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 into this weekend’s race as the cham🎃pionship leader.

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

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🍰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 weekend.

Catalunya is known for being very harsh when it comes to tyre wear, which was Kawasaki’s🥀 biggest weakness in 2023.

The two-day test last week was a struggle as Lowes suffered several꧑ crashes.

And while the podium battle could be a big oಌne according to Lowes, the B꧒ritish rider is aiming to be in the mix.

Lowes said: “There’s not that much grip available so t🌃yres are spinning a lot and with the front tyre, to make the bike turn, it’s u🔜sing a lot of the tyre.

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

“Once the race weekend starts, different situations arise. Problems𒊎, things don’t go the way you want, things go better than you 💛expect and it’s about managing 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 one of our best would be good for us.

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

Axel [Bassani] is a good gꦜuy 𒆙to be around, younger than me, but it’s his fourth year in WorldSBK.

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