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Second row for gritty Sykes
47 Minutes ago
Rizla Suzuki's Tom Sykes showed his speed by sitting on pole position for nearly half of the wet Superpole at the Donington Park 11th round of the World Superbike Championship, before eventually ending up seventh after a late crash meant he wasn’t able to improve as the track became faster. Due to the wet conditions Superpole took a different form where each rider is allowed a maximum of 12 laps. Sykes went out early in the session using only five of his laps and securing pole position which he then held for 23-minutes.
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Bayliss Leads the Way at Donington as BSB Riders Make Their Mark
Yesterday
Troy Bayliss (Ducati Xerox) led the way in qualifying at a cold and wet Donington Park circuit as a group of British Superbike wild-card riders made a good impression on the first day of action. The 39 year-old Australian, who has never actually won at the Leicestershire track, clocked a time of 1 minute 44.377 seconds to hold the overnight pole from Brands Hatch winner Ryuichi Kiyonari (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda). The Japanese rider, British champion for the last two years, was one-tenth behind Bayliss in second but a fraction ahead of a trio of current BSB riders headed by Cal Crutchlow (HM Plant Honda), Tom Sykes (Rizla Suzuki) and Leon Haslam (HM Plant Honda).
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Sykes Storms to Fourth Place at Wet Donington Park
Yesterday
Rizla Suzuki's Tom Sykes is on the provisional front row for round 11 of this weekend’s World Superbike double-header after finishing this afternoon’s first wet qualifying session in fourth place at Donington Park. The Rizla Suzuki team spent the free practice session fine tuning Sykes’s machine which paid dividends during qualifying. Sykes’s World Superbike qualifying time was five seconds faster than his time set at the British Superbike round at Donington Park and two seconds clear of the pole time for that event, showing just how much progress the team has made with its wet settings.
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World Superbike Resumes After Summer Break with Donington Classic
2 Days ago
This coming weekend at Donington, the HANNspree Superbike World Championship takes up again where it left off exactly one month ago with a round on British soil, the eleventh appointment in this year’s exciting championship and the first of the final four that will lead to the crowning of the 2008 champion. The first weekend in September is a new date for the East Midlands circuit, which will host a World Superbike round for the seventeenth time in its history, having been the venue for the first event of the production-based championship way back in April 1988.
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Sykes Limbers Up for Second World Attempt
6 Days ago
Tom Sykes and his Rizla Suzuki team are gearing up for their second appearance on the world stage as round 11 of the World Superbike Championship takes place at Donington Park in Leicestershire this weekend, with Sykes hoping to pull in an impressive result. On his debut outing at World Superbike level during round 10 of the Championship at Brands Hatch, Sykes surprised and impressed the regular front runners by taking the fight to the likes of Troy Bayliss, Noriyuki Haga and Max Biaggi on his BSB specification Rizla Suzuki.
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Bayliss Aims for Winning British Finale En Route to Third Title
29 August 2008
Troy Bayliss is gearing up for the British finale to his illustrious motorcycle racing career in the eleventh round of the World Superbike Championship at Donington Park over the weekend of 5-6-7 September. The Ducati race-ace arrives at the Leicestershire grand prix circuit with a commanding 82 points lead as he bids to take the crown for the third time before hanging up his leather but Bayliss knows that nothing comes easy in this hard fought series.
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Tom up to Second in Title Race
26 August 2008
Rizla Suzuki's Tom Sykes took two well-earned second places in today’s ninth round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship at Cadwell Park in Lincolnshire to move up to second overall in the title chase while his team mate Atsushi Watanabe took a ninth and followed it with a season best seventh. Tom led for two-thirds of the opening race and posted the fastest lap before being out-braked at the end of the straight on lap 10 as he took a tear-off from his visor. He remained in contention for the win right until the end but was just beaten to the chequered flag at the 2.18-mile picturesque track by Honda’s Leon Haslam. Atsu started from eighth on the grid and impressed to record ninth in warm sunshine.
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Sykes & Haslam Gunning for Glory
18 August 2008
Fresh from their Scottish victories, Tom Sykes and Leon Haslam are eager for more of the same as the chase for the Bennetts British Superbike crown moves into the final third of the campaign at Cadwell Park over the Bank Holiday weekend. The man they have to beat is former champion Shane Byrne who has amassed a 110 points lead in the title stakes – the Airwaves Ducati rider has recovered from the bruising he took in a heavy tumble at Knockhill and is promising to show what might have been in that race. Byrne has won eight races so far, not finishing off the podium until that crash last time out, but he is taking nothing for granted as the young-guns of the series make determined challenges.
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Battling Brits, led by Tom Sykes, bid for 'wild-card' World glory
17 August 2008
Troy Bayliss is intent on a winning finale as he races Superbikes for the last time in this country at Donington Park on Sunday 7 September prior to hanging up his leathers at the end of the season, but five wild-card British riders, among them Tom Sykes, are determined to spoil the party for the Aussie ace.
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Victory for Sykes at Knockhill
12 August 2008
Rizla Suzuik’s Tom Sykes took his third win in a row at the eighth round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship at Knockhill in Scotland today, and then backed it up in a damp crash-littered shortened second race with a competitive fourth place. After a good start in race one, Sykes battled with Ducati's Michael Rutter on the damp but fast drying track, passing him on lap nine and never looking back. After winning the last two races at Oulton Park it marked a unique hat-trick of victories for the Huddersfield ace. Rizla Suzuki's Atsushi Watanabe started from 16th on the grid and was fighting for a season's best top 10 result when he was hit by another rider and crashed out unhurt.
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Successful Free Practice for Sykes & Watanabe at Knockhill
12 August 2008
Rizla Suzuki’s Tom Sykes and Atsushi Watanabe got the eighth round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship at Knockhill off to a good start today, with Sykes taking third place and Watanabe finishing in an encouraging 14th.
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Haslam & Byrne Fastest, Just, from Sykes & Crutchlow
08 August 2008
Leon Haslam and Shane Byrne jointly topped the free practice leaderboard ahead of the eighth round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship at the short, but challenging Knockhill circuit in Fife. In a fast, and frantic session, just 0.008 seconds separated the top four riders, with Tom Sykes and Cal Crutchlow continuing their recent strong form as they closed in on the leading duo in an afternoon session in which the top ten riders were little more than half a second apart.
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Rizla Suzuki Prepares for Highland Fling
06 August 2008
Rizla Suzuki’s Tom Sykes fresh from his impressive debut ride at World Superbike level is now limbering up for the challenges of Knockhill in Scotland, ahead of the eighth round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship. Following on from his double win at Oulton Park and his top 10 finish at World Superbikes, Sykes is on a roll and hopes to capitalise on his recent run of form. Now in third place in the Championship he is hungry for more wins and more points in order to close down the gap to second place overall.
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Sykes Eager for More but Byrne Determined
06 August 2008
Tom Sykes admits to having a few sleepless nights during the past couple of weeks, but that is all down to the excitement of enjoying a maiden Bennetts British Superbike winning double, and then making his debut onto the World stage. The Rizla Suzuki rider has put all of that behind him and is now concentrating hard on racking up more points in this weekend’s eighth round at the short, but demanding Knockhill circuit.
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Sykes Shows Podium Potential on World Superbike Debut
05 August 2008
Rizla Suzuki’s Tom Sykes made a stunning World Superbike debut at Brands Hatch during round 10 of the Hannspree World Superbike Championship, finishing race two in seventh after retiring from third during race one due to a stone-hole in his radiator. Sykes got off to an excellent start in the opening race and settled comfortably into fourth position. On the opening lap he was pressuring multiple World Champion Max Biaggi when a stone fired through his radiator holing it - forcing him to retire nine laps later while in third place.
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Pirelli Brands Hatch Race Review
04 August 2008
After two days of practice in an uncertain atmosphere, due to changing weather conditions, Troy Bayliss took the Superpole prize with a 1'25.656 lap, ahead of Haga, Kiyonari and Smrz, who were also on the first row. Just a few raindrops came along at the start of the Superpole laps, but that was enough for it to be declared ‘wet’; and then the sun came back… Wet Superpole is run in a different format compared to the solo lap of the ‘dry’ version: it’s a 50 minute session with a maximum of 12 pit lane exits for the riders. Bayliss only realized the fastest lap in the last moments, when the racetrack was completely dry and riders were finally running with Pirelli qualifiers. A great performance came from the English rider Tom Sykes, on the Rizla Suzuki which he races with in the BSB (British National championship) - which is also a single make Pirelli Championship. Sykes took a great 6th grid spot, behind Corser but ahead of Biaggi and the three Suzuki Alstare riders.
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Super Sykes Sixth in Superpole Debut
02 August 2008
Superbike race one is at noon on Sunday August 3rd with race two at 1530. British Eurosport will broadcast live from 11:00-17:00 or you can watch on-line at worldsbk.com.
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Japanese Trio Hit the Front in SBK Qualifying at Brands
02 August 2008
A trio of Japanese riders hit the front in the first qualifying session for round 10 of the HANNspree FIM Superbike World Championship at Brands Hatch, with two-times British Superbike champion Ryuichi Kiyonari clocking a time of 1 minute 26.017 seconds to take provisional pole. The Hannspree Ten Kate Honda man, who also won the Suzuka 8 Hours a few days ago, was just a fraction ahead of his fellow countryman Noriyuki Haga (Yamaha Motor Italia WSB), second quickest today despite a late trip into the gravel. Suzuki Alstare’s Yukio Kagayama set a similar time to Haga to grab the third slot, while Italian Max Biaggi (Sterilgarda Go Eleven Ducati) was a further fraction of a second behind to complete the provisional front row.
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Sykes Ninth in World Superbike Debut Qualifying
02 August 2008
Rizla Suzuki's Tom Sykes showed raw ability and speed during the opening day of the 10th round of the World Superbike Championship at Brands Hatch in Kent, qualifying in a competitive ninth place, just half a second away from pole position.
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Chris Jones Riders Fund at Brands Hatch WSB
01 August 2008
As the World's best riders prepare to battle it out on track this weekend at what is set to be one of the most exciting race weekend's of the year, the Chris Jones Riders Fund will be there in force with their stand and various helpers, pop in say hello and make a donation, for just £1 you could also be in with a chance of winning a Honda 600 in Hannspree colours. Not only that but you can be part of the 'Fred and Scoop Charity Chat Show' which will take place at the Brands Hatch Thistle Hotel, situated at the main entrance, on Friday night, 1st August from 7pm, entry is only £5 with all proceeds going to the CJ Fund. Top names will be attending from the World Superbike scene and once again the chat show will provide some light entertainment as the riders are quizzed by circuit commentators Fred Clarke and Larry 'Scoop' Carter.
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