Alex Lowes: “Toprak is really able to extract a lot from the BMW”

Aleᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚx Lowes pinpoints Toprak Razgatlioglu and Alvaro Bautista as the main riders to beat at Misano.

Toprak Razgatlioglu, Alex Lowes, Race1, Dutch WorldSBK, 20 April
Toprak Razgatlioglu, Alex Lowes, Race1, Dutch WorldSBK, 20 April

Following the recent WorldSBK test at Misano, top two in the championship 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alvaro Bautista and 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Toprak Razgatlioglu remain the riders to beat, according to 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alex Lowes.

Lowes, who led thไe championship following his double win at the season-opener in Phillip Island, has remained close in the standings although Bautista and Razgatlioglu have been stronger than the Kawasaki rider for several races.

So it will come as no surprise to hear that Lowes is pickingꦿ the pair as the ones to watch at Misano later this month.

Lowes said: “It’s so close now in WorldSBK.𒆙 You’ve got Toprak and Bautista, and we know ♉how fast Alvaro is around here on the rhythm.

“We can s♚ee that Toprak is really able to extract a lot from that bike, and♋ Superpole has never been his strong suit.

“He improved a lot on the Yamaha last year, but he shows wha𝓀t a package they’ve got n𝓀ow when they’ve got grip.”

In terms of the Misano test itself, Low♒es admitted he would have liked to complete a longer race run than he managed over the two days.

“I would have liked to have done a longer run,” began the Kawasaki rider. “We’ve always struggled on the SCX tyre, so we’re not 100% sure what Pirelli are going to bring, but whenever there’s been the option of the SC0, then we’re always quite strong compare🍌d to everyone else.

“Our bike is worki▨ng well with the SC0. One of our focuses was to try and do a long run with the SCX, bu🌠t we didn’t get to do that.”

For team-mate Axel Bassani, the chance to test and fur🌸ther his progress aboard the ZX-10RR was something he needed, as improvements with the SCQ tyre were m𝓡ade.

“The feeling with the SCX was better than the feeling with the SCQ,”🔜 added Bassani. “I’m happy bec🐓ause we’ve found more front-end feeling with the SCQ.

“The lap was not so good, but the ideal lap was not so bad. Now we have to check an🍸d find the right setup for the bike before the race weekend.”

“We’ve definitely improved the bike a little bit in the electron𝄹ics. The bike is less aggressive to try and move, especially with the SCX tyre on the Kawasaki.”

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