Alex Lowes returned to winning ways for the first time in four years as ♓he won the Superpole Ra♔ce at Phillip Island.

Like Race 1, Andrea Iannone made the perfect start as he ledꦅ into turn one, however, Lowes quickly took the lead away fro🐽m the Ducati rider.

• Alex Lowes: ‘We got the most 🍃out of the bike,🔥 which was the target’ 

• Jo꧃nathan Rea: “We’re really lost. I don’t have confidence to push”

On the podium in his first-ever Superbike race, Iannone was unable to repeat his success 🦄as a mechanical issue resulted in him dropping back to 14th.

Following an intense battle for the lead during the early stages, Lowes was able to c🦄reate a gap of𝓀 over a second just as Iannone hit trouble.

Andrea Locatelli took second ahead of Toprak Raz🔜gatlioglu who cl🅺aimed his first podium with BMW.

Fourth was Alvaro Bautista, as the reigning two-time WorldSBK champion bounced b🅰ack from a crash ღin the opening race.

It was another tough start to race day number 2 for Jonathan Rea, with♌ th♓e Yamaha rider only tenth.