Victorious in both Sunday WorldSBK races at Phillip Island, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Lowes heads iไnto this weekend’s race as the championship leader.

Lowes enjoyed his best start ever to a WorldSBK campaign, as he looks to continue Kawasaki’s impressive results of the past few s🍨easons, in place of six-time world champion Jonathan Rea. 

• Andrea Iannone pinpoints 💯“main difference” between MotoGP and World Superbikes 

• Topra💞k Razgatlioglu’s ominous warning after💧 BMW iron out “bad luck”

But while the season-opener seemed to suggest Lowes could be a title contender, the real test of his and Kawasaki’s potential will be this ꧒weekend.

Catalunya is kn✱own for being very harsh when it comes to tyre wear, which was K💦awasaki’s biggest weakness in 2023.

The two-day test last week was a struggle as Lowes suffꦆered several crashes.

And while the podium battle could be a big one according to Lowes, the British rider is aiming t🅺o be in the mix.

Lowes said: “There’s not that much grip available so tyres are spinning a lot and with the front tyre, to make the ♒bike turn, it’s using a lot of the tyre.

“There’re 15 or 16 guys that can challenge for the podium. Small detai𓆉ls really matter during the weekend and doing the work in practice. 

“Once the race weekend starts, different situations arise. Problems, things don’t go the way you want, things go better than you expect and it’s about managingꦦ these when the pressure is on.

“Pere [Riba, crew chief to Lowes] has been there and he can relate to a little bit more. Three top six positions, depending on how the race goes maybe we sneak a podium, at a track 🎶we know isn’t on🅘e of our best would be good for us.

“Sam [Lowes] was one of the fastes⭕t guys at the test. If the weekend starts well for him, he has to be confident.

Axel [Bassani] is a good guy 💖to ꧟be around, younger than me, but it’s his fourth year in WorldSBK.

“He deserves a factory ride. He needs to transition𓄧 but he’s doing a good job and he’ll get stronger and stronger.”