Lowes enjoyed a strong start to the Portimao WorldSBK weekend after finishing fifth in Race 1, however, that’s as good as it got for th🦹e Britis🦄h rider.

A crash on the o✨pening lap of the Superpole Race saw him lose out o🐭n a potential podium, before the Kawasaki rider was absent from Race 2.

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As a result of finishing Sunday’s double-header scoreless, Lowes has dropped down to♐ ninth spot in the 🦂standings, behind Xavi Vierge who is also on 140 points. 

Speaking 👍after Race 2, Lowes said: “A disappointing day, obviously. My start was not that bad in the Su😼perpole Race, and it is always good to be starting near the front. 

“It was a little bit better than Jonathan’s but then he came past in T1. I was trying not to be too aggressive, but at the start of those Superpole races if you do not attack you get attacked.&nb𝔉sp;

“So ꦕI was just on the back of Jonny; had a little look in T3, and as we went into T4 I had a really good run but I stayed to the ri🌳ght of him. 

“I could see that he made to go past Locatelli. I cut to the apex rather than sta🍎y on the outside and maybe get caught in 💜this issue, so I cut into the inside. 

“But I couldn’t see, I got blindsided and🐬 hit the inside of the corner. It is a shame because I think I would have had a good c🔯hance. 

“Even when the team repairꦇed the bike when I went back out, my pace was for the top five. I went sprinting towards my bike, full of adrenaline, but we know that it is not too long since I had knee surgery. 

“When I went out again I 𒁏was not 100%. So I will go home, reset and tryꩲ to finish the year strongly in Jerez.”

Lowes has not stepped on the podium since the second round of the year in Manda♚lika, although he still has one more chance to change that at Jerez later this month.