Kawasaki man Sykes on the up
Sykes is 14th in the overall rankings and has a real chance of catching Jakub Smrz, who is only three points ahead, if he repeats his recent form.
Said Sykes, on the eve of the final round, "I am keeping my feet firmly on the ground to see where we end up this weekend." He continued, "We have a good little base setting working now, which was good in Germany and in Italy. So it is now more a case of fine-tuning the set-up of the bike around our optimum setting for the Magny-Cours round, and hopefully the bike will work well again. We will see what the weekend brings."