Attention ! One Lowes can hide another and the warning is all the more valid since with Alex and Sam from good families, we are dealing with twins. Motorcycling geniuses. We knew Sam Supersport World Champion, in the running for the Moto2 title and future Aprilia official in MotoGP. Now here is Alex who showed himself in broad daylight at Silverstone.
Certainly, alex lowes is still not unknown since it is a terror that rages in World Superbike. Current driver of the Yamaha R1, he had the good idea to win the 08h00 of Suzuka for the Iwata manufacturer, which gave him sufficient legitimacy to ride the M1 of the Grands Prix. At first, this trial run was supposed to be a simple reward. But with the injury of a Bradley Smith in Oschersleben for a round of the Endurance championship, the affair turned into a real career opportunity.
Circumstances therefore sent him to the front of his national Grand Prix within the Tech3 Yamaha team. Given his experience limited to tests already punctuated by a fall, we expected nothing from the Englishman. And he surprised. During the testing sessions, he was his teammate's nightmare Pol Espargaro and, at the end of an eventful race, he crossed the finish line in thirteenth place. All forty seconds behind the winner and twenty seconds behind Lorenzo while his lap times put him only seven tenths behind the regulars in the field with a satellite machine.
To be honest, Alex Lowes certainly has nothing to be ashamed of for his weekend at home. And he can look forward to what comes next in Misano with confidence. Pol Espargaro has been warned! “ Bearing, to be honest, I was not comfortable on the bike » says the teammate Sylvain Guintoli in Superbike. “ I had never ridden this Yamaha for more than six laps in a row and never with full fuel either. I locked the front wheel a couple of times at the start of the race which didn't give me confidence. And then I relaxed, I watched the other pilots to learn and I also tested some riding positions. I was only at 70 or 75% of my level, so far from my aggressiveness in Superbike ».
A wisdom that allowed him to see the arrival. For the rest in Misano, alex lowes gives an indication: “ it would have been interesting to see where I would have stood in relation to Pol who was unable to race because of his accident. I probably wouldn't have beaten him at Silverstone but I would have liked to maintain a gap of ten or fifteen seconds between us at the finish. At the next Grand Prix, I will try to be closer to him ». Hervé Poncharal will break out in a cold sweat.
