THE Foggy Petronas Racing team is back at full strength with the return of James Haydon for the eighth round of the World Superbike Championship at Laguna Seca, USA, this weekend.

Having been ruled out of action on the FP1 - the Malaysian superbike - for the previous two rounds at Silverstone and Misano, Haydon returns to team up with Troy Corser although he has not fully recovered from the neck injuries suffered in a crash in Germany last month.

And team owner, four-times World Superbike champion Carl Fogarty, hopes that Haydon will use the track time in order to build his confidence ahead of his home round of Brands Hatch in two weeks time.

Fogarty said: "This was always a bogey circuit for me and did not really suit my style of riding.

"I always had to ride harder here than anywhere else to finish anywhere between second and seventh, but it might suit James' riding style a bit more, as long as he is not handicapped by his injuries as it is a very physically demanding circuit.

"After things went better for us at Misano, something similar at Laguna would be fantastic and I am hoping that Troy will be in the top ten again, with James achieving two points finishes.

"My worry is that we might struggle accelerating out of the very slow final corner and down the start-finish straight."

Haydon said: "It's coming on really well and the referred problems in my hands and feet have calmed down.

"But I'm not 100 per cent fit and am still suffering from the problems caused by the prolapsed disc. I am just hoping that it will not interfere with my riding as I am desperate to get back in action."

Both FPR riders have knowledge of the Laguna Seca circuit, set in the hills outside the coastal town of Monterey, California, which features the famous Corkscrew section, at a downhill gradient of 30 per cent.