Sykes very pleased with KRT project
For Tom Sykes, a rider who gets his head down and the work done in the garage and on track, increased attention is just the natural consequence of all 2012's successful teamwork. "We did a lot of good work between testing and racing last year" said Sykes. "I have stuck at the job with the bike and the team and we have put it in the ballpark at the top level."
Tom Sykes has now reached a kind of folk-hero status to many SBK fans all over the world in the way he rode so well to almost become champion last year. In a way that is so typical of Sykes, a degree of modesty hides his usual steely determination to win in 2013. "I feel that it is great to be acknowledged and that people are getting behind Kawasaki and me now.
I have had some difficult years before then and maybe last year caught some people by surprise. It was a big step up and certainly there are more people looking at us this year to deliver. We will quietly work away and see what we can make happen."
