Voltcom Suzuki’s Alex Lowes is back in the day job after a successful debut at the Suzuka Eight-Hours and gabbed seventh place on day one of practice at the Sepang World Superbike round.
But even though the Derby-based youngster rode at the Malaysian track last year, he says he needs more track time in order to become totally au fait - something that didn’t happen in the wet second session today.
“It was nice to get back on my normal bike today. It was a shame about the weather this afternoon because I really felt like I was getting into it this morning after riding with a different bike and different tyres but hopefully tomorrow will be a bit more consistent and we can do some more laps,” said Lowes.
“I really need some more dry laps as I don’t know the track too well, but I enjoy it a lot. It’s very different to any of the British circuits and I find it quite fun, so it will be nice to get some dry time tomorrow and see if we can do a decent job. The main aim now is to understand the tyres for the race – last year after four or five laps the tyres felt fine but after eight you can lose two seconds quite easily – so we need to make sure the tyre feeling, especially on the front, stays good for the race, enjoy riding and look forward to a good battle on Sunday.”
