Victorious in both Sunday WorldSBK races at Phillip Island, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Lowes heads into this weekend’s race as the c🐻hampionship leader.

Lowes enjoyed his best start ever to a WorldSBK campaign, as he looks to continue Kawasaki’s impressive results of the past few seasoꦅns, in place of six-time wo🐈rld champion Jonathan Rea. 

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But while the season-opener seemed to suggest Lowes could be a ti🔯tle contender, the real test of his and Kaw𒁃asaki’s potential will be this weekend.

Catalunꩲya is known for being very harsh when 🦩it comes to tyre wear, which was Kawasaki’s biggest weakness in 2023.

The two-day test last week was a str💞uggle as Lowes suffered several crashe🅷s.

And while the podium battle could be a big one according to Lowes, the British rider is aiming to be💃 in the mix.

Lowes said: “There’s not that much grip💮 available so tyres are spinning a lot and with the front tyre, to make the bike turn, it’s using a lot of the tyre.

“There’♐re 15 or 16 guys that can challenge for the podium.𓄧 Small details really matter during the weekend and doing the work in practice. 

“💮Once the race weekend starts, different situations arise. Problems, things do🉐n’t go the way you want, things go better than you expect and it’s about managing these when the pressure is on.

“Pere [Riba, crew chief to Lowes] has been there and he c🍸an relate to a little bit more. Three top six positions, 🔯depending on how the race goes maybe we sneak a podium, at a track we know isn’t one of our best would be good for us.

“Sam [Lowes] was one of the fastest guys at the test. If the w𒁏eekend starts we🧸ll for him, he has to be confident.

Axel [Bassani] is a good guy to be aro﷽und, younger than me, but it’s his fourth year in WorldSBK.

“He deserves a ☂🐠factory ride. He needs to transition but he’s doing a good job and he’ll get stronger and stronger.”