Keepingꦫ himself firmly in title contention, Alex Lowes made several excellent overtakes on his way to an important P3 in the Superpole Race.

Lo🧜wes picked off Jonathan R🅰ea on the penultimate lap after Remy Gardner opened the door for the Kawasaki rider. 

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Then, Lowes used his pace advantage over the Yamaha in sectors th🉐ree and four to get close heading into the 💦final chicane.

Late on the brakes, Lowes got his ZX-10RR stopped just in time to claim his third podium of the seaso๊n - Lowes’ other two podiums were victories at the season-opener in Phillip Islandꦉ.

Speaking about the Superpole Race, Lowes said: “Yeah it was good. We used the SCQ tyre. There wasn’t much dry track tim🍬e this weekend🌱 and I felt great at the start. I was able to make some passes.

“The speed on the bike was good. Then, like everyone, the tyre didn’t quite last but I had a good battle with Jonathan [Rea🐷] and Remy 🌜[Gardner] and was able to do the famous Assen last corner attack on Remy.

“It was nice to be back on the podium and a good way to start🐓 the day.”

In Race 2, Lowes got a poor star🍰t which made his recovery very difficult as the riders ahead of him were all setting similar lap times.

Lowes, who had previousl🔯y finished every race so far in 2024, then collided with former team-mate Rea which led to him retiring from the race.

“I crꦛashed,” admitted Lowes. “I crashed on the i🔜nside when trying to pass him. I could see he was dropping from the group.

“I struggled 🅷at the start with the X tyre but after three or four laps I felt strong. I tried to make the pass at turn one but it’s a corner that really tightens up and you can go wide, or take another rider wide.

“I just tried to squeeze the brake to make the apex and craꦑshed by myself. But because I was in a position trying to pass him he had nowhere to go.

“Nothing to do with him. It was my fa🥂ult and I apologised to him. It was a mistake on my part.”