VOL. 50 ISSUE 50 DECEMBER 17, 2013
Not to mention the rest of the
pack.
In winning the first Kawasaki
World Superbike title for 20
years, Sykes is already a green
legend.
We caught up with Sykes the
day after he won his title. And he
was already testing in preparation
for the 2014 title chase. No hangover for the non-drinking Sykes...
History tells us that when a
rider narrowly misses out on
a title it almost crushes them,
but that experience of missing by only half-a-point in 2012
didn't seem to crush you?
The way I looked at it was probably different to what everyone
else has done then.
How dark were things when
you lost the championship by
P93
only half a point?
We came so close last year
and if we had not done it this
year it would have been, "Oh,
Blimey…" That would have been
another challenge, to come back
again stronger. We would have
made it happen, but I think that is
why we saw a lot of punching of
the air and a lot of laughs when I
won the championship because
