Victorious in both Sunday WorldSBK races at Phillip Island, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alex Lowes heads into this weekend’♋s race as the cham♐pionship leader.

Lowes enjoyed his best start ever to a WorldSBK campaign, as he looks to continue Kawasaki’s impressive resul🍌ts 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, t🐼he 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 l🍒ast week was a struggle as Lowes suffered several crashes.

And while the podium battle could be a big one according to Lowes, the British rider is aiming to be i🗹n the mix.

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

“There’re 15 or 16 guys that can challenge for the podium. Small details 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 managing these when the pressure is on.

“Pere [Riba, crew chief to Lowes] hཧas been there and he can relate to a little bit more. Three topꦉ 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 fas𒉰test guys at the test. If 🔥the weekend starts well for him, he has to be confident.

Axel [Bassani] is a good guꩵy to be around, younger than me, but it’s his fourth ye♌ar in WorldSBK.

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