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 over 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 onꦑ used tyres, long runs,” Lowes told WorldSBK.com𒁃.

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

“This means that the work we’re doing is ꦡworking. My pace was strong today. Think I had a really strong pace, enjoyed riding the biওke and did 90 laps.

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

“We’ve opened that window up ꦗa bit. We can be excited♌ about the first round.”

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

One rider who has jumped onto a new bike - altᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚhough he was previously aboard the Panigale V2 in WorldSSP - is Nicolo Bulega, who finished second behind Razgatlioglu.

The factory Ducati rider has been the star of pre-season testin✱g, and Lowes was not surprised by the Italian’s performances.

“I expected Bulega to be strong,” added Lowes. “All the Ducatis but espe༺cially the factory Ducati is a special bit of kit. Best bike on the grid I believe.

“And he’s a Supersport wꦯorld champion and has always shown a lot of promise.

“He’s w൩here we would expect him to be. He’s not going to be slow.”