Alex Lowes switches to the championship-winning Kawasaki Racing Team for the 2020 WorldSBK season, after six years of consistent progress onboard Suzuki and Yamaha machinery.
Beginning his career in the 125cc World Championship, Lowes - twin brother to Moto2™ rider Sam Lowes - then went on to compete in British Superbikes for four seasons, becoming the series’ youngest ever winner in 2013.
After a similar 2015, Lowes and the full Crescent Racing team switched to Yamaha machinery for 2016. After that first transitional season (with a Suzuka 8 Hours crown picked up along the way), the English rider began to thrive in 2017, finishing the year fifth in the standings with four podiums. 2018 was a similar year for the Englishman, with one peak moment – his first WorldSBK race win, taken in phenomenal fashion at Brno.
2019 became a true breakout year for Lowes, as he claimed third position in the standings, beaten only by Jonathan Rea and Álvaro Bautista. The 29-year-old picked up nine podiums along the way, earning him a move to one of the most solicited yet challenging seats in WorldSBK: the second factory ZX-10RR alongside Rea.
Adapting quickly to the Kawasaki will be Lowes’ main goal in 2020 – and while a repeat of third would be considered a success for the Englishman, he will surely be eyeing a title challenge very soon.
All time | ||||||||
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Category | Poles | Races | Podiums | Wins | P2 | P3 | Best Race Lap | |
WorldSBK | 1 | 190 | 24 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 6 | |
WorldSSP | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Years | |||||||||
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Year | Cat. | Poles | Races | Podiums | Wins | P2 | P3 | Best Race Lap | Pos. |
2020 | Superbike | 0 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
2019 | Superbike | 0 | 37 | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 |
2018 | Superbike | 1 | 25 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
2017 | Superbike | 0 | 26 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
2016 | Superbike | 0 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 |
2015 | Superbike | 0 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10 |
2014 | Superbike | 0 | 24 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 11 |
2011 | Superbike | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 33 |
2010 | Supersport | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2009 | Superstock 1000 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 26 |
2008 | Superstock 600 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 |