Alex Lowes: New track surface ‘1.5 seconds faster than the past’
Alex Lowes says the new Phillip Island track surface is yielding faster lap times of around 1.5 seconds q♐uicker than previous seasons.

After a new WorldSSP lap record was set on Monday, the WorldSBK lap record tumbled as 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Toprak Razgatlioglu topped the test.
Like Jerez and Portimao, Alex Lowes was the leading Kawasaki rider as he set a t🃏ime o⛄f 1:29.211s to finish fifth fastest.
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Speaking about the gﷺrip on offer, Lowes said: “The test was good. The new surface is really fast, so it feels like 🎃a different track to the one we used in the past.
“W♏e worked really hard on trying to make the used tyres last and it is going to be interesting to see what the organisers do.
“For me, the tyres were OK, even after 18-19 laps. But for some people after six or seven lꦜaps, they are struggling. I was using the SC2 in the front, trying to make the bike work well over the longer distance.
“So, if we make a❀ pitstop some of today’s woꦓrk will not be relevant. The bike felt nice to ride around the track, and there is so much grip that every corner you have your elbow on the floor.
“I guess🉐 it is about 1.5 seconds per lap faster than the past, so it is hard to get your head around 🦩it.
“The la♛p times are so, so close between around 15 riders, if we have a shorter race then the guys with a lot of power and more top speed will not have t🌜o look after their tyres as much.
“We will wait and see. The guys in the team did a really good job. We ha♉d no issues and I thin༒k we did 90 laps, which is a good day’s work. I am now looking forward to race weekend.”
Team-mate A🍃xel Bassani also finished in the top ten as he managed to close the gap between himself and Lowes.
Jerez and Portimao proved tough for the new Kawasaki rider, who replaced six-time world c👍hampion Jonathan Rea after spending three seasons at Motocorsa D𝄹ucati.
But like Lowes, Bassani showed good spᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚeed and was content with his performance.
“The test I think was good,” began Bassani. “We tried a lot of ꦫthings and every time we made a little step forward.

“We started to be near the top five. It was not easy because now the level is incredible. Today, for two tenths or three tenths, I was tenth or 11th. Incredible, a crℱazy situation. But we did, I think, a really good job.
“At the end of the day we started to push to set some fast lapཧs. I made a mistake in the first sector of my best lap, so I think it was possible to be highe🍬r up the order without that mistake.
“Looking to the race weekend, I think our pace over race distance is not bad. All the riders seem to have a problem wit﷽h the tyres after t🍎en or 12 laps, so we will see what happens.
“At the moment, for me, it is better to divide the long races in two, but we will se🧸e what they decide.”