Alex Lowes

Alexander Thomas Lowes (born 14 September 1990) is an English motorcycle racer. He signed in October 2019 for the Kawasaki Racing Team in Superbike World Championship as team-mate to multi-world champion Jonathan Rea.

Lowes competed in World Superbike on a Yamaha YZF-R1 for Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK Team, but learned of the loss of his position from 2020 to Toprak Razgatlioglu in August 2019.

Lowes won 2016, 2017 and 2018 Suzuka 8 Hours and was the 2013 title holder of the British Superbike Championship riding a Honda CBR1000RR for Samsung Honda. He previously raced in the British Supersport Championship and the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup. He is the identical twin brother of fellow rider Sam Lowes.

Career Early career Born in Lincoln, England, Lowes began racing motorcycles at the age of six years old. In 1998, he switched to motocross and raced there until 2001, racing in various championships around England. In 2002, he made the switch to road racing in the JRA Championship, racing a Cagiva finishing second overall. In 2003, he raced in the Aprilia Superteen Championship despite only being 12 years old at the beginning of the season. Despite everybody else taking part in the championship being between the age of 13 to 19 years old, Lowes managed to finished fourth overall.

In 2004, Lowes made the switch to the GP125 MRO Championship, he also raced in two events in the German championship, and one event in the British Championship. At the end of the year, he finished runner-up in the GP125 championship, including a win in the Pembrey Circuit at Wales. He switched to the British 125cc championship the following year, racing there until 2006, he also made his debut in the 125cc World Championship racing as a wildcard in Donington Park but he did not finish the race. In 2007, he switched to the British Supersport Championship riding a Honda CBR600RR, where he was the youngest racer in the Championship at the time, making some good results like a tenth place in Thruxton and Croft, finishing behind various experienced racers in the championship.

Superstock Championship For 2008, Lowes switched to the European Superstock 600 championship riding a Kawasaki for Kawasaki Italia. During the year, he had a best finish of second, finishing 16th overall. In 2009, he switched to the FIM Superstock 1000 Championship riding a MV Agusta for the factory, but he struggled during the season, finishing in the points twice, and he and the team missed the final race of the season, due to MV Agusta owners Harley-Davidson putting the marque for sale. His struggles continued for 2010, when he signed with a new Suzuki team, but the team folded before the season began. After this, he received an offer from Seton Tuning Yamaha team and he finished 12th in the final standings with 41 points, despite missing three races. He also made his British Superbike debut riding a KTM in the then new EVO class, where he finished 35th in the points scoring one point. He also made his debut as Wildcard in the World Supersport Championship riding a Yamaha, for Silverstone but he retired due to an accident in the race.

British Superbike Championship In 2011, Lowes raced for four different teams in the year, he began the year with Team WFR in the EVO class riding a Honda, after three rounds with a best finish of fifth, he replaced Stuart Easton in the MSS Colchester Kawasaki team he had a best finish of seventh with the team, later he replaced an injured Jonathan Rea in Ten Kate Racing for the Brno and Silverstone rounds, He had a best finish of 15th in Brno in Race 1, but he retired in the next three races, returning to the British Championship, he lost his ride with the MSS Colchester Kawasaki team, he finished the season with the Motorpoint Yamaha team finishing the season with 60 points with a best finish of fifth with WFR Honda and seventh with Motorpoint Yamaha.

For 2012, Lowes returned to race with Team WFR in the championship, he had a highly successful season, finishing fourth making a double win at Silverstone Circuit and entering the championship Showdown he finished the season with 584 points.

For 2013, Lowes joined Samsung Honda, the works team for Honda in BSB. He was highly successful, winning the championship over three-times champion Shane Byrne at the last race at Brands Hatch in October 2013. He then announced that he would be leaving BSB in 2014 to join the World Superbike Championship, resulting in Honda closing down their BSB team for 2014.

Career statistics

Career highlights 2008 - 16th, European Superstock 600 Championship, Kawasaki ZX-6R 2009 - 26th, FIM Superstock 1000 Cup, MV Agusta F4 312 R

European Superstock 600 Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos Pts 2008 Kawasaki VAL ASS MNZ NÜR MIS BRN BRA DON MAG POR 16th 20

FIM Superstock 1000 Cup Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 Pos Pts 2009 MV Agusta VALRet NEDRet MNZRet SMR25 DONRet BRN13 NŰRRet IMO11 MAG16 ALG 26th 8

British Supersport Championship

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Pts Yamaha BHI THRRet OUL CAD MALRet KNO5 SNE10 BHGP16 CADRet CRO4 SIL7 OUL14 12th 41

British Superbike Championship

Races by year (key) Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos Pts R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 KTM BHI BHI THR THR OULRet OUL20 CADDNS CAD15 MAL MAL KNO KNO SNE SNE SNE BHGP BHGP BHGP CAD CAD CRO CRO SIL SIL OUL OUL OUL 35th 1 Honda BHI12 BHI12 OUL12 OUL14 CRO5 CRO11 20th 60 Kawasaki THR7 THRRet KNORet KNODNS SNE16 SNEDNS OUL13 OULC BHGP21 BHGP20 BHGP16 CAD12 CADRet CADRet Yamaha DON16 DONRet SIL7 SIL12 BHGP15 BHGPRet BHGPDNS Honda BHI17 BHIC THR22 THR8 OULDNS OUL10 OUL10 SNE5 SNE6 KNO9 KNO8 OULRet OUL9 OUL6 BHGP7 BHGP6 CAD2 CAD4 DON6 DON5 ASS3 ASS3 SIL1 SIL1 BHGPRet BHGPRet BHGPRet 4th 584 Honda BHI2 BHI2 THR3 THR2 OUL1 OUL3 KNORet KNO4 SNE1 SNE2 BHGP2 BHGP3 OUL3 OULRet OUL3 CAD1 CAD1 DON1 DON1 ASS1 ASSDSQ SIL1 SIL2 BHGP2 BHGPRet BHGP2 1st 643

Supersport World Championship

Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pos Pts Yamaha AUS POR SPA NED ITA RSA USA SMR CZE GBR GER ITA FRA NC 0

Superbike World Championship By season Season still in progress.

Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pos Pts R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 Honda AUS AUS EUR EUR NED NED ITA ITA USA USA SMR SMR SPA SPA CZE15 CZERet GBRRet GBRRet GER GER ITA ITA FRA FRA POR POR 33rd 1 Suzuki AUSRet AUS13 SPA10 SPARet NED9 NED2 ITA8 ITA10 GBR3 GBR9 MALRet MAL9 ITARet ITA8 POR6 POR4 USA8 USARet SPARet SPA9 FRARet FRARet QAT10 QAT9 11th 139 Suzuki AUS9 AUSRet THA7 THA3 SPANC SPA14 NEDRet NED9 ITA12 ITA10 GBR6 GBR6 POR10 POR13 ITA12 ITARet USA6 USARet MAL6 MAL8 SPA7 SPA18 FRA8 FRA10 QATRet QATRet 10th 135 Yamaha AUSRet AUS14 THA6 THARet SPA8 SPA9 NED8 NED7 ITA11 ITA6 MAL5 MALRet GBRDNS GBRDNS ITA13 ITA8 USA5 USA14 GER8 GERRet FRA11 FRA19 SPARet SPA7 QAT7 QAT10 12th 131 Yamaha AUS4 AUS4 THA6 THA4 SPA4 SPA13 NEDRet NED5 ITA8 ITA6 GBR3 GBR5 ITA2 ITARet USARet USA9 GER6 GER5 POR18 PORRet FRA5 FRA2 SPA4 SPA4 QATRet QAT3 5th 242 Yamaha AUS6 AUS5 THA5 THA3 SPA7 SPA4 NED12 NED14 ITA10 ITA6 GBR4 GBR4 CZE5 CZE1 USA3 USA4 ITARet ITA6 POR10 POR11 FRA18 FRA7 ARG7 ARG6 QAT3 QATC 6th 248 Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pos Pts R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 R1 SR R2 Yamaha AUS AUS AUS THA THA THA SPA SPA SPA NED NED NED ITA ITA ITA SPA SPA SPA ITA ITA ITA GBR GBR GBR USA USA USA POR POR POR FRA FRA FRA ARG ARG ARG QAT QAT QAT 3rd 341 Kawasaki AUS AUS AUS SPA SPA SPA POR POR POR SPA SPA SPA SPA SPA SPA SPA SPA SPA FRA FRA FRA POR POR POR 6th 189 Kawasaki SPA SPA SPA POR POR POR ITA ITA ITA GBR GBR GBR NED NED NED CZE CZE CZE SPA SPA SPA FRA FRA FRA SPA SPA SPA SPA SPA SPA POR POR POR ARG ARG ARG INA INA INA 8th 213 Kawasaki SPA SPA SPA NED NED NED POR POR POR ITA ITA ITA GBR GBR GBR CZE CZE CZE FRA FRA FRA SPA SPA SPA POR POR POR ARG ARG ARG INA INA INA AUS AUS AUS 6th 272 Kawasaki AUS AUS AUS INA INA INA NED NED NED SPA SPA SPA ITA ITA ITA GBR GBR GBR ITA ITA ITA CZE CZE CZE FRA FRA FRA SPA SPA SPA POR POR POR SPA SPA SPA 11th 149 Kawasaki AUS AUS AUS SPA SPA SPA NED NED NED ITA ITA ITA GBR GBR GBR CZE CZE CZE POR POR POR FRA FRA FRA ITA ITA ITA SPA SPA SPA POR POR POR SPA SPA SPA 4th 316 Bimota AUS AUS AUS POR POR POR NED NED NED ITA ITA ITA CZE CZE CZE EMI EMI EMI GBR GBR GBR HUN HUN HUN FRA FRA FRA ARA ARA ARA POR POR POR SPA SPA SPA 6th 218 Bimota AUS AUS AUS POR POR POR NED NED NED HUN HUN HUN CZE CZE CZE ARA ARA ARA EMI EMI EMI GBR GBR GBR FRA FRA FRA ITA ITA ITA POR POR POR SPA SPA SPA 5th* 48* Season still in progress.

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season Season Class Motorcycle Team Race Win Podium Pole FLap Pts Plcd 125cc Honda Double Vision Racing 1 0 0 0 0 0 NC 2016 MotoGP Yamaha Monster Yamaha Tech 3 2 0 0 0 0 3 24th Total 3 0 0 0 0 3

Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap) Year Class Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pos Pts 125cc Honda SPA QAT TUR CHN FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE MAL AUS JPN POR VAL NC 0 MotoGP Yamaha QAT ARG AME SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GER AUT CZE GBR RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL 24th 3

Suzuka 8 Hours results Year Team Co-riders Bike Pos 2015 Yoshimura Suzuki Shell Advance Takuya Tsuda Josh Waters Suzuki GSX-R1000 5th 2016 Yamaha Factory Racing Team Pol Espargaró Katsuyuki Nakasuga Yamaha YZF-R1 1st 2017 Yamaha Factory Racing Team Michael van der Mark Katsuyuki Nakasuga Yamaha YZF-R1 1st 2018 Yamaha Factory Racing Team Michael van der Mark Katsuyuki Nakasuga Yamaha YZF-R1 1st 2019 Yamaha Factory Racing Team Michael van der Mark Katsuyuki Nakasuga Yamaha YZF-R1 2nd