Bimota is two tests into it🔥s WorldSBK return, and Alex Lowes is now two tests into his adaptation to the K𝓀B998 he will race in 2025.

This, adapting to the new bike, is still at t﷽he forefront꧟ of Lowes’ mind after the conclusion of this week’s two-day test in Jerez, where both Lowes and his Bimota teammate Axel Bassani only rode on the second day.

“It was a good day of testing, and a busy day,” Lowes told♉ WorldSBK.com.

“I spent a lot of years on the Kawasaki so there were two main targets for me: to be on the bike a bit more and understand how to ride the bike in the best way. This꧒ is something I need to think about during the winter break.

“It was important to se🦩e if I have to change my style a bit. We did a long run and tried to workꦛ on used tyres to get a feeling with the bike.

“I started to work a bit on my confidence with the front. I had a little crash in T6, pushing the front to understand a bitಞ more.

“We used one SCQ tyre only and we made a good🔯 step🍌 with that. Even if that was not our main target, it was nice to be fast.

“With all the information we have, I am sure we can improve quite a lot. We have an understanding of the bike, but I know also where I need to work to 🌜just refine my style to get the most out of it.”

Lowes’ crew chief, Pere Riba, said that the juvenility of the project means that much of the work being done at the moment is about get♓ting the riders more comfortable on the KB998 and allowing them to understand the new bike, rather than finding more pure performance from the bike itself.

“This is the second test we have done with Alex [Lowes], after we wer🍸e here in Jerez one month ago,” Riba began, speaking to WorldSBK.com.

“The bike is similar, but we have some different items to let the rider be more comfortable on the bike, with the riding position and these kinds of things. You can imagine how early in th🍨e project we are.

“This bike has a different character from the Kawasaki we raced in the🉐 past, in terms of riding. So, the approach from the rider has to be a little bit different.

“We are working to understand how to create a base bike for Alex 🔯to be comfortable, to understand it and get the feeling.

“We have been testing quite linear changes in t༺erms of set-up, not big up and down changes, as I want to give time for the rider to really u𒉰nderstand the new bike.

“We made some changes in terms of balance to understa꧅nd the direction we want to go in.

“We are still at the beginning, but even ⭕like this the lap times are quite promising. Alex used only one Q ♋tyre to set a good lap time. It was a very positive test.”