Alex Lowes: ‘I didn’t deserve the chance to go to MotoGP’

Alex Lowes says his performances in WꦇorldSBK were never enough to warrantꩵ a MotoGP opportunity.

Alex Lowes, Superpole Race, Australian WorldSBK, 25 February
Alex Lowes, Superpole Race, Australian WorldSBK, 25 February

Leader of the WorldSBK championship after the opening round in Phillip Island, 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alex Lowesᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ put together hiᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚs best weekend as a Kawasaki rider.

Victory in the Superpole Race and Race 2 was enough to overhaul rookie Nicolo Bulega, as he too𒊎k over the sꦏeries lead for the first time since 2020.  

One of the best riders in WorldSBK, Lowes nev𒀰er got a true chance to showcase his skills in MotoGP, as was the case for former team-mate and six-time Superbike champion Jonatan Rea.

Lowes took part in two MotoGP races in 2016, scoring points on his debut, however, when speaking to Keith Huewen on the , the Brit admitted his results in WorldSBk after ﷽that weren’t enough to merit a return full-time to grand prix racing.

“I don🌼’t think I was good enough at the right time,” began Lowes. “Racing is hard because there are a lot of good people.

“You need the right bike, the right people around you at the right time to do a good job and build you⛦r confidence.

“There are a lot of things at our level that need to click into place. Johnny obviously felt like the offers he had would never really allow him to do as well as he th🃏ought he could. That was his excuse to me as to why he didn’t go.

“For me, when I rode in M𒁏otoGP in the couple of races I did in 2016, I never looked at someone and thought I can’t do that. But I remember thinking that it’s a different kettle of fish.

“The tyres were a lot different and the bike itself was not massively difficult to ride, but I remember speaking to Sam who was going to Aprilia the next year, a🔯nd you never followed Lorenzo and thought it’s pointless me riding in MotoGP.

“I remember thinking I would like to be on the factory bike to see how well you could do. But I knew 𒐪the results I had in WorldSBK - I was never going to get that [in MotoGP𒁏[.

“My only thought was to do better in WorldSBK. I neve💞r did that so I didn’t deserve the chance to go to MotoGP.”

Bringing it back to WorldSBK, Alex i🦂s not the only Lowe🍸s brother in the series this season as Sam moved across from Moto2 aboard the favoured Ducati machinery.

And despite Sam being a rookie, Alex Lowes𓄧 believes he can win a race i👍n 2024, something Bulega has already achieved on the factory Ducati bike.

“I genuinely think he can win a race as a rookie and I need to get back to that level thཧat I’ve been at,” said Lowes. 

“One of🐷 my targets is to share a podium together whilst we’re racing together.

“It’s been 15 or 16 years since we have but if we can be on a World Championship podium t💜ogether, that’d be amazing – as long as he’s behind me!”

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