Kawasaki's Tom Sykes will be in a one-man team for Assen World Superbike round as his squad have decided not to replace the injured Joan Lascorz, who is slowly recovering from a massive Imola test crash.

Latest reports state the Spaniard has moved his shoulders and hands and, after mucus clears from his lungs, will be taken off the ventiltor at Vall Hebron Hospital, Barcelona as early as Wednesday. Meanwhile, Sykes soldiers on at a track he thinks will favour the ZX-10R.

We showed we had some speed at Assen last year, in terms of sheer speed. But, with the new balance we have found on the Ninja ZX-10R, I am confident we can keep things going in an even better direction this year. I got a chance to test after Imola but the track conditions were very poor at Valencia, as bad as I have ever experienced there," said the Briton.

"Even at the end of two days I was leaving a big dust trail behind me down the straights. We tried out some things on the bike and we still found a couple of things on the bike that we can use later in the season, maybe. And of course every bit of information we discover in testing is very useful to us. I have some good people working with me and they seem to be able to put all the data together into a race package, which is a great asset to have. They are always thinking ahead.”