Alex Lowes

Alex Lowes is an English motorcycle racer, born Alexander Thomas Lowes on 14 September 1990 in Lincoln, and the identical twin brother of fellow rider Sam Lowes. He began racing at the age of six, raced motocross from 1998 to 2001 and switched to road racing in 2002. He was runner-up in the 2004 GP125 MRO Championship and made his 125cc World Championship debut as a wildcard at Donington Park, before moving to the British Supersport Championship in 2007 and the Superstock classes in 2008 and 2009. He was the 2013 British Superbike champion on a Honda CBR1000RR for Samsung Honda, and won the Suzuka 8 Hours in 2016, 2017 and 2018. In 2019 he signed for the Kawasaki Racing Team in the Superbike World Championship as team-mate to Jonathan Rea.