Toseland: Top three for me in next few weeks

MOTOGP wunderkind James Toseland has said that he'll be on the podium within the next few weeks.

The Yamaha Tech 3 rider was speaking to BBC Radio Sheffield last night and reckoned that he will soon be celebrating his first podium finish in the blue-riband class.

He said: "With the new engine it's really a package that's capable of being on the podium. With the old engine I really felt that I'd ridden the bike to the limit."

James rode a 2007 Yamaha for the first two meetings of the year with both he and team-mate Colin Edwards getting the new pneumatic-valved motors for the last round at Estoril.