FINAL ROUND/OCTOBER 20, 2013
JEREZ CIRCUIT/JEREZ, SPAIN
WORLD SUPERBIKE
tively recent British Superbike
wild bunch who came over to
World Superbike, and was seldom the most fancied one. But it
is he and not any of the other top
Brits (like Irishman Eugene Laverty, Jonathan Rea, Leon Camier, Leon Haslam or Chaz Davies)
who got to be World Superbike
Champion first.
He won the crown by 23 points
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WORLD SUPERBIKE CHAMPIONSHIP
from Laverty, having taken nine
race wins, 18 podiums, eight Superpoles and 13 fastest laps from
27 stand-alone races in 2013.
"Words cannot describe how I
feel," Sykes said, showing happiness but no real tears in public. "I
am very level headed, but since
Magny-Cours there are moments
where my mind started dreaming. When I was dreaming I had
goose bumps and it was magical
to even dream I could be World
Champion. But that was maybe
two percent of what I am feeling
now after winning the title.
"Sylvain [Guintoli] kept me
so honest in race one and the
championship could have so
easily gone to race two. But we
do our job, kept a clear head and
race two was all about enjoying it.
