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James Toseland scored the first double victory of his career and his first win at Brands Hatch yesterday when he virtually guaranteed that he will enter the MotoGP series next year as the reigning World Superbike champion.

James Toseland tomorrow gets a last chance to plug a gaping hole in his racing CV ? a victory at Brands Hatch, which is arguably the world's most spectacular superbike circuit.

LONDON (Reuters) - Former world Superbike champion James Toseland will switch to MotoGP next season with Tech3 Yamaha, the factory-supported team said on Thursday.

Britain's top racing motorcyclist James Toseland yesterday announced that he will quit the world superbike championship to ride alongside MotoGP legend Valentino Rossi on a factory Yamaha in 2008.

The Hannspree Ten Kate Honda team have the Championship lead in two world classes World Supersport with Kenan Sofuoglu and World Superbike with James Toseland. If their plans go ahead they will have a bigger grip on the series with more of their bikes on the grid.

James Toseland won his first World Superbike Championship race for three months yesterday to strengthen his grip on the The HANNspree Ten Kate Honda rider took a race win and a second place at the Brno circuit in the Czech Republic as his main title rival, Troy Bayliss, lost ground. Toseland won the battle with Alstare Suzuki's Max Biaggi and Yamaha Italia's Nori Haga to take race one, but lost out to Biaggi in race two.

James Toseland on the Hannspree Ten Kate Honda fended off the attentions of Max Biaggi, Yukio Kagayama and Noriyuki Haga to take one of the toughest wins of the year so far at Brno in the Czech Republic.

Despite clawing to within one race win of Corona Extra World Superbike championship leader James Toseland, Troy Bayliss has a bad feeling about Brno.

The Yamaha Italia Superbike team can't wait to get to Brno for round nine of the Corona Extra Superbike World Championship.

MotoGP veteran Carlos Checa and World Superbike championship leader James Toseland head the entry list for the Suzuka 8 Hours endurance race, which takes place at the famous Japanese circuit on July 29.