Leader of the WorldSBK championship after the opening round in Phillip Island, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Lowes put together his best weekend൩ as a Kawasaki𒁃 rider.

Victory in the Superpole Race and Race 2 was enough to overhaul rookie Nicolo Buleg♏a, as he took over the series lead for the first time since 2020.  

• Jonathan Rea ♕and WorldSBK rivals set for two-day test this week 

• Alex Lowes: ‘Our target is to keep working on race pace, keeping grip for l🧸onger’

One of the best riders in W🌼orldSBK, Lowes never got a true chance 🅺to showcase his skills in MotoGP, as was the case for former team-mate and six-time Superbike champion Jonatan Rea.

Lowes took part in two MotoGP races in 2016, scoring points on his debut, however, when speaking to Keith Huewen on the , the Brit admitted his results in WorldSBk after that weren’t enough to merit a return full-time to ꧒grand prix racing.

“I don’t think I was good enough at the right time,” began Lowes. “Racing🍷 is hard because there are a lot of good people.

“You need the right bike, the right people around you at the riღght time to do a good job and build your confidence.

“There are a lot of things at our level that need to click into place. Johnny 𒆙obviously felt like the offers he had would never really allow him to do as well as he thought he could. That was his excuse to me as to why he didn’t go.

“For me, when ♏I rode in MotoGP in the couple of races I did in 2016, I never looked at someone and thought I can’t do that. But I remember thinking that it’s a differ😼ent kettle of fish.

“The tyres were a lot different and the bike itself w🧸as not massively difficult to ride, but I rem🥀ember speaking to Sam who was going to Aprilia the next year, and you never followed Lorenzo and thought it’s pointless me riding in MotoGP.

“I remember thinking I would like to be on the factory bike to see how well you co🦩uld do. But I kneꦓw the results I had in WorldSBK - I was never going to get that [in MotoGP[.

“My only thought w🐟as to do better in WorldSBK. I never did that so I didn’t deserve the ch🐽ance to go to MotoGP.”

Bringing it back t🍰o WorldSBK, Alex is not the only Lowes brother in the series this season as Sam moved across from Moto2 aboꦬard the favoured Ducati machinery.

And despite Sam being a rookie, Alex Lowes believes he can win a race in 2024, something Bu꧋lega has already achieved on the factory Ducati bike.

“I genuinely think he can win a race as a rookie and I need to get back to that level that 🌺I’ve♌ been at,” said Lowes. 

“One of my targets is to share a podium together whilst🌠 we’re racing together.

“It’s been 15 or 16 years since we have b♊ut if we can be on a World Championship podium together, that’d be amazing – as long as he’s behind me!”