Off the back of a first 1-2 finish as Elf Marc VDS team-mates, Sam Lowes and Augusto Fernandez expect to contend for Moto2 victory at this weekend’s second Portuguese Grand Prix of 2021.
Sam Lowes breaks an 11 race podium drought to claim a first Moto2 win since doing the double in Qatar. Team-mate Augusto Fernandez recovers from a long-lap penalty to take second.
Sam Lowes built up slowly to finish his session with a late pole position as Raul Fernandez’s run came to an end in the gravel in qualifying for the Emilia Romangna Moto2 Grand Prix.
Alex Lowes is aiming to complete a full WorldSBK round for the first time since Catalunya; ‘I’ve been working hard to improve the condition of my hand and wrist and after missing most of the previous two events’.
After a difficult opening Jerez World Superbike race, Alex Lowes decided to skip the second feature race due to injury and instead focus on Portimao this weekend; ‘There was a short turnaround for us today for the second race and we decided that the best thing to do was get a week’s rest’.
Alex Lowes returns to Assen - scene of his first WorldSBK rostrum with high intentions following an inconsistent home round; ‘this will be my first experience of Assen on the Ninja ZX-10RR. The target is to fight for the podium.”
Alex Lowes endures a ‘tough’ Sunday at WorldSBK Donington following race one podium; ‘I expected to be really strong, but I was just slower than expected.”
Alex Lowes is one of many riders that will be getting the first taste of Misano on their current WorldSBK machinery after last year’s cancelled Italian round.