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Sykes 'relaxed' on eve of WSBK title decider

Kawasaki's Tom Sykes says he is relaxed ahead of this weekend's World Superbike title decider at Jerez and goes into the clash with a 37-point advantage over Eugene Laverty with only 50 on the table.

Sykes lost the 2012 crown to Max Biaggi by only half a point but is in the drving seat in Spain as he only has to keep the Aprilia opposition in sight in order to go one better and claim his crown.

“Jerez is a very exciting circuit and it is one which we have tested at in the winter. We had a couple of tests there and luckily we have some good track information. Everything is in place for us to go there and start racing again," said Sykes.

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"I hear people saying I need ‘X’ amount of points or I need to finish in this-or-that position in this race, and so on, but we just need go there and work on our own thing and see what happens after two races. I am expecting some of our competition to be strong but we have made improvements on our bike and we will start on Friday morning and see where we are.

"Jerez is a good circuit to work on to find bike set-up improvements. I am quite relaxed. This will be the last round and it all boils down to the last round – again. Last year we were 30.5 points behind at this stage and now we are 37 points in front. We are in a much better position and that is the way I am looking at it.

"I just want to go and enjoy the weekend like always. Hopefully come Sunday afternoon, if all things go well, then we can really enjoy the weekend.”

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