Sam Lowes finished Race 1 of the 2024 WorldSBK season in 13th before making a big jump up the order du🦂ring Sunday’s🐬 double-header.

An ♏eighth place result in the Superpole Race was then backed up by his best finish of the weekend, P7 in the restarted Race 2.

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While his 💫brother Alex went on to win both races, Sam Lowes was consistently fast as he built experiences aboar💛d Superbike machinery.

Lowes wasn’t able to match fellow Ducati rookies Nicolo Bulega and Andrea Iannone for pace or 🍷results, but the former Moto2 rider was still strong.

Speaking after his debut weekend in the series, Lowes said: “Normally I wouldn’t be saying a seventh and an eighth𝔍 place is an amazing result, but we must remember this is my first race weekend in WorldSBK and I have to be extremely happy with how things hav♔e gone.

“I enjoyed both races a lot and impoಌrtantly we have been able to gain a lot of experience to help us in the future.

“How to manage🌸 the rear tyre is something I can improve because I genuinely think I could have fought for the podium today with a bit more experience. But I can only b🧔e happy with how I rode.

“I feౠlt good on the bike and I think this weekend is a 🎃good base to build on.

“We finished all three races and the Elf Marc VDS Rac💮ing Team did an amaziᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚng job this weekend.”

The only brand new team to WorldSBK in 2024, Phillip Island was a positive🅷 weekend on many fronts, but also for Al🌸ex Lowes who won for the first time in four years.

Discussing his brother’s triumph, Sam Lowes admitted he’s eager to join him at the front of the fiℱeld moving forward.

“This was our first weekend in WorldSBK and༺ it was a new expe🅰rience, but they all did an awesome job and we can head home happy,” began Lowes. 

“I alsoꦦ want to congratulate my brother Alex on his incredible weekend.

“I’m so happy for him and our family and now we’ve goꦉt to hunt him do✨wn at the next one!”