I think Toseland will be doing well to end up top 5 in the championship. I'd list Haga / Fabrizio / Rea / Crutchlow / Biaggi all as riders that could probably finish ahead of Toseland. If he can regularly break into that group, I'd consider that a pretty successful return to WSBK. I don't expect him to pull a Sykes and completely disappear though.
I would like to see Hopkins get a decent WSBK ride, but he really needs to figure out how to stay healthy for a season before he could be considered a real contender.
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