The 2024 WorlꦆdSBK season was expected to be a struggle for Kawasaki, but Alex Lowes opened it with what he has called his “favourite win in World Superbikes”ಌ.

Lowes changed crew in 2024, moving to the side of the garage that had been taken by Jonathan Rea previously, after the Northern Irish rider departed Kawꦅasaki for Yamaha.

It was a change that immediately bore fruits, as Lowes woღn the Superpole Race at the opening round of the year in Australia, and backed it up in Race 2 with a victory won on the final lap, ♛passing Alvaro Bautista around the outside of the famous Lukey Heights.

“Race 2 in Phillip Island was probably my favourite win in World Superbikes,” Lowes told WorldSBꦛK.com.

“I knew that🅘 I had to pass Alvaro [Bautista] before the last sector, because in the last sector he was stronger than me, so the only chance I really had was up through the Hayshed and into Lukey Heights.

“[It was] not an eaꦺsy move around the outside. He was going quite defensive on the inside, so I had some space on the outside.

“Luckily for me, I managed to pull it off, and did a good last two corners to hold him off and win the second race o♏f the day.

“I enjoyed planning the race and planning the attack on t🥂he last lap. When you can plan a move like that, and win a race with such a great overtake it’s really rewarding. I really enjoyed it.

“I was emotional, but I waꩵs emotional because it’s never what๊ it seems from the outside; I’d had a tough couple of years.”