the British Superbike Championship series in 2000, riding for Paul Bird's Vimto-sponsored team on a Honda VTR He contested the first seven rounds, missing four more through injury, and over the course of these picked up 101 points. Altogether, this placed him 12th in the championship, results included seven in the top eight, with sixth place in two separate Oulton Park meetings.

Superbike World Championship[link]

2001-2003[link]

In aged 20, Toseland joined the GSE team to partner Neil Hodgson in World Superbikes. Having never taken a top 5 finish in either the British Superbike Championship or the Supersport World Championship, he was not initially as competitive as Neil Hodgson. But by late he was challenging for top 5 results and took 7th place overall that year. In the team was more competitive than ever, allowing James to take his first win at Oschersleben and 3rd in the championship.

2004[link]

In After Both Neil Hodgson and Ruben Xaus left World Superbikes to race in MotoGP, Toseland joined the factory Fila Ducati team as second rider to the experienced Regis Laconi,racing the dominant 999 F04 motorcycle. Toseland put together a consistent series to stay with Regis Laconi all the way, and ahead at several stages. The final races at Magny-Cours saw the youngster out-ride his experienced team-mate, giving Toseland the title by a nine point margin. A final tally of 336 included three wins and eleven other podium results

2005[link]

proved to be more of a struggle for Toseland, with a lack of team support as well as the returning Suzuki and Yamaha teams, and the improving Honda camp of five riders including Chris Vermeulen and Pierfrancesco Chili. This combination of factors ended the domination of Ducati, and Troy Corser took the championship on a Suzuki, with Toseland finishing 4th.

2006[link]

For Toseland switched to the Winston Ten Kate Racing Honda racing team, replacing the MotoGP-bound Chris Vermeulen, where he rode alongside Australian Karl Muggeridge. He won the season-opener in Qatar, and finished 2nd in the championship behind Troy Bayliss. He was contacted to replaced injured Toni Elías for the Fortuna Honda team for a one-off appearance in MotoGP, but this did not happen for sponsor-related reasons.

Toseland was linked to the D'antin Ducati satellite team in MotoGP in 2006, and received an offer to ride for them in 2007. D'antin have not performed well in recent years however, and Toseland turned the offer down, not willing to make up the grid on a bike that wasn't competitive.

2007[link]

Toseland remained in WSBK for with Ten Kate Racing Honda, despite a firm offer from the Pramac d'Antin team to race in MotoGP. Toseland posted a first/second combination at the first meeting in Qatar, and at Philip Island. He won one race in each of the first five meetings of the year. At Assen he almost took a pair of wins but he was passed by Bayliss, losing by 0.009 seconds. Toseland won his first ever World Superbike double at Brands Hatch on August 5 giving him a 66 point lead in the championship. In the final race at Magny-Cours, he claimed the 2007 World Superbike title with a pole position, seventh position in Race 1, and a sixth place in Race 2, to leave him 2 points ahead of Japan's Noriyuki Haga.

Sports Personality of the Year 2007[link]

Toseland was nominated for the BBC's Sports Personality of the Year 2007 award and came fourth, 710 votes behind Ricky Hatton. He demonstrated his piano-playing abilities in the ceremony, performing a specially written blues/jazz piece. Toseland was however voted as the 2007 BBC Yorkshire Sports Personality of the Year.

MotoGP[link]

2008[link]

Toseland was again linked with the Pramac d'Antin MotoGP team, although rumours had also abounded of a ride with a Honda outfit, and even of Ten Kate Racing making the step up to the premier class and taking Toseland with them. But eventually Toseland confirmed a move to MotoGP for 2008 on 1 August 2007 when he announced that he had signed a one-year contract with factory supported Yamaha team Tech 3. For 2008 Tech 3 switched from Dunlop to Michelin tyres it was also confirmed that Toseland's teammate would be Colin Edwards. Toseland signed a deal with British leather company BKS to supply him with suits whilst competing in the 2008 MotoGP world championship.

Facing eight unknown tracks, Toseland had reason to expect a tough season , but he was immediately more competitive than expected. He qualified in second place and finished sixth in the opening race in Qatar on 9 March 2008.

He then qualified in 8th place and finished sixth in Jerez on 30 March despite suffering from bronchitis.

Toseland shrugged off criticism from fellow MotoGP riders about his aggressive riding style. Chris Vermeulen, Andrea Dovizioso and Casey Stoner were all vocal in their displeasure of Toseland's aggressive overtaking moves. James downplayed the talk and stated that his moves were "hard but fair", and that it was his job to overtake his rivals when he had the chance to do so.

Before the British MotoGP round at Donington Park, Toseland said that if he were the first Briton to win in 27 years at the top level that he would strip naked on the ride back to the pits. However, he crashed in the first corner of the race, but picked his bike up to finish in 17th place, his worst finish of the season to that point, over a lap behind the winner Casey Stoner.

Toseland struggled through the middle part of the season for top 10 finishes, achieving two 9th places (Holland and the United States). One of James's better showings was at Brno where he finished 13th, ahead of his team mate Colin Edwards. Amidst Bridgestone dominance he was the third-highest finisher on Michelin tires, the first being Andrea Dovizioso placed in 9th. At Phillip Island he ran 3rd for a while but ultimately faded to 6th after frantic battles with the works Yamahas of Valentino Rossi and Jorge Lorenzo, plus Dovizioso and Shinya Nakano.

Overall Toseland had a very mixed first year in the Moto GP class, finishing 11th overall in the championship with 105 points. Inconsistency was one of the main problems, with Toseland unable to record regular top 10 results despite having only 2 DNF's.

2009[link]

It was confirmed that Toseland would stay on for 2009 with the Tech 3 Yamaha team, racing alongside Colin Edwards as he did in 2008, after the team extended Toseland's initial contract after two races of the 2008 season. Yamaha have also decided to continue their relationship with the Tech 3 brand through to 2010.

In pre-season testing Toseland suffered two major accidents, one of them resulting in him being diagnosed with a concussion. The start of the season was difficult for Toseland as he could not find a bike setup that was comfortable. In 2008 Toseland had been unhappy with the communication with his engineer and his complaints led to a switch of crew chief with team-mate Colin Edwards. Edwards resented this change and refused to speak with Toseland for the early rounds of the season. Despite the change in crew chief Toseland only finished ahead of Edwards in two races for the year. Toseland also received jump-start penalties at the Laguna Seca and Phillip Island rounds, the former resulting in a disqualification.

On 1 October 2009, Yamaha officially confirmed that Spies will join Yamaha Tech 3 to ride in the 2010 MotoGP Championship, taking Toseland's place in the team. It was announced before the Portuguese GP that Toseland would return to the Superbike World Championship.

Return to Superbike World Championship - and retirement[link]

2010[link]

After losing his place at Tech 3 Yamaha to Ben Spies, Toseland took over Spies' place at the Sterilgarda Yamaha World Superbike team for the 2010 Superbike World Championship season. His teammate was fellow British rider Cal Crutchlow. Toseland struggled to adapt to the new bike early in the season, only gaining 4 podiums going into the last two rounds of the season.

2011[link]

For 2011, after being offered a return to Ten Kate Honda, he signed for the factory-backed BMW Motorrad Italia Team, aboard the BMW S1000RR.

On 9 September 2011, Toseland confirmed that, following the wrist injury sustained during a crash at Aragon in Spain, he would retire immediately.

Career statistics[link]

Notes: Stats correct as of 9 September 2011 (*)= Season in progress (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in ''italics'' indicate fastest lap)

All Time[link]

Series		! Years Active	! Races	! Poles	! Podiums				! Fast Laps	! Titles
colspan=2	1998-1999	17	0	0				0	0
colspan=2	2001-07, 2010-2011	201	4	61				2	2
colspan=2	2008-09	34	0	0				0	0
Total			! 252	! 4	! 61	! 16	! 26	! 19	! 2	! 2

Supersport World Championship[link]

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1998 Supersport World Championship season>1998

Honda

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1999 Supersport World Championship season>1999

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Superbike World Championship[link]

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2001 Superbike World Championship season>2001

Ducati

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2002 Superbike World Championship season>2002

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2003 Superbike World Championship season>2003

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2004 Superbike World Championship season>2004

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2005 Superbike World Championship season>2005

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2006 Superbike World Championship season>2006

Honda

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2007 Superbike World Championship season>2007

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!

2010 Superbike World Championship season>2010

! Yamaha

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bgcolor="#dfdfdf"

bgcolor="#efcfff"

bgcolor="#dfffdf"

bgcolor="#dfffdf"

bgcolor="#dfffdf"

bgcolor="#efcfff"

bgcolor="#dfffdf"

bgcolor="#efcfff"

bgcolor="#dfffdf"

bgcolor="#dfffdf"

bgcolor="#dfffdf"

bgcolor="#dfffdf"

bgcolor="#efcfff"

bgcolor="#dfffdf"

bgcolor="#efcfff"

bgcolor="#efcfff"

bgcolor="#efcfff"

bgcolor="#efcfff"

!

2011 Superbike World Championship season>2011

! BMW

bgcolor="#CFCFFF"

bgcolor="#dfffdf"

bgcolor="#dfffdf"

bgcolor="#dfffdf"

bgcolor="#dfffdf"

bgcolor="#dfffdf"

bgcolor="#efcfff"

!

Grand Prix motorcycle racing results[link]

! Year

! Class

! Bike

! 1

! 2

! 3

! 4

! 5

! 6

! 7

! 8

! 9

! 10

! 11

! 12

! 13

! 14

! 15

! 16

! 17

! 18

! Pos

! Pts

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MotoGP

Yamaha

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bgcolor="#DFFFDF"

bgcolor="#DFFFDF"

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bgcolor="#EFCFFF"

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bgcolor="#DFFFDF"

bgcolor="#CFCFFF"

bgcolor="#DFFFDF"

bgcolor="#DFFFDF"

bgcolor="#DFFFDF"

bgcolor="#DFFFDF"

bgcolor="#DFFFDF"

bgcolor="#CFCFFF"

bgcolor="#DFFFDF"

bgcolor="#DFFFDF"

bgcolor="#EFCFFF"

bgcolor="#DFFFDF"

! 11th

! 105

!align="left"

MotoGP

!align="left"

bgcolor="#CFCFFF"

bgcolor="#DFFFDF"

bgcolor="#DFFFDF"

bgcolor="#DFFFDF"

bgcolor="#DFFFDF"

bgcolor="#DFFFDF"

bgcolor="#DFFFDF"

bgcolor="#000000" style="color:white"

bgcolor="#DFFFDF"

bgcolor="#DFFFDF"

bgcolor="#DFFFDF"

bgcolor="#DFFFDF"

bgcolor="#DFFFDF"

bgcolor="#DFFFDF"

bgcolor="#DFFFDF"

bgcolor="#DFFFDF"

bgcolor="#DFFFDF"

! 14th

! 92

References[link]

External links[link]

Official James Toseland website

James Toseland video interview

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