This end of the year definitely looks like a descent into hell for Sam Lowes who seemed to have done the hard part by winning his ticket to MotoGP. An official pilot contract for the Aprilia factory. Then there was the disappointing epilogue to his Moto2 campaign, the little envied mark of the rider who crashed the most in Grand Prix and finally the tests with the RS-GP. From which came the rumor of his replacement by Eugène Laverty.
This is called falling from Charybdis to Scylla. And to fall, Sam Lowes knows the subject. He crashed in Valencia during pre-season testing on the first day. A violent shock which forced him to rest for the second. Alex's twin brother, a Yamaha Superbike rider, still managed to Jerez to continue his mission to discover Noale's machine. Without convincing. Worse, doubts have arisen about its future.
Noises that his chief engineer Giulio Nava wanted to silence by putting his pilot’s performance in a context marked by a small form: “ Sam still suffers from the after-effects of his fall in Valencia » he specifies on GP One. " But he wanted to be in Jerez to continue working on the RS-GP. A long season awaits us and it is important to accumulate kilometers with the bike and to familiarize ourselves with the team ».
« Despite his difficult physical condition, these tests were useful to Sam for his learning. I am sure he will start to show his potential when the school year begins in Malaysia. The tests he has completed so far cannot be taken into consideration to judge his level. ».
Sam Lowes clocked 1'42.312 against 1'39.675 signed by his teammate Aleix Espargaró, in full possession of his means and with overflowing enthusiasm for his RS-GP Aprilia.
