Voltcom Suzuki’s Alex Lowes had a rather unlucky World Superbike race weekend at Sepang. The rookie was involved in a crash in race one, leaving him battered and bruised, but he bravely made it out for the second race of the day in the blistering heat.
Despite the collision, with Kawasaki’s Tom Sykes on the first lap - ending his race one campaign early, Lowes regrouped for the second outing, taking his ninth place spot on the grid for the late afternoon contest.
After the brief interruption of the red flag, the circuit debutant restarted the race from 11th. Holding 10th for the majority of the shortened 10 lap race, the British racer pushed his Suzuki GSX-R passed Ducati’s Davide Giugliano to take ninth on the final lap, and in his words ‘dug deep’ for some much needed points.
“There’s not much I can say about race one, but I definitely learnt something in race two. I really didn’t feel good at all, it was a big impact in the race one crash, but I dug deep and it was a good experience overall on a new circuit,” said Lowes.
“It is a great track here at Sepang and I wish I could have done better, but now I’m really looking forward to Misano and seeing how close we can get to the front.”
