Kawasaki’s Tom Sykes believes he has found his form and a setup for the ZX-10R just in time to try and stop team-mate Jonathan Rea walking off with the World Superbike Championship trophy.

The pair shared wins at Portimao last year and both are very much at home with the track. Last time out, Sykes took a double win at his favourite track and is looking to do the same this weekend in the Algarve.

“I feel good after the Donington Park round, really happy with the way we approached the weekend in general. The way we evaluated everything and moved forward paid off. We have a good track record at Donington but we did nothing special. We had made some small steps at previous events, turned a corner at Imola and that carried on to Donington,” said Sykes.

“I needed to get my season going and in the last four races we have been second, second, first and first. So I have felt more at home on the bike and we have had been doing a lot of points scoring. I feel I have a bike setup where if I get passed I can re-pass, and that really excites me.

“I feel we have made improvements in general and we have a fairly decent track record at a number of the circuits coming up so I feel we have the setup heading in the right direction in the nick of time. I won a race at Portimão last year and I am really looking forward to heading to Portugal and experiencing the KRT Ninja ZX-10R there.”