Third fastest at the Portimao WorldSBK test, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alex Lowes was mightily impressive as he built on a strong outing at Jerez, where he again outpaced new team-mate 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Axel Bassani.

Lowes, who finished just ove🎶r three tenths off Toprak Razgatlioglu, said most of pre-season testing has been about ironing out Kawasaki's problems over long runs.

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And the Brit is confident they’ve found improvements: “Here, Jerez and the end of last season we’ve been working really hard on used tyres, long runs,” Lowes to📖ld WorldSBK.com.

“It’s an area where we’ve been♌ struggling. Today was the first time we used a qualifiyn🙈g tyre and I was able to do a good lap, my best ever lap at Portimao.

“This means that the work weꦰ’re doing is working. My pace was strong today. Think I had a really strong pace, en🍰joyed riding the bike and did 90 laps.

“We’ve made a step there෴ and made th𓃲e bike easier to ride. It was good if you got everything right but the window to ride was quite small.

“We’ve opened that window up a bit. We can be꧟ excited about the first roไund.”

But while the improvements on Lowes’s side of the garage have been clear, Bassani has struggled so far to adapt to the🧸 ZX-10RR.

One rider who has jumped onto a new bike - although he was previously aboard the Panigale V2 in WorldSSP - is Nicolo Bulega, wh♈o finished se🧔cond behind Razgatlioglu.

The factory Ducati rider has been the star of pre-season testing, and L🌳owes was no𒆙t surprised by the Italian’s performances.

“I expected Bulega to be strong,” added Lowes. “All the Duc🍨atis but especially the factory Ducati♚ is a special bit of kit. Best bike on the grid I believe.

“And he’s a Supersport world champion and൩ has always shown👍 a lot of promise.

“He’s where we would expect him to be. He’s♍ not going to be slow.”