Lowes made such comments when analysing his Race 2, in which both he and Jonathan Rea were ওpassed by Redding as the BMW rider weꦜnt on to claim his best WorldSBK finish of the year.

It wasn’t without a battle as Rea came back through on Redding with just a couple o🌠f laps remaining, however, the 2020 runner-up produced a great move on the run down to the Melbourne Loop. 

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The reaꦓson Lowes spoke about the BMW not being as♋ bad as some have made it out to be, is because Redding had been quite vocal in his complaints regarding the M 1000 RR’s performance.

Not just in 2023, but also last season as the𒆙 German manufacturer’s lack of competitiveness saw Redding go from being a consistent race winner, to struggling for top ten finishes, on occasion. 

Discussing his race and the performance of Redding’s BMW, Lowes said: "I changed quite a bi🥃g dampening setting for the rear shock. It’s something I wouldn’t normally try but because we seemed to be struggling so much more than the others, it seemed quite positive. 

"Gerloff was wild! He was making mistakes but then fast! I knew he was one of the fastest guys at the end of the race; he🥃 seems to lack pace at the start but at the end, he’s always one of the fastest guys. 

"He made a couple of mistakes, I go꧑t ahead and I felt quite strong coming back to Jonny. With seven or eight laps to go, I was in trouble, especially at Turn 2 when we’re on the side of the tyre and just spinning, so I was finding it hard to just stay in there. 

"Which is weird because Scott complains a lot about the BMW but when you seღe how much grid he had compared to us, you think ‘it can’t be that bad’."

On the other side🍸 of the factory Kawasaki garage, Rea was left slightly frustrated at not claiming a third podium in Race 2. 

"It was🐻 frustrating to lose the fight for the podium at the end," said the six-time world champion. "From the mid-part of the race, I ran out oꦛf rear traction. I was spinning a lot and the bike was moving. 

"With Scott, I thought maybe I could fight in the last corners, but he put together💝 a pretty good penultimate and last sector. 

"It’s hard when the results are flipped; if I’d finished off the🦹 ♐way I started in the Superpole Race; I’d have been super happy. 

"It so goes that the start of my day was great and it didn’t en🦩d so well with a P5, bu♓t we learnt a little bit more about our bike. 

"When the grip levels came up and more rubber ꧂went down on the track, we struggled. The good thing with testing is we’ve sort of ticked the box of helping the front of the bike. Now we need to manage the re𒆙ar tyre a little bit better at the end of races."