Alex Lowes, Axel Bassani explain Bimota shortcomings after KB998 WorldSBK debut
The first race of the 2025 WorldSBK season ex💮posed some o🐓f the issues that face new manufacturer Bimota.

Bimota finally made its 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:World Superbike return lasܫt weekend at Phillip Island, with the three races at the Australian Round seeing the KB998 so𓆉lidly in the top 10.
🐷The best result for Bimota came in the Superpole Race, when Alex Lowes finished seventh. The British rider was eighth in both long races, bu♛t felt on Sunday he lacked front end confidence.
“It was good on Sunday and I think we improved the bike a little bit ꦆas the weekend went on,” said Lo🌠wes.
“The races were solid. We finished in the positions we thought we might finish in – sev💃enth and eighth today – but I did not have the confidence in the bike to reall♍y fight and was missing the ability to pass.
“I was stuck for the whole second race behind Andrea Locatelli. Respect to him because he mജade no mistakes, but I was in the position that if he went quicker [then] I went quicker, but I couldn’t get past him.
“If I step back and assess the whole week of offic💯ial testing and then the first race weekend, it was a good week. We got a lot of information, this was our first time trying the bike in hotter conditions, the first time ever trying the bike with an SC1 tyre in the back, and there are only two Bimota KB998 Rimini race bikes in the world – Axel’s [Bassani] and mine.
“We finished all three races and we will take🧜 a lot of information back to Europe. We have to be happy with the solid job we did.”
Lowes’ teammate, Axel Bassani, added that the KB998 was strugglingജ in the straight at Phillip Island.
“Race 2 was a hard one as we are struggling on the straight against som𝄹e other riders,” Bassani said.
“The sꦬtart was not really good but afterwards I gained some positions and after a few laps we also recovered track position towards Alex [Lowes] and Andrea Locatelli, who were riding in front.
“The pace was not bad and I wa🅺s feeling better than yesterday on the bike. We improved a lot. We were always there, nearly ready to make an overtake but nevไer from a ‘safe’ position.
“We were always top-10🌳 in Australia, and both Bimota KB998 Rimini b𝕴ikes were together, near each other at the end of the races, so we have to be happy.
“But, at the same time, we have to understand that we have a𒈔 lot of work♎ to do.”

Alex joined the team in August of 2024 having covered consumer and racing motorcycle news a☂t🐻 Visordown for two years.