SYKES TARGETS DONINGTON VICTORY
 Rizla
Suzuki's Tom Sykes battled his way to a superb second place
finish last time out at Brands Hatch but he is hoping to go
one better at his favourite UK circuit, Donington Park, on
Bank Holiday Monday May 26th.
The 2.5 mile Grand Prix circuit in Derbyshire will be the
location for round four of the hotly-contested Bennetts British
Superbike Championship. Sykes has been on fast form and running
at the front and is now hoping to translate that into his
first win of the year for his Rizla Suzuki team.
Donington Park will once again be a new challenge to two
times Japanese Superbike Champion Atsushi Watanabe. He has
completed a track day there with assistance from John Reynolds,
three times British Superbike Champion. Watanabe enjoyed the
wide, flowing track and is aiming for a healthy qualifying
session which will give him a good grid placing and a strong
top-ten finish.
Race one takes place on Monday at 1300 with race two at 1530.
Jack Valentine - Team Manager Rizla Suzuki:
"Donington Park should be a good circuit for Rizla Suzuki;
it will suit our GSX-R1000s. Tom loves racing at Donington
and has done extremely well there in the past. He secured
pole position and two second places last year so hopefully
with his Rizla Suzuki he will claim his first British Superbike
win.
"As for Atsu, he has some experience on this track now
and he likes it. I hope he is able to settle into the circuit
early in the weekend and pull in the results we know he is
capable of. He has spent a lot of time with his team and has
got his Rizla Suzuki working how he wants it. I think we have
a good weekend ahead of us."
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