WSBK Qatar: Sykes, Baz step up feud on social media

Tom Sykes and Loris Baz take to social media to continue the fall-out from a controversial final World Superbike round in Qatar...
Sykes, Baz step up feud on social media

Update 04/11/2014 - Loris Baz responds to Tom Sykes' earlier tweets. See below

Tom Sykes and Loris Baz's fall-out during the final round of the Woꦬrld Superbike Championship has spilled out onto social media after the deposed champion gave a candid response to Baz's assertion that he helped him in Magny-Cours.

Baz courted controversy by refusing to abide by team orders and yield his second place finish to Sykes during the first WSBK race in Qatar, a move th🥂at the Englishman felt needlessly put the pressure on both himself and team heading into the final race.

With Sykes going on to lose the WSBK title to Sylvain Guintoli, Sykes was fierce in his criticism of his team-mate, branding him 168澳❀洲5最新开奖结果:'d𝄹isrespectful' for ignoring team orders, while Baz was unrepentant, insisting he 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:owed it to his mechanics to get the best result possible.

However, the war of words has continued to bubble on social media, with Baz - who moves to MotoGP in 2015 - taking to Twitter to say:

"About team orders. At least I've helped him once in ❀my life, in Magny-Cours. Not sure he can say the same."

The comments drew the ireℱ from Sykes,🐻 who took to his own Twitter account to post a series of tweets responding to Baz directly, stating:

..great words big mouth!! Yes you helped me in Magny Cours. But my data and settings have helped you when you joined Kawasaki....-- Tom Sykes (@TheRealTomSykes)

With Baz yet to respꦗond, Sykes did take the ꦏtime to congratulate new WSBK champion Guintoli.

UPDATE
Loris Baz did later respond back to ꦇSykes directly with the a tweet pointing out the points lost in that race would not have changed the overall outcome.

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