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Lowes needs 'one more win' to wrap up Supersport title

Britain's Sam Lowes says he will be going for the win at the next World Supersport round in Turkey as that is all he needs to wrap up the 2014 title.

But he knows it will be a tough ask as he will be racing in the backyard of his title rival Kenan Sofuoglu, who will have the expectations of a nation resting on his shoulders when the lights go out on a week on Sunday.

"Obviously, I want to win the title as soon as possible and I want to do that in Turkey but it is never over until it is over so I'm not saying that it's a dead certainty. I only need one wore win," said Lowes.

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"It's going to be a tough ask to do it in Kenan's home country but as usual I will try my best and hopefully I can bring it home. If not, then we will try again at Magny-Cours."

Sofuoglu, meanwhile, says there will be no home advantage as he has only ever attended a media event at the Istanbul Park circuit and never raced there. He is angry about his crash in Germany and wants to make amends.

"It was very important for me to win in Germany even though it wouldn't have made a big difference in terms of title chase. I tried all my best to stay with Sam but I pushed too hard and crashed. Of course I was clearly not happy of the DNF," says Sofuoglu.

"I think racing in front of my home crowd will boost my confidence, but everybody is expecting me to win so it won't be an easy task. A lot of people still cannot believe that I don't know the track, I never raced or trained there because it hasn't been in WSBK plans for the last seven years. I've been in the paddock for a few times and I've done three laps of the circuit, two years ago."

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