Toseland is aiming to win the world title for a second time

The Ten Kate Honda rider finished third and 11th in Sunday's two rounds, won by Suzuki's Max Biaggi and Ducati's Troy Bayliss respectively.

Toseland goes into the last weekend, at Magny Cours on 7 October, with a 29 point lead and 50 points up for grabs.

The British rider's nearest rival is now Suzuki rider Max Biaggi.

Toseland began race one from eighth on the grid and did well to avoid the aftermath of the crash which put Troy Corser out of the race.

He settled into fourth place and came close to catching third-placed Noriyuki Haga on the penultimate lap, but had to settle for a place just off the podium and a result which saw him stretch his championship lead to 44 points.

Race two was a harder affair, with traction control problems causing Toseland to crash out on lap nine.

He soon rejoined the race and battled through to finish 11th, picking up five points.

But with Bayliss, Biaggi and Haga all racking up the points, it set up a grand finale in France.

Afterwards, Toseland said he may have paid the price for his haste in returning after Saturday's Superpole crash.

"The guys made a great job of rebuilding my number one bike after the Superpole crash and I chose to ride it," he said.

"This was my decision and maybe it wasn't the best decision.

because we struggled to get the traction control working.

"Having said all that, we've come out of today with a 29 point advantage.

"If someone had told me at the start of the season that that would the case I'd have been happy with that so it's not that bad."

Race one result:
1 M Biaggi (Suzuki) 39 mins 24.967 secs
2 T Bayliss (Ducati) 39:30.605
3 J Toseland (Honda) 39:32.419
4 N Haga (Yamaha) 39:35.046
5 M Fabrizio (Honda) 39:47.224
6 L Lanzi (Ducati) 39:50.629
7 R Laconi (Kawasaki) 39:59.778
8 F Nieto (Kawasaki) 40:03.042
9 S Nakatomi (Yamaha) 40:04.037
10 V Iannuzzi (Kawasaki) 40:12.669

Race two result:
1 T Bayliss (Ducati) 39 mins 30.861 secs
2 M Biaggi (Suzuki) 39:32.292 24
3 N Haga (Yamaha) 39:35.327 24
4 T Corser (Yamaha) 39:44.627 24
5 R Rolfo (Honda) 39:51.709 24
6 R Xaus (Ducati) 39:52.791 24
7 L Lanzi (Ducati) 40:00.708 24
8 F Nieto (Kawasaki) 40:00.847 24
9 S Nakatomi (Yamaha) 40:10.987 24
10 M Neukirchner (Suzuki) 40:11.594 24
11 J Toseland (Honda) 40:13.405

Championship standings:
1 J Toseland (GB) 396 points
2 M Biaggi (It) 367
3 N Haga (Jpn) 363
4 T Bayliss (Aus) 341
5 T Corser (Aus) 267
6 L Lanzi (It) 192
7 R Xaus (Sp) 187
8 R Rolfo (It) 177
9 M Neukirchner (Ger) 136
10 M Fabrizio (It) 123