# Alex Lowes

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.
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.
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. 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, 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, later he replaced an injured Jonathan Rea in Ten Kate Racing for the Brno and Silverstone rounds, 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 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, 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.

## Career statistics

* 2008 - 16th, European Superstock 600 Championship, Kawasaki ZX-6R
* 2009 - 26th, FIM Superstock 1000 Cup, MV Agusta F4 312 R

### British Superbike Championship
#### Races by year

(key)
| Year | Bike | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 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 |
| 2011 | 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 | | | | | | | | 20th | 60 |
| 2011 | Yamaha | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | DON 16 | DON RET | SIL 7 | SIL 12 | BHGP 15 | BHGP RET | BHGP DNS | 20th | 60 |
| 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 |
| 2025 | Bimota KB998 | Bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0* | NC* |
| Total | Total | 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 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 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 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 13 | 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 |
| 2025 | Bimota | AUS 4 | AUS 4 | AUS 8 | POR | POR | POR | NED | NED | NED | ITA | ITA | ITA | CZE | CZE | CZE | EMI | EMI | EMI | GBR | GBR | GBR | HUN | HUN | HUN | FRA | FRA | FRA | ARA | ARA | ARA | POR | POR | POR | SPA | SPA | SPA | | | | 9th* | 19* |
* Season still in progress.

### Grand Prix motorcycle racing
#### By season

| Season | Class | Motorcycle | Team | Race | Win | Podium | Pole | FLap | Pts | Plcd |
| 2006 | 125cc | Honda | Double Vision Racing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | NC |
| 2016 | MotoGP | Yamaha | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 24th |
| Total | | | | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 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 |