Sunday, 20th April 2008

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"There is no point on this track where you're going in a straight line," Jennings says. "It's one continual corner. It's also bumpy, fast and it wrecks tyres. Tom uses less than half the braking force here than at some circuits, but he's hard on the throttle for long periods of time."

Like all the BSB teams, Rizla Suzuki lost three days of testing at Snetterton in March, and a race-day experience in the opening round at Brands Hatch earlier this month, both due to snow. But now it's time to forget the frustrations of lost track time and shoebox working conditions and get Sykes and team-mate Atsushi Watanabe out for morning warm-up.

There are 24 races to go, and against the HM Plant Honda and Airwaves Ducati squads, it's going to be tough for the Rizla Suzuki crew.

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