Neil Hodgson and James Toseland have endured the one-month break from the Superbike World Championship and are eager to get back on their GSE Ducatis and attack the three remaining rounds of the series.

This weekend, the GSE Racing team and both its riders will enter unraced territory by competing on the new circuit at Oschersleben in Germany.

"I like the challenge of a new track and Oschersleben will be no different,” said Hodgson, who is fifth in the championship. “I've been studying it on video and like what I see. The track appears to be technical and slightly undulating. It will certainly give me something to think about on the first day of qualifying. The last new track we visited was Lausitzring and I ended up on the podium there, so I'd obviously be happy with a similar result!

"I'm really pleased with the run of form that I've enjoyed over the past five rounds of the championship. I feel that I've been riding well and the results have finally come my way. I can't see any reason why that can't continue, although with the battle for the top five places hotting up, it's certainly going to be a tough weekend.

"There has been some speculation in the press about my plans for next year, but I'm not even giving that a second thought. I am completely focussed on the job in hand and working with GSE Racing to get the results we need to finish the year on a high. I'm really enjoying my racing at the moment and that says a lot for the rest of the team and the progress we have made."

Supporting Neil will be the ever-improving James Toseland, who has secured his best results of the season over the past three rounds: Misano 11th and 8th; Laguna Seca 10th and 7th; and Brands Hatch 11th and 6th.

"It’s going to be a difficult weekend for GSE Racing, as we're just about the only team that hasn't been to Oschersleben,” said the 20-year-old from Sheffield. “I plan to adopt my usual approach to go out there and see what happens. It’ll be hard to match my performance at Brands Hatch, but then there’ll be no added pressure. I know that I can count on the team's support to achieve an optimum set-up for the bike and then the rest will be down to me. Neil's in the same boat and I know that we'll be helping each other to keep the GSE Racing Ducatis on the pace. It has been an unbelievable year. It would be good to finish in the top ten, but we'll have to see how it goes over the last three events. It doesn’t matter on paper, because I feel that I have become a top ten contender, and that's what is important to me."

Troy Bayliss leads the championship on 303 points and defending World Champion, Colin Edwards is second. Ben Bostrom, Troy Corser and Hodgson are the next in line and will the three mostly likely to fight for victory at the remaining three rounds at Oschersleben (Germany), Assen (The
Netherlands) and Imola (Italy).