168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alex Lowes heads into this weekend leading the WorldSBK championship ahead of rookie Nicolo Bulega.

Two wins at the season-opener resulted in Lowes making his best start to a Superbike season, however, round two will present chalꦰlenges that Phillip Island did not. 

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Catalunya is very hard on tyre wear - Phillip Island traditionally is too but the recent track surfacಌe offered a lot more grip than usual - while the 🌌Australian circuit is one of Lowes’ best circuits.

Kawasaki struggled with tyre wear deepꦏ into races in 2023 and Catalunya will provide answers as to whether they have overcome those issues.

Speaking ahead of ✅Friday’s action, Lowes said: “We got a lot of information from the recent test to use over race weekend.

“I feel good but we have work to do to look after the tyres for th🐽e long races. In Australia, with the new surface, the track was really grippy. Catalunya is one of the least grippy tracks.

“So it was important to have tested here to get a feel for the things th🍌at we have tried in the winter tests. 

“The setting in the electronics, ওif not the software it💧self, is a lot different to last year and I am happier now knowing that that works. We are definitely better prepared after the test.

“I like the track and the layout at Catalunya. There is not a lot of grip but there are a lot of long corners where you can slide 𝔍the bike quit🅷e easily. You can always enjoy riding the bike here.”

For Lowes’ team-mate Axel Bassani, Catalunya wil✤l be an opportunity 𒆙to make strides forward following a difficult season-opener.

Th🌜e recent test in Barcelona proved tricky fo🌺r Bassani, who says it will be ‘impossible’ to fight at the front if he qualifies badly.

Bassani added: “We havꩵe done a lot of work in the recent Catalunya test and now we will race at the same track.

“Our ideas are more clean and clear now and we have tried the new tyre🥃 options also.

“For sure it is more easy to do a race weekend if you have two days of testing just bef💧ore - but it is the same for everyone.

“For the race weekend, I am looking to do well in Superpole qualifying. If you start 15th or 16th in Super💦pole it is impossible to f🥂ight with the top guys.

🎀“If we start from the second or third row we have the chance to fight for a good position in the races.”