San Marino, June 20: James Toseland expects to continue his fine form in Sunday's World Superbike races in San Marino. The HM Plant Ducati rider from Sheffield won his first-ever World Superbike race in Germany earlier this month. And he narrowly lost out on a second last weekend at Silverstone after an epic duel with runaway series leader Neil Hodgson. Toseland, second in the riders' championship, hopes he will again be able to worry former team-mate Hodgson at Misano, especially after recent testing. The 22-year-old said: "I'm looking forward to Misano and the fact that we tested there a little while ago should make things a bit easier.

"I did quite a bit of tyre testing and Dunlop have been working really hard to help us out.

"Misano's a top circuit, I've been round it a few times and I've got a decent set-up, so all the ingredients are there for a good weekend."

Fellow Briton Hodgson goes into this weekend's two races in cautious mood, despite leading the championship by 130 points.

He said: "I'm very much the sort of person who's expecting things to have to happen the hard way. "There's an awful lot more hard work and racing to be done before we get to the end of the season.

"Every round is a hard fight and any of the top five or six riders are capable of winning a race."

Meanwhile, Italian youngster Lorenzo Mauri will stand in for the injured James Haydon at Misano.

Mauri, 26, was recommended by Ducati chief Davide Tardozzi to Foggy Petronas Racing owner Carl Fogarty, who is confident his new rider can cause a stir.

Fogarty said: ""He has got nothing to lose and we have got nothing to lose so, you never know - something just might happen."

Bureau Report