Alex Lowes and Axel Bassani will compete in the bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team's true home round for the first time this weekend.

The Pirelli Emilia-Romagna Round of the 2025 World Superbike Championship at the Misano World Circuit Marco Simoncelli is the Bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team's true home round.

This weekend will mark the team's first 'true home round' at an event that is held 20 minutes away from the bimota factory.

Hopes are high for the Italian manufacturer after they claimed their best World Superbike result last time out at the Czech Republic World Superbike Round.

"It’s going to be a fun weekend at the real home race for bimota," Lowes stated ahead of the Misano World Superbike Round.

"We worked hard at the Misano test a few weeks ago and learned a lot about the bike. Since the test, we’ve been working hard to analyse the data and put everything together for race weekend.

"The track itself is a lot of fun to ride and I want to keep trying to improve and fight for our best results of the season with the bimota KB998."

"This weekend we will have another home race," Bassani said.

"It is always good to ride at home, and especially because this time we are really close to the bimota factory, only 20 minutes away. It is a real home round. Like always, I hope to enjoy it, to push 100% on track and give to bimota what they deserve - some good results.

"We will try to continue to improve the bike set-up. We know which areas we have to improve. It is not easy to improve immediately, but I hope in the near future we can. Now, the level of WorldSBK is really high, and we have a brand new bike this year.

"We are trying to do our best and after the recent test at Misano I am feeling quite good. Our pace is not bad. So, with team I think we can do a good job during the weekend."