Leader of the WorldSBK championship after the opening round in Phillip Island, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Lowes put together ꦡhis best weekend as a Kawasaki rider.

Victory in the Superpole Race and Race꧋ 2 was enough to overhaul rookie Nicolo Bulega, as he took over the series lead for the first ti🌞me since 2020.  

• Jonathan Rea and WorldSBK rivals set for two-day test🦹 this week 

• Alex Lowes: ‘Our target is to keep working on race pa♕ce, keeping grip for longer’

One of the best riders in WorldSBK, Lowes never got a true cha𒐪nce to showcase his skills in MotoGP, as was the case for former team-mate and six-time Superbike champion Jonatan Rea.

Low🦋es took part in two MotoGP races in 2016, scoring points on his debut, however, when speaking to Keith Huewen on the , the Brit admitted his results in WorldSBk after that weren’t enough to merit a return full-time to grand prix racing.

“I don’t think I was good enou💟gh at the right time,” began Lowes. “Racing is hard because there are a lot of good peওople.

“You need the right bike, the right people around you at the right time to do a good job and 🅰build your confi꧂dence.

“There are a lot of things at our level that need to click into place. Johnny obviously felt like the offers he had would never really allow him to do as well as he thought he could. Tha♛t was his excuse to me as to why he didn’t go.

“For me, when I rode in MotoGP in the couple of races I꧒ did in 2016,🌳 I never looked at someone and thought I can’t do that. But I remember thinking that it’s a different kettle of fish.

“The tyres were a lot d🃏ifferent and the bike itself was not massively difficult to ride, but I remember speaking to Sam who was going to Aprilia the next year, and you never followed Lorenzo and th😼ought it’s pointless me riding in MotoGP.

“I remember thinking I would like to be on the fact꧟ory bike to see how well you could do. But I knew the results I had in WorldSBK - I was never going to get that [in MotoGP[.

“My only thoﷺught was to do better in Wor🍒ldSBK. I never did that so I didn’t deserve the chance to go to MotoGP.”

Bringing it back to WorldSBK, Alex is not the only Lowes brother in the series this season as Sam moved across from Moto2 aboardꦦ the favoured Ducati machinery.

And despite Sam being a rookie, Alex Lowꩲes believes he can win a race in 2024, something Bulega has alre♛ady achieved on the factory Ducati bike.

“I genuinely think he can win a race as a rookie and I need to get back to that level that I’ve been at,” said Lowesඣ. 

“One of my targets is to share a podium♈ together whilst we’re racing 🎃together.

“It’s been 15 or 16 years since we have but if we can be on a World Championship podium together, that’d be amazing – as long as ཧhe’s behind me!💙”