Third fastest at the Portimao WorldSBK test, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Lowes was mightily impressive as he built on a strong outing at Jerez, where he again outpaced new team-mate 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Axel Bassani.

Lowes, who finished just ov꧂er three tenౠths off Toprak Razgatlioglu, said most of pre-season testing has been about ironing out Kawasaki's problems over long runs.

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And the Brit is confident they’ve found improvements: “Here, Jerez and the end of last season we’ve been working really har൩d on used tyres, long runs,” Lowes told WorldSBK.com.

ꦯ“It’s an area where we’ve been struggling. Today was the first time we🅷 used a qualifiyng tyre and I was able to do a good lap, my best ever lap at Portimao.

“Thi❀s means that the work we’re doing is working. My pace was strong today. Think I had a really strong pace, enjoyed riding the bike and did 90 laps.

“We’ve made a step there and made the bike easier to r🔥ide. It was good if you💎 got everything right but the window to ride was quite small.

“We’ve o𓃲pened that window up a bit. We can be excited about the first r🉐ound.”

But while the improvements on Lowes’s sid🌸e of the garage have 🍬been clear, Bassani has struggled so far to adapt to the ZX-10RR.

One rider who has jumped onto a new bike - although he was previously aboard the Panigale V2 in WorldSSP - is Nicolo Bulega, who finished second behind Razgatlio🐎glu.

The factory Duc🅘ati rider has been the star of pre-season testing, and Lowes was not surprised by the Italian’s performances.

“I expected Bulega to be strong,” added Lowes. “All the Ducatis but especially the factory Ducati is a special bit of kit. Best bike on the grid I believ🥀e.

“And he’꧂s a Supersport world cha🔥mpion and has always shown a lot of promise.

“He’s where we 🍸would 🐟expect him to be. He’s not going to be slow.”