Alex Lowes

Alex Lowes
Alex Lowes
	Alex Lowes, Parc Fermé, Donington World Superbike 2024
Nationality	British
Born	14 September 1990 (age 34); Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England
Current team	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
Bike number	22
Motorcycle racing career statistics
MotoGP World Championship
Active years	2016
Manufacturers	Yamaha
Championships	0
2016 championship position	24th (3 pts)
125cc World Championship
Active years	2006
Manufacturers	Honda
Championships	0
2006 championship position	NC (0 pts)
Superbike World Championship
Active years	2011, 2014–
Manufacturers	Honda (2011); Suzuki (2014–2015); Yamaha (2016–2019); Kawasaki (2020–);
Championships	0
2024 championship position	4th (316 pts)
Supersport World Championship
Active years	2010
Manufacturers	Yamaha
Championships	0
2010 championship position	NC (0 pts)
British Superbike Championship
Active years	2010–2013
Manufacturers	KTM, Honda, Kawasaki, Yamaha
Championships	1 (2013)
2013 championship position	1st (643 pts)

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.^[1]

He 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.^[2]

He 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.^[3] 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 6 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 2nd 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 4th overall.

In 2004, he 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. Next year he switched to the British 125cc championship, 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, he was the youngest racer in the Championship at the time making some good results like a 10th place in Thruxton and Croft, finishing behind various experienced racers in the championship.

Superstock Championship

For 2008, he switched to the European Superstock 600 championship riding a Kawasaki for Kawasaki Italia he had a best finish of 2nd, 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 3 races, he also made his British Superbike debut riding a KTM in the then new EVO class he finished 35th in the points scoring 1 point. He also made his debut as Wildcard in the World Supersport Championship riding a Yamaha,^[4] for Silverstone but he retired due to an accident in the race.

British Superbike Championship

In 2011, he raced for four different teams in the year, he began the year with Team WFR in the EVO class riding a Honda, after 3 rounds with a best finish of 5th, he replaced Stuart Easton in the MSS Colchester Kawasaki team he had a best finish of 7th with the team,^[5] later he replaced an injured Jonathan Rea in Ten Kate Racing for the Brno and Silverstone rounds,^[6] He had a best finish of 15th in Brno in Race 1, but he retired in the next 3 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 ^[7] finishing the season with 60 points with a best finish of 5th with WFR Honda and 7th with Motorpoint Yamaha.

For 2012 he returned to race with Team WFR in the championship,^[8] he had a highly successful season finishing 4th making a double win at Silverstone Circuit and entering the championship Showdown he finished the season with 584 points.

For 2013 he 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.^[9]

Career statistics

British Superbike Championship

Races by year

(key)

Year	Bike	1		2		3			4		5		6			7			8			9			10		11		12			Pos	Pts
Year	Bike	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	Pos	Pts
2010	KTM	BHI	BHI	THR	THR	OUL RET	OUL 20		CAD DNS	CAD 15	MAL	MAL	KNO	KNO		SNE	SNE	SNE	BHGP	BHGP	BHGP	CAD	CAD		CRO	CRO	SIL	SIL	OUL	OUL	OUL	35th	1
2011	Honda	BHI 12	BHI 12	OUL 12	OUL 14	CRO 5	CRO 11																									20th	60
	Kawasaki								THR 7	THR RET	KNO RET	KNO DNS	SNE 16	SNE DNS		OUL 13	OUL C		BHGP 21	BHGP 20	BHGP 16	CAD 12	CAD RET	CAD RET
	Yamaha																								DON 16	DON RET	SIL 7	SIL 12	BHGP 15	BHGP RET	BHGP DNS
2012	Honda	BHI 17	BHI C	THR 22	THR 8	OUL DNS	OUL 10	OUL 10	SNE 5	SNE 6	KNO 9	KNO 8	OUL RET	OUL 9	OUL 6	BHGP 7	BHGP 6		CAD 2	CAD 4		DON 6	DON 5		ASS 3	ASS 3	SIL 1	SIL 1	BHGP RET	BHGP RET	BHGP RET	4th	584
2013	Honda	BHI 2	BHI 2	THR 3	THR 2	OUL 1	OUL 3		KNO RET	KNO 4	SNE 1	SNE 2	BHGP 2	BHGP 3		OUL 3	OUL RET	OUL 3	CAD 1	CAD 1		DON 1	DON 1		ASS 1	ASS DSQ	SIL 1	SIL 2	BHGP 2	BHGP RET	BHGP 2	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
2010	Yamaha	AUS	POR	SPA	NED	ITA	RSA	USA	SMR	CZE	GBR Ret	GER	ITA	FRA	NC	0

Superbike World Championship

By season

Season	Motorcycle	Team	Race	Win	Podium	Pole	FLap	Pts	Plcd
2011	Honda CBR1000RR	Castrol Honda	4	0	0	0	0	1	33rd
2014	Suzuki GSX-R1000	Voltcom Crescent Suzuki	24	0	2	0	2	139	11th
2015	Suzuki GSX-R1000	Voltcom Crescent Suzuki	26	0	1	0	0	135	10th
2016	Yamaha YZF-R1	Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Official Team	24	0	0	0	1	131	12th
2017	Yamaha YZF-R1	Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Official Team	26	0	4	0	0	242	5th
2018	Yamaha YZF-R1	Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Official Team	25	1	4	1	0	248	6th
2019	Yamaha YZF-R1	Pata Yamaha WorldSBK Official Team	37	0	9	0	2	341	3rd
2020	Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK	24	1	4	0	1	189	6th
2021	Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK	30	0	5	0	0	213	8th
2022	Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK	35	0	4	0	2	272	6th
2023	Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK	30	0	1	0	0	149	11th
2024	Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK	35	2	12	1	1	316	4th
Total			320	4	46	2	9	2376

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
Year	Bike	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	Pos	Pts
2011	Honda	AUS	AUS	EUR	EUR	NED	NED	ITA	ITA	USA	USA	SMR	SMR	SPA	SPA	CZE 15	CZE RET	GBR RET	GBR RET	GER	GER	ITA	ITA	FRA	FRA	POR	POR	33rd	1
2014	Suzuki	AUS RET	AUS 13	SPA 10	SPA RET	NED 9	NED 2	ITA 8	ITA 10	GBR 3	GBR 9	MAL RET	MAL 9	ITA RET	ITA 8	POR 6	POR 4	USA 8	USA RET	SPA RET	SPA 9	FRA RET	FRA RET	QAT 10	QAT 9			11th	139
2015	Suzuki	AUS 9	AUS RET	THA 7	THA 3	SPA NC	SPA 14	NED RET	NED 9	ITA 12	ITA 10	GBR 6	GBR 6	POR 10	POR 13	ITA 12	ITA RET	USA 6	USA RET	MAL 6	MAL 8	SPA 7	SPA 18	FRA 8	FRA 10	QAT RET	QAT RET	10th	135
2016	Yamaha	AUS RET	AUS 14	THA 6	THA RET	SPA 8	SPA 9	NED 8	NED 7	ITA 11	ITA 6	MAL 5	MAL RET	GBR DNS	GBR DNS	ITA 13	ITA 8	USA 5	USA 14	GER 8	GER RET	FRA 11	FRA 19	SPA RET	SPA 7	QAT 7	QAT 10	12th	131
2017	Yamaha	AUS 4	AUS 4	THA 6	THA 4	SPA 4	SPA 13	NED RET	NED 5	ITA 8	ITA 6	GBR 3	GBR 5	ITA 2	ITA RET	USA RET	USA 9	GER 6	GER 5	POR 18	POR RET	FRA 5	FRA 2	SPA 4	SPA 4	QAT RET	QAT 3	5th	242
2018	Yamaha	AUS 6	AUS 5	THA 5	THA 3	SPA 7	SPA 4	NED 12	NED 14	ITA 10	ITA 6	GBR 4	GBR 4	CZE 5	CZE 1	USA 3	USA 4	ITA RET	ITA 6	POR 10	POR 11	FRA 18	FRA 7	ARG 7	ARG 6	QAT 3	QAT C	6th	248

Year	Bike	1			2			3			4			5			6			7			8			9			10			11			12			13			Pos	Pts
Year	Bike	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	Pos	Pts
2019	Yamaha	AUS 4	AUS 4	AUS 5	THA 3	THA 3	THA 3	SPA 4	SPA 3	SPA 5	NED 4	NED C	NED 4	ITA 7	ITA 5	ITA C	SPA 16	SPA RET	SPA 14	ITA RET	ITA 2	ITA 4	GBR 5	GBR 6	GBR 4	USA 5	USA 6	USA 4	POR 7	POR 3	POR 4	FRA 6	FRA 6	FRA 3	ARG 5	ARG 5	ARG 6	QAT 3	QAT 3	QAT 4	3rd	341
2020	Kawasaki	AUS 2	AUS 4	AUS 1	SPA 9	SPA 7	SPA 5	POR 4	POR 4	POR RET	SPA RET	SPA 6	SPA 9	SPA 6	SPA 6	SPA 5	SPA 9	SPA 7	SPA 8	FRA 3	FRA 2	FRA 9	POR 6	POR RET	POR RET																6th	189
2021	Kawasaki	SPA 2	SPA 2	SPA 3	POR 19	POR 6	POR 4	ITA 5	ITA 5	ITA 6	GBR 3	GBR 14	GBR 6	NED RET	NED 6	NED 7	CZE 13	CZE 7	CZE 6	SPA 5	SPA 5	SPA 6	FRA RET	FRA 3	FRA RET	SPA 6	SPA 4	SPA RET	SPA 9	SPA RET	SPA DNS	POR DNS	POR DNS	POR DNS	ARG 4	ARG 9	ARG DNS	INA DNS	INA C	INA DNS	8th	213
2022	Kawasaki	SPA RET	SPA 6	SPA 5	NED RET	NED RET	NED 4	POR 7	POR 6	POR 4	ITA 5	ITA 8	ITA 8	GBR 3	GBR 5	GBR 6	CZE 9	CZE RET	CZE DNS	FRA 4	FRA 4	FRA 4	SPA 7	SPA 3	SPA RET	POR 5	POR 4	POR 5	ARG 6	ARG 5	ARG 4	INA 9	INA 7	INA 9	AUS 3	AUS 4	AUS 3				6th	272
2023	Kawasaki	AUS RET	AUS 4	AUS RET	INA 10	INA 3	INA 13	NED 7	NED 4	NED 9	SPA RET	SPA 5	SPA 4	ITA 7	ITA 6	ITA RET	GBR 6	GBR 6	GBR 6	ITA 9	ITA 7	ITA RET	CZE 9	CZE 7	CZE 14	FRA 8	FRA RET	FRA DNS	SPA	SPA	SPA	POR 5	POR RET	POR DNS	SPA 7	SPA RET	SPA DNS				11th	149
2024	Kawasaki	AUS 4	AUS 1	AUS 1	SPA 6	SPA 5	SPA 6	NED 5	NED 3	NED Ret	ITA 5	ITA 3	ITA 4	GBR 2	GBR 5	GBR 3	CZE Ret	CZE 3	CZE 9	POR 5	POR 3	POR 3	FRA Ret	FRA 2	FRA 4	ITA 20	ITA 2	ITA 5	SPA 7	SPA Ret	SPA DNS	POR 4	POR 6	POR 12	SPA 4	SPA 3	SPA 5				4th	316

* Season still in progress.

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

By season

Season	Class	Motorcycle	Team	Race	Pts	Plcd
2006	125cc	Honda	Double Vision Racing	1	0	NC
2016	MotoGP	Yamaha	Monster Yamaha Tech 3	2	3	24th
Total				3	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
2006	125cc	Honda	SPA	QAT	TUR	CHN	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GBR Ret	GER	CZE	MAL	AUS	JPN	POR	VAL			NC	0
2016	MotoGP	Yamaha	QAT	ARG	AME	SPA	FRA	ITA	CAT	NED	GER	AUT	CZE	GBR 13	RSM Ret	ARA DNS	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

References

^ Lowes named as Haslam replacement at Kawasaki crash.net, 11 October 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019
^ Yamaha drops Alex Lowes amidst big world SBK grid shake-up visordown. 11 October 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019
^ Crash.net."Battle lines drawn as Kiyonari returns to BSB". 10 December 2012. Retrieved on 5 September 2013.
^ WorldSBK.com, "Full house of wild-card entries". 23 July 2010 Retrieved on 6 September 2013.
^ Crash.net,"Lowes gets MSS Stand-in seat". 23 May 2011. Retrieved on 5 September 2013.
^ WorldSBK.com. "Alex Lowes to replace Rea". 22 June 2011. Retrieved on 5 September 2013.
^ Crash.net. "Lowes chooses Motorpoint Yamaha". 2 September 2011. Retrieved on 5 September 2013.
^ Crash.net ."WFR eyeing title with young line-up". 16 November 2011. Retrieved on 5 September 2013.
^ "Honda Racing pull out of 2014 BSB". BBC Sport. 12 December 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2022.

External links

[1] Lowes named as Haslam replacement at Kawasaki crash.net, 11 October 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019

[2] Yamaha drops Alex Lowes amidst big world SBK grid shake-up visordown. 11 October 2019. Retrieved 14 October 2019

[3] Crash.net."Battle lines drawn as Kiyonari returns to BSB". 10 December 2012. Retrieved on 5 September 2013.

[4] WorldSBK.com, "Full house of wild-card entries". 23 July 2010 Retrieved on 6 September 2013.

[5] Crash.net,"Lowes gets MSS Stand-in seat". 23 May 2011. Retrieved on 5 September 2013.

[6] WorldSBK.com. "Alex Lowes to replace Rea". 22 June 2011. Retrieved on 5 September 2013.

[7] Crash.net. "Lowes chooses Motorpoint Yamaha". 2 September 2011. Retrieved on 5 September 2013.

[8] Crash.net ."WFR eyeing title with young line-up". 16 November 2011. Retrieved on 5 September 2013.

[9] "Honda Racing pull out of 2014 BSB". BBC Sport. 12 December 2013. Retrieved 20 November 2022.

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v t e Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK
Alex Lowes (22) Axel Bassani (47)
Superbike motorcycle Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR
Superbike World Champions Scott Russell (1993) Tom Sykes (2013) Jonathan Rea (2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)
Factory team race winners Adrien Morillas, Rob Phillis, Aaron Slight, Scott Russell, Anthony Gobert, Akira Yanagawa, Hitoyasu Izutsu, Chris Walker Tom Sykes, Loris Baz, Jonathan Rea, Alex Lowes

v t e Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK
Current drivers	Andrea Locatelli (55) Jonathan Rea (65)
Motorcycles	Superbike motorcycle Yamaha YZF-R1
Champions	Superbike World Champions Ben Spies (2009) Toprak Razgatlıoğlu (2021)
Race winners	Factory team race winners Fabrizio Pirovano Mick Doohan Michael Dowson Peter Goddard Kevin Magee Noriyuki Haga Andrew Pitt Ben Spies Cal Crutchlow Marco Melandri Eugene Laverty Michael van der Mark Alex Lowes Toprak Razgatlıoğlu