Official Kawasaki Racing Team rider Tom Sykes has already started his preparations for the 2012 FIM Superbike World Championship, which will kick off at the famous Phillip Island circuit in Australia on 26th February.

After two winter test sessions in Spain, at Aragon and more recently Valencia, Tom Sykes enters the enforced winter break in good spirits after posting strong performances.

Tom Sykes will carry on the momentum of his WSBK career with Kawasaki again in 2012 after he recently agreed terms to race the potent Ninja ZX-10R for the Kawasaki Racing Team, in what will be his third straight year of involvement with the Japanese manufacturer.

At the final round of the season in Portugal Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team Superbike) could not hit the kind of highs that saw him score a pole position and take a race win earlier in the year on his Kawasaki Racing Team Superbike Ninja ZX-10R, but he scored good points after a gutsy ride against the odds in race one.

Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team Superbike) was once more a factor in the top end of global Superbike racing this weekend, qualifying in the top six before his fortune faded on race day, leaving him tenth and then a non-finisher in the two 23-lap races at the Magny Cours circuit in France.

Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team Superbike) took another step up in his WSBK career by demonstrating strong form on his official Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R all weekend at Imola, from first practice until race day.

In response to recent events, and as the sole appointed party responsible for negotiating Tom Sykes' ongoing contracts, we can confirm the following:

Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team Superbike) proved to be the first rider capable of taking the 2011 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R to a WSBK race win after he rode brilliantly in wet conditions at the Nürburgring, Germany in race two.

A home round at Silverstone for Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team Superbike) was eagerly anticipated by all in his factory squad and for most of practice and the two official qualifying sessions things were working well for the Yorkshire-born rider.

Brno in the Czech Republic provided two contrasting experiences for top World Superbike rider Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team Superbike) as he qualified on the second row, but was powerless to prevent each race developing into a fight to keep his position as the laps counted down.

Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team Superbike) had an impressive fifth place in race one and then an unlucky fall in race two at the new WSBK racing venue of Motorland Aragon. This was after having ridden consistently inside the top five places during practice and qualifying. Tom remains 13th in the overall championship fight, within ten points of a top ten ranking as the midseason point has now been reached.

Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team Superbike) followed up on his fantastic Tissot Superpole win from Saturday with a fourth place in race one at Misano in the sixth round of the 2011 FIM Superbike World Championship.

Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team Superbike) had a far more productive and rewarding race weekend in America this year than he did in 2010, with the new Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R taking him to a sixth in race one, then tenth in race two and 13th in the overall championship standings.

Yorkshireman Tom Sykes (Kawasaki Racing Team Superbike) put in a full effort over the entire weekend at round four of the Superbike World Championship, but he was unable to find a machine setting that would allow him to compete near the front of the field at Monza.

Kawasaki Racing Team Superbike competitor Tom Sykes left Assen the joint highest placed Kawasaki rider in the overall standings, but a raceday full of promise and potential eventually turned into an unlucky experience for the straight talking Yorkshireman.

World Superbike contender Tom Sykes has put a frustrating result at Donington behind him and is now fully focused on the next round of the championship at Assen, Netherlands on 17th April.

Kawasaki Racing Team Superbike rider Tom Sykes was on course for some of his best results in WSBK racing when he qualified his 2011 Ninja ZX-10R third on the grid after an epic superpole performance, particularly as he achieved the feat using a race tyre and not a qualifying rubber.

With a month having now passed since the opening round of the 2011 FIM World Superbike Championship in Australia, the action moves closer to home this weekend, as Tom Sykes looks to make the most of the first of two home events this season.

Tom Sykes pushed himself to the limit in practice and in each 22-lap Superbike World Championship race at Phillip Island this weekend, putting himself in among the contenders and leaving Australia with an overall eighth place championship ranking. Including wild cards, 22 riders lined up at the awesome Phillip Island circuit for round one.

Britain’s top WSB rider Tom Sykes has just completed two days of hectic testing at Phillip Island, Australia ahead of this weekend’s season opening event, and had this to say to his fans back at home.

The official IMS test sessions at Portimao gave Tom Sykes and Joan Lascorz the first chance to measure the progress of the all-new Ninja ZX-10R against its peers, with more than encouraging results.

The culmination of four days of testing for Kawasaki Racing Team riders Tom Sykes and Joan Lascorz at Sepang has provided a positive start to the overall campaign in 2011.