Alex Lowes 🦄went fastest in the second practice session on Fridayℱ at the World Superbike round.

🌌He sat out the opening morning session due to the wet conditions before burst🍌ing to the top of the timesheets in the dry in the afternoon.

With no Toprak Razgatlioglu ꦚthis weekend due to injury, and Alvaro Bautista also nursing a knock, the door is ajar for somebody else to claim race victories this weekend in Italy.

Kawasaki rider Lowes pointed out his key area to improve for Saturday: “Corner entry on the slower corners. The corners are quite long, you’re in first and second gear ℱa lot.

“A lot 🦩of engine braking. After a few laps, the rear was sliding a lot.

“This is an area w⛦here we can g🦩et a better feeling.”

He summed up Friday: “It was a positive day. We missed the first session in damp conditioﷺns.

“In the dry in the afternoon, I was able to fin🉐d the feeling quite fast. I tried a couple of the tyres from Pirelli.

“Overall, it was quite positive.

“Hopefully FP3 is dry to check our preferred tyre🦩.

“But they are quite ✅similar - 💙they have slightly different character, one has more grip on the edge, one is a bit better when you lift the bike up.

“We need to decide which will ℱgive us the advantage, 23 laps around any track is a long race.”

Lowes added: “I feel like my race pace should be okay.🐻 We𒈔 don’t know.

“Everybody will improve a lot, aꦏnd 🦂we don’t know this track.

“👍I’m always able to get down to the lap times quite fast.

“I’ve got a good teaꩲm, the guys unღderstand what I need from the bike.

“So I expect to be strong. H✃ow strong? We’ll see.”

He also praised the Cremona circuit for its major improvements since WSBK𝄹 riders tested for the first time earlie🌠r this year.

“Congratulations to the guys from the track, th🧸ey’ve done a fantastic job,” he said.

“It’s like a completely different circuit. Th♒ey’ve improved the run-off, the new grandstands are around, the kerbs are great.

“It was a nice surprise.”