| Sam Lowes | |
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Lowes at the Nürburgring in 2013
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| Born | September 14, 1990 Lincoln, England |
| Current team | Speed Up |
| Bike number | 22Sam Lowes (born 14 September 1990) is an English motorcycle racer from Lincoln, Lincolnshire
currently competing in the Moto2 World Championship for the Speed Up
team. He won the Supersport World Championship 2013 riding a Yamaha YZF-R6[1] 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.[2]
In his first complete year he scored six podiums, finishing 6th overall
with 129 points. In 2012, he moved to Bogdanka PTR Honda,[3]
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[4] riding a semi-works Yamaha. He is the twin brother of British Superbike rider Alex Lowes. Lowes claimed the World Supersport championship in 2013 with one round remaining at Magny-Cours, finishing 2nd in the race.[5] 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,[6] signing a two-year deal with the team. |
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