Sam Lowes
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| Nationality | English | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Swiss Innovative Investors | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bike number | 22 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Samuel Deane "Sam" Lowes (born 14 September 1990)[1] is a British motorcycle racer from Lincoln, Lincolnshire competing in the Moto2 World Championship for KTM during 2018. His Aprilia MotoGP team exercised an early-release option announced half-way through the 2017 season, discontinuing his intended-contract to ride for Aprilia during 2018.[2][3] He is the twin brother of World Superbike rider Alex Lowes.
Race career
He won the Supersport World Championship 2013 riding a Yamaha YZF-R6[4] for Russian team Yakhnich Motorsport in the championship, as well as the 2010 British Supersport champion riding a Honda CBR600RR.
During his championship year in the British championship he scored five wins, including three consecutive wins and three pole positions, winning at Brands Hatch, Knockhill, Cadwell Park, Croft and Silverstone, along with five podium finishes. Afterward he moved to the Supersport World Championship full-time in 2011 signing for the Parkalgar Honda team.[5] In his first complete year he scored six podiums, finishing 6th overall with 129 points. In 2012, he moved to Bogdanka PTR Honda,[6] a sister team of the Parkalgar Honda, and earned two wins at the Donington Park and Aragón rounds. In 2013 he moved to Yakhnich Motorsport[7] riding a semi-works Yamaha.
Lowes claimed the World Supersport championship in 2013 with one round remaining at Magny-Cours, finishing 2nd in the race.[8] He was scheduled to race in the World Superbike Championship in 2014 with Yakhnich, however, these plans fell through as the team decided to jump to the championship without Yamaha. Instead, he opted to join the Moto2 World Championship riding with the Speed Up team,[9] signing a two-year deal with the team.
For 2016 onwards, Lowes signed a three-year contract backed by Aprilia, enabling him to continue in Moto2 for 2016 with the Gresini team and a change from Speed Up to Kalex chassis. As well as this, Lowes had the added benefit of being Aprilia's official MotoGP test rider, but an anticipated move to compete for Aprilia in the premier MotoGP class for the 2017 and 2018 seasons was cut short by Aprilia exercising an early-release option announced half-way through the 2017 season, replacing him with Scott Redding for 2018.[2][3][10][11][12]
Career statistics
(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)
British Supersport Championship
| Year | Bike | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Honda | BHI 10 |
OUL Ret |
DON 13 |
THR 19 |
SNE 13 |
KNO 10 |
MAL 9 |
BHGP 7 |
CAD 6 |
CRO DSQ |
SIL | OUL 10 |
14th | 50 |
| 2010 | Honda | BHI 1 |
THR Ret |
OUL 2 |
CAD 3 |
MAL 2 |
KNO 1 |
SNE 2 |
BHGP 2 |
CAD 1 |
CRO 1 |
SIL 1 |
OUL 8 |
1st | 229 |
Supersport World Championship
Races by year
| Year | Motorcycle | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pos. | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Honda | AUS | QAT | SPA | NED | ITA | RSA | USA | SMR | GBR | CZE 18 |
GER 16 |
ITA Ret |
FRA Ret |
POR Ret |
NC | 0 |
| 2010 | Honda | AUS | POR | SPA | NED | ITA | RSA | USA | SMR | CZE | GBR 10 |
GER | ITA | FRA | 25th | 6 | |
| 2011 | Honda | AUS 3 |
EUR Ret |
NED Ret |
ITA 5 |
SMR 3 |
SPA 2 |
CZE 6 |
GBR Ret |
GER 3 |
ITA 2 |
FRA 2 |
POR Ret |
6th | 129 | ||
| 2012 | Honda | AUS 5 |
ITA 2 |
NED Ret |
ITA 2 |
EUR 1 |
SMR 18 |
SPA 1 |
CZE 4 |
GBR 2 |
RUS 12 |
GER 13 |
POR 5 |
FRA 2 |
3rd | 172 | |
| 2013 | Yamaha | AUS 2 |
SPA Ret |
NED 1 |
ITA 1 |
GBR 1 |
POR 1 |
ITA 2 |
RUS C |
GBR 2 |
GER 1 |
TUR 2 |
FRA 2 |
SPA 1 |
1st | 250 |
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
By season
| Season | Class | Motorcycle | Team | Number | Race | Win | Podium | Pole | FLap | Pts | Plcd |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Moto2 | Speed Up | Speed Up | 22 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 69 | 13th |
| 2015 | Moto2 | Speed Up | Speed Up | 22 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 186 | 4th |
| 2016 | Moto2 | Kalex | Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 | 22 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 175 | 5th |
| 2017 | MotoGP | Aprilia | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | 22 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 25th |
| 2018 | Moto2 | KTM | Swiss Innovative Investors | 22 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 46 | 15th* |
| Total | 86 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 481 | |||||
* Season still in progress.
By class
| Class | Seasons | 1st GP | 1st Pod | 1st Win | Race | Win | Podiums | Pole | FLap | Pts | WChmp |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moto2 | 2014–2016, 2018- | 2014 Qatar | 2015 United States | 2015 United States | 68 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 476 | 0 |
| MotoGP | 2017 | 2017 Qatar | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Total | 2014 – Present | 86 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 481 | 0 | |||
* Season still in progress.
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 | 19 | Pos. | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Moto2 | Speed Up | QAT 6 |
AME 16 |
ARG 8 |
SPA Ret |
FRA 9 |
ITA 8 |
CAT Ret |
NED Ret |
GER 20 |
IND 24 |
CZE Ret |
GBR 7 |
RSM 18 |
ARA 9 |
JPN Ret |
AUS 5 |
MAL Ret |
VAL 7 |
13th | 69 | |
| 2015 | Moto2 | Speed Up | QAT Ret |
AME 1 |
ARG 3 |
SPA 20 |
FRA 4 |
ITA 4 |
CAT 4 |
NED 3 |
GER 5 |
IND Ret |
CZE 5 |
GBR 6 |
RSM Ret |
ARA 3 |
JPN 8 |
AUS 2 |
MAL 13 |
VAL 5 |
4th | 186 | |
| 2016 | Moto2 | Kalex | QAT 9 |
ARG 2 |
AME 2 |
SPA 1 |
FRA 6 |
ITA 3 |
CAT 6 |
NED 4 |
GER Ret |
AUT Ret |
CZE 3 |
GBR 21 |
RSM Ret |
ARA 1 |
JPN Ret |
AUS Ret |
MAL Ret |
VAL 4 |
5th | 175 | |
| 2017 | MotoGP | Aprilia | QAT 18 |
ARG Ret |
AME Ret |
SPA 16 |
FRA 14 |
ITA 19 |
CAT 19 |
NED Ret |
GER Ret |
CZE 18 |
AUT 20 |
GBR Ret |
RSM Ret |
ARA 22 |
JPN 13 |
AUS 19 |
MAL Ret |
VAL Ret |
25th | 5 | |
| 2018 | Moto2 | KTM | QAT Ret |
ARG 13 |
AME 24 |
SPA 8 |
FRA 13 |
ITA Ret |
CAT 9 |
NED 9 |
GER 5 |
CZE 9 |
AUT Ret |
GBR C |
RSM Ret |
ARA 20 |
THA Ret |
JPN |
AUS |
MAL |
VAL |
15th* | 46* |
* Season still in progress.
References
- ↑ "Sam Lowes". Genes Reunited. Brightsolid. Retrieved 11 September 2015.
- 1 2 MotoGP: Lowes confident about his GP future Motorcycle News, 18 August 2017 Retrieved 8 March 2018
- 1 2 MotoGP: Redding confirmed as Lowes’ replacement at Aprilia Motorcycle News, 14 August 2017 Retrieved 8 March 2018
- ↑ "Super Sam storms to fourth victory". Derby Telegraph. 10 June 2013. Archived from the original on 27 September 2013. Retrieved 11 June 2013.
- ↑ Crash.net."Parkalgar Honda signs Lowes for 2011". 3 October 2010. Retrieved on 13 October 2013
- ↑ Crash.net."Buckmaster defends 2012 line-up".8 February 2012. Retrieved on 13 October 2013
- ↑ motomatters.com."Sam Lowes to race a R6 in WSS With Yakhnich". 3 November 2012. Retrieved on 13 October 2013
- ↑ WorldSBK.com. "Sofuoglu wins as Lowes is the new World Supersport Champion". 6 October 2013. Retrieved on 13 October 2013
- ↑ MotoGP.com."Sam Lowes to join Moto2 with Speed Up". 11 October 2013. Retrieved on 13 October 2013
- ↑ Watson, Chris (22 September 2015). "Derby-based Sam Lowes to have one more crack at Moto2 crown before joining MotoGP". Derby Telegraph. Local World. Archived from the original on 28 September 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ↑ "Lowes joins Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 for 2016". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 23 September 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
- ↑ "Bradl & Bautista remain with Aprilia for 2016". MotoGP.com. Dorna Sports. 23 September 2015. Retrieved 27 September 2015.
Aprilia confirm Stefan Bradl and Alvaro Bautista as their line up for 2016, with Sam Lowes as test rider before making the step up in 2017.