In what was ꦍthe lone WorldSBK round before COVID-19 came into full effect, Alex Lowes claimed two podiums including a race two win at the 2020 season-opener at Phillip I﷽sland, results that were enough to see him lead the championship. 

However, Lowes is yet to win a 🤪WorldSBK race since, a stat that is quite significant since there have been 58 races during that time - Lowes has taken part in 51 of those. 

But despite a lack of recent success, a now fully healthy and raring to go Lowes, is cꦉonv💜icned wins can take place in 2022. 

"That’s the aim," Lowes t𝓡old WorldSBK.com. "In 2019 I fin🏅ished third and then moved into Kawasaki with big expectations. 

"I was leading the championship after the first𓃲 round before COVID hit, so there’s no question of the level I can be at. 

"But I🐭’m not going to sit here and say ‘it’s a new season, I’m going to win, I feel amazing’; I’ve got too much experience for t🌺hat. 

"I﷽ know I can win and if everything is righ꧂t then I can be there every weekend. But I’m just going to enjoy it. 

"I’m in a fantastic place away from the track an🉐d I’m privileged to b🐬e part of the team."

In terms of whওich rider is the reference heading into the new campaign, many inclu𝕴ding team-mate Jonathan Rea have listed current world champion Toprak Razgatlioglu as the benchmark. 

But for Lowes, the former Pata Yamaha rider believes there’s no one better to measure hi🌊mself against than a six-time world champion on identical machinery.

Lowes continued: "It’s qui🐻te easy for me - I have a guy who’s won six world championships on the other side of the box. 

"He’s not under pressure, but obvi🐎ously expected to be winning races and I expect myself to be up there and challenging him as much as possible. 

"Wherever we stack up in the competition is going to be where we will be. I love a good dogfight and the races where 🥃I’ve won in Australia, it was six-seven people battling together and I💜 love that. 

"If we c𝓀an have that more often then I think it should play into my hands."