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WorldSBK: Alex Lowes claims back to back wins at Phillip Island
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By Luke Newman
After not winning a World Superbike race in four years Alex Lowes has won two races in a row to start his 2024 World Superbike season.
Alex Lowes started the final race of the weekend from pole position after winning his first race in four years in the Superpole Race on Sunday morning. This position was the best case scenario for the British rider and propelled him on to win his second race of the season.
The Kawasaki rider won an interrupted race after his former team-mate, Jonathan Rea, suffered a heavy crash at Turn 11 and the race was Red Flagged. Despite the restart Lowes came out swinging once again and battled against Alvaro Bautista for victory.
The two-time World Superbike Champion, Bautista, claimed his first podium of the season in the final race of the opening weekend. The Spaniard had battled hard all weekend and put all his hard work together in the third race and claimed a second place finish.
Danilo Petrucci became the seventh podium place finisher in three races as the Italian had been almost invisible all weekend, but it all clicked in Race Two. The Barni Spark Ducati rider rounded out an amazing weekend for the team after Yari Montella claimed two race wins in World Supersport.
Andrea Iannone rounded out a brilliant rookie weekend in WorldSBK as he finished just off the podium in fourth place. The Italian was narrowly beaten by Petrucci, but has certainly arrived in WorldSBK.
Three other Ducati’s followed behind Iannone with Nicolo Bulega rounding out the top five as he finished his WorldSBK rookie weekend in fifth place. Michael Ruben Rinaldi finished just behind the rider who replaced him in the Aruba.it Racing – Ducati squad as he finished sixth. Sam Lowes could not reach the heights of his brother but still had a good showing in his rookie WorldSBK weekend as he finished seventh.
The two BMW riders of Garrett Gerloff and Michael van der Mark finished in eighth and ninth place. After the lead BMW rider retired due to a mechanical issue Gerloff finished as the top BMW.
Dominique Aegerter rounded out the top ten after an impressive weekend. Axel Bassani struggled all of pre-season with Kawasaki but finished in 11th. Remy Gardner appeared to have a puncture in Race Two before the restart and had to start from last. However, he made his way up to 12th in the restarted race.
Xavi Vierge, Philipp Oettl and British rider Bradley Ray rounded out the points at Australia.
Toprak Razgatlioglu had to retire after his BMW started bellowing smoke, Rea also did not finish following a heavy fall and Andrea Locatelli risked it all towards the end of the race and shot himself to space as he highsided out of the Miller Hairpin.
2024 Australian WorldSBK | Phillip Island | Race Two Results | Rd. 1 of 12 | |||||
Pos | Rider | Nat | Team | Motorcycle | Gap |
1 | Alex Lowes | GBR | Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK | Kawasaki ZX-10RR | |
2 | Alvaro Bautista | ESP | Aruba.It Racing Ducati | Ducati Panigale V4 R | +0.048 |
3 | Danilo Petrucci | ITA | Barni Spark Racing Team | Ducati Panigale V4 R | +1.178 |
4 | Andrea Iannone | ITA | GoEleven Ducati | Ducati Panigale V4 R | +1.275 |
5 | Nicolo Bulega | ITA | Aruba.It Racing Ducati | Ducati Panigale V4 R | +2.346 |
6 | Michael Ruben Rinaldi | ITA | Motocorsa Ducati | Ducati Panigale V4 R | +2.913 |
7 | Sam Lowes | GBR | Marc VDS Ducati | Ducati Panigale V4 R | +3.480 |
8 | Garrett Gerloff | USA | Bonovo Action BMW | BMW M 1000 RR | +4.119 |
9 | Michael van der Mark | NED | ROKIT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team | BMW M 1000 RR | +5.159 |
10 | Dominique Aegerter | SUI | GYTR GRT Yamaha | Yamaha R1 | +5.165 |
11 | Axel Bassani | ITA | Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK | Kawasaki ZX-10RR | +5.183 |
12 | Remy Gardner | AUS | GYTR GRT Yamaha | Yamaha R1 | +7.652 |
13 | Xavi Vierge | ESP | Team HRC | Honda CBR1000RR-R | +9.082 |
14 | Philipp Oettl | GER | GMT 94 Yamaha | Yamaha R1 | +10.729 |
15 | Bradley Ray | GBR | Yamaha Motoxracing WorldSBK Team | Yamaha R1 | +11.806 |
16 | Tito Rabat | ESP | Puccetti Kawasaki | Kawasaki ZX-10RR | +17.416 |
17 | Scott Redding | GBR | Bonovo Action BMW | BMW M 1000 RR | +21.815 |
18 | Tarran Mackenzie | GBR | MIE Petronas Honda | Honda CBR1000RR-R | +25.481 |
19 | Adam Norrodin | MAL | MIE Petronas Honda | Honda CBR1000RR-R | +32.107 |
DNF | Andrea Locatelli | ITA | Pata Crescent Racing | Yamaha R1 | |
DNF | Toprak Razgatlioglu | TUR | ROKIT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team | BMW M 1000 RR | |
DNF | Jonathan Rea | GBR | Pata Crescent Racing | Yamaha R1 | |
DNS | Iker Lecuona | ESP | Team HRC | Honda CBR1000RR-R |
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