TOM SYKES “It looks like there are people making a big deal out of this but the long and short is that he made an uncalculated pass, ran wide and obviously I focused on my exit up the hill. He obviously looked to cut it back, he was off the line, and he tried to cut it back onto the racing line and I was there so… People can say what they want but there was nothing to it, just a racing incident. For example, there was no action taken. I was speaking to race direction, because clearly somebody has complained, but you can see when he passes me into the right, he goes in there too fast and my bike never changes angle. There are a couple of bumps and you see the camera moving but it never changes the degree. It is a nice linear pick up. If there was anything like that you would see it on the camera anyway. The fact is he made a mistake. If I pass somebody on the inside and run wide, when I cut the bike back, you have always got to check. In the early laps there is no gaps. So, two things I do. Check to see if the racing line is clear, as it is you who has made the mistake, and second of all, if you want to give it full gas, stay half a metre off the racing line and you will have no problem. I think it was just obviously a miscalculation on his behalf but I am the one being blamed. It is certainly not my fault. This is what it looks like because you could see that there was no action taken, on the screen I was informed. let’s just say that there are different motivations from different people inside this team. Like I said, it was a mistake on his behalf but they are looking to blame me. Like I say, I dunno what has gone on. But I was taken to race control and they said that Jonathan had already given his side of the story, and I saw from his reactions at the side of the track, so maybe it was him who was doing the complaining."
