The world of Grands Prix is unforgiving. In no time, you can go from hero to zero. An amplitude experienced by Sam Lowes who had the wind in his sails before flying off to an overseas campaign where he suffered a burst of falls. Since then, he has been looking for his second wind.
We expected him to be the big entertainer at the end of the Moto2 season with a possible rise to the top of the general classification that his last victory in Aragon foreshadowed. But on the contrary he played absent subscribers, leaving it to Tom Luthi to keep us in suspense.
A disappointment all the more marked as his three overseas Grands Prix were as many disasters. Three retirements, no points scored and a return to Europe with the inglorious status of the driver who crashed most often this season in all categories. Sam Lowes regrets no less than 30 against 24 Jack Miller in MotoGP or even 26 to Rodrigo in Moto3.
So much for the future Aprilia MotoGP rider who attracts the critical eye of his boss Gresini. Enough to be spleen: “ It didn't turn out the way I wanted » regrets Alex's twin brother on crash.netand an Sam Lowes who admits not having properly recovered from his disillusionment at home, during a Grand Prix at Silverstone where he had trouble with the now double title Johann zarco : " I didn't think it would have affected me. I crashed at Misano because this situation with Zarco made me nervous ».
« It was a strange situation because I have nothing against him. I think he's a good driver. I was just very disappointed. I put a lot of heart into this race at Silverstone. I thought I had done a perfect job so far, and that was the case. I was still on this when I went to Misano ».
Certainly, but then there was success in Aragon: “ I felt good there and I told myself that things were finally going to work out as they should. In Japan, I was fighting with Zarco and I took a bump with the front and fell. Phillip Island was a disaster with a head impact in the first session and a pretty violent fall in warm-up and the bike had to be rebuilt ».
« All of this is very frustrating and we attract comments from certain people who pointed out that I fell a lot. I am aware thank you. I'm still here, no one has died, it's not the end of the world. I won't be World Champion, but I suspected it from Silverstone ". This British Grand Prix, always…
He finishes : " some people are not happy but I won two races and I had six pole positions this season. I am a fast driver. I think I can be useful to Aprilia in MotoGP and I will team up with Aleix Espargaró. I will demonstrate that what people say about me is false. This is the kind of thing that has always motivated me in my career and it will be even stronger for next year. People who criticize me say things I already know and I'm not from their world ". In a few days in Valencia, Sam Lowes will have change to give.
