Alex Lowes hits the deck twice but claims ‘my pace is good, happier after the test’

Alex Lowes hit the ground twice on the final day of WorldSBK testing in Caওtalunya, but sal🌟vaged a top nine finish.

Alex Lowes, Australian WorldSBK, 20 February
Alex Lowes, Australian WorldSBK, 20 February

Leader of the WorldSBK championship following his double win in Phillip Island, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Lowes arrived in Cata🐲lunya looking t🔥o build on his best ever start to a season.

But day-two saw Lowes crash twice, once at turn five and again🌊 at turn ten, the same corner tha𓃲t caught out Danilo Petrucci who finished third. 

Both cr𓂃ashes led to the left side of Lowes’ handlebar being damaged, but the Kawasaki ride🌺r was still upbeat afterwards.

“It was good and busy,” began Lowes. “I worked a lot today. It’s always hard because p꧅eople are putting tyres in.

“I did a race simulation, trying to look after the tyres esp𒐪eciall൲y the front; this track seems quite low grip and critical on the front.

“I was happy with my consistency in the rac🗹e run, it was certainly a 𝕴lot better than last year with similar conditions.

“We’re making steps forward but so’s everyone else. I was happy enough. The steps we made with the bikღe were good. 

“I used a📖 SCQ at the end, but the second last exit wasn’t really ready for it, so my three laps were all the same. I didn’t go any faster 🤡on the Q.

“My crashes were just small✨ front-end crashes. They were my fault. We’re trying stuff on the bike, electronics, so maybe the setting we had didn’t work.”

Lowes managed to b🐭ounce back from both cras🌊hes and improve his lap time late on as he broke into the top nine.

Much happier with where his ZX-10RR is compared to the last visit to Catalunya, Lowes said: “I think my pace is good, but until 🀅we get there, we don’t know. It’s been good because, Australia 𒈔with the new surface was really grippy and this is one of the least grippy tracks.

“It’s important to come here, get a feel for the stuff we tried in the winter; the electronics and the setting, more the setting than the software as it’s a l🎃ot different to last year.

“I’m a lot happier now I know it works. I did the race simulationཧ today; I▨’ve got the experience of that.

“We’re definitely better prepared even though I had a couple of crashes. I’m🍬 happier after the test than before the𒁃 test because we didn’t know what to expect.”

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