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Sykes in control despite close times at Donington

First day of action in UK decides top-20 riders for Round 6 Tissot-Superpole. On a day that saw three 45-minute Free Practice sessions for the WorldSBK riders, the final one deciding the 20 riders qualified to tomorrow’s Tissot-Superpole sessions was the most intense as well. Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team) ended day one as the fastest rider to lap the 4.023km Donington Park circuit as the top-13 was covered by only 0.953s. The official Kawasaki rider’s time of 1.28.172 was less than a tenth of a second from his own race lap record set in 2013 and kept the former champion 0.111s ahead of the opposition. Davide Giugliano crashed his Aruba.it Racing Ducati SBK Team entry moments after...
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