Third fastest at the Portimao WorldSBK test, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Lowes was mightily impressive as he built on a strong outing at Jerez, where he again outpaced new team-mate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Axel Bassani.

Lowes, who finished just ov𓆉er three 🍎tenths off Toprak Razgatlioglu, said most of pre-season testing has been about ironing out Kawasaki's problems over long runs.

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And the Brit is confident they’ve found improvements: “Here, Jerez and the end of last season we’ve been working really hard on used tyres, long runs,” Lowes told Worl🎃dSBK.com.

“It’s an area where we’ve been struggling. Today was the first time we used☂ a qualifiyng tyre and I was able to do a good lap, my best ever lap at Portimao.

“This means that the work we’re doing is working. My pace was strong today. Thin൲k I had a really strong pace, enjoyed riding the bike and did 90 💖laps.

“We’ve made a step there and made the bike easier to ride. It was good if you got everything right but the window to ride was q💧uite small.

“🌠We’ve opened that window up a bit. We can be excited about the♏ first round.”

But while the improvements on Lowes’🐭s side of the garage have been clear, Bassani has struggled so far to adapt to the ZX-10RR.

On♊e rider who has jumped onto a new bike - although he was previously aboard the Panigale V2 in WorldSSP - is Nicolo Bulega, who finished second behind Razgatlioglu.

The factory Ducati rider has been the star of pre-season testin𒁏g, and Lowes was not surprised by the Italian’s performances🔯.

“I expec💃ted Bulega to be strong,” added Lowes. “All the Ducatis but especially the factory Ducati is a special bit of kit. Best🐻 bike on the grid I believe.

“And he’s a Supersport world champion anꩵd has always shoౠwn a lot of promise.

“He’s where we would expect him to be. He’s not going to be slow🐟.”