Tom Sykes could become Kawasaki’s first WSBK champion in two decades.

Kawasaki Racing Team’s Tom Sykes insists he’s in a relaxed frame of mind ahead of this weekend’s final round of the 2013 Superbike World Championship, where he could win Kawasaki’s first world title since Scott Russell in 1993.

Sykes, who scored the most recent of his nine race victories in the 2013 season at Magny Cours last time out, is now in a commanding position with a 37-point lead as the series heads to Jerez, Spain.

Only two other riders are capable of catching him before the second race ends on Sunday afternoon – Eugene Laverty 37 points back and Sylvain Guintoli a further one point in arrears.

Irrespective of what his rivals do at Jerez, Sykes could wrap up the championship after race one if he scores third place or better.

“Jerez is a very exciting circuit and it is one which we have tested at in the winter,” Sykes said. “We had a couple of tests there and luckily we have some good track information. Everything is in place for us to go there and start racing again.

“I hear people saying I need ‘X’ amount of points or I need to finish in this-or-that position in this race, and so on, but we just need go there and work on our own thing and see what happens after two races.

“I am expecting some of our competition to be strong but we have made improvements on our bike and we will start on Friday morning and see where we are. Jerez is a good circuit to work on to find bike set-up improvements. I am quite relaxed.

“This will be the last round and it all boils down to the last round – again. Last year we were 30.5 points behind at this stage and now we are 37 points in front. We are in a much better position and that is the way I am looking at it.

“I just want to go and enjoy the weekend like always. Hopefully come Sunday afternoon, if all things go well, then we can really enjoy the weekend.”

Since he retook the points advantage after race two at the Nürburgring round Sykes has scored race results of third, second, first, fourth, first and first. In total he has posted 16 podiums, eight Superpole wins and 12 fastest laps.

It’s also been confirmed that regular KRT rider Loris Baz will rejoin the team for the final round after fracturing a vertebra in a warm-up crash at the German round in early September.