After a pair of fourth places at Jere🎶z, Sam Lowes has his sights set firmly on a return to the Moto2 podium at Brno th🀅is weekend.

Despite missing Qatar due to a shoulder injury in testing, the new Marc VDS rider has gone on to enjoy his best start to a world championship since 2016, the season b꧒efore his💜 ill-fated move to MotoGP with Aprilia.

Not only were the fourth places his best ra🐲ce results s🥃ince Valencia 2016, but Lowes has also shown outright pace by being a front-row qualifier at both events.

"I arrive at Brno feeling great anဣd motivated after the two races in Jerez. I felt very good on the bike and we found a good rhythm," said Lowes, who lost out on a podium by 1.4s and then just 0.6s respectively in Spain.

"After being s💟o close to the podium in two races in a row, o🔥ur objective is to make the podium that we didn't achieve at Jerez a reality.

"I'm💖 looking forwa💯rd to getting back on the bike and continuing to work with the team in the same way as we have been doing so far.”

Lowes prev🧜iously stooౠd on the Moto2 podium at Brno in 2016, finishing third behind Jonas Folger and Alex Rins.

"Brno is a g💯reat🦹 circuit where I was on the podium in a difficult wet race… It's a track I like and where I can be fast," he said.

Lowes🌸 is currently tied with Jorge Martin for sixth in the world championship.

Team-mate Augusto Fernand🌜ez finished 13th in both Jerez races an✱d is 18th in the standings.