News 22 Jan 2020

Increasing comfort the target for Lowes in Jerez WorldSBK test

British contender continues transition to Kawasaki Racing Team.

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Alex Lowes is hoping to increase his comfort aboard the Ninja ZX-10RR at this week’s Motul Superbike World Championship (WorldSBK) test at Jerez as he continues his transition to the Kawasaki Racing Team.

The British contender is focused on finalising his set-up before heading to Australia for the season-opener at Phillip Island, explaining the off-season how allowed him to highlight several key areas to improve on.

“I am looking forward to the tests after the winter break and it is going to be nice to get back out riding,” Lowes explained. “With only these two days scheduled before we get out to Australia for the opening round I am hoping for some decent weather to get back up to speed and blow the winter cobwebs off.

“We will start getting focused and dialled in for the first race. We had a good first test back in November and since then there have been a few little things that we highlighted I wanted to improve.

“Even still a few little things with riding position, things like that, so we will focus on them and get as comfy as possible on the bike. That is actually the only target I have got; make sure the bike feels like my own before we get over to Australia and get the year started.”

Testing commences today at the Spanish venue before wrapping up on Thursday.

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