The official Kawasaki Racing Team had a busy August and that paid off in a successful start to September, as Tom Sykes rode to a seventh place in Superpole, and then had a season best of fifth and seventh in the two 20-lap races in Germany.
Sykes had been in contention for strong top ten finishes throughout the Nürburgring weekend, and lived up to these expectations with a best overall raceday result of the year.
Tom had taken a fifth earlier in the season, at Monza, but his seventh in race two in Germany made his most recent performance his most rewarding ever on the 2010 Ninja ZX-10R.
Said Sykes, "We've had quite a strong performance here at the Nürburgring this weekend, from both the team and myself, and I'm very happy with how it's all gone. I just wished we could have hang in there a bit more in race two but overall I can't complain, as it's our best results for the year."
"We came here with a good base package and worked well with what we knew was our setting goal so this meant we didn't need to make big changes, just a few adjustments which are ultimately much easier on a rider," said Tom, who acknowledged the efforts put in during the run up to race weekend were a key to success.
"I was able to just focus on fine-tuning the bike and the best tyre combinations to get my ultimate setting. Overall it's been a massive effort from the team and Kawasaki and although I'd like to thank every individual, I have to give additional thanks to Johnny my crew chief, and Javier from Showa for giving me the best package this weekend, on which I was able to show well in the races and come away with some strong results for Kawasaki."
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