Sam Lowes and the Elf Marc VDS Racing Team are ready to start a new chapter together this weekend when the 2024 WorldSBK Championship gets underway at the spectacular and demanding Philip Island track in Australia. 

•  Anticipation and expectation could not be higher as Lowes gets set to take his place on a star-studded WorldSBK grid for the first of 12 rounds this weekend.
• The 33-year-old has made an impressive adaptation to the Ducati Panigale VR 4 machine in four pre-season tests and was close to the top five at the end of a one-day official test in Phillip Island earlier this week.
• Having proven to be a winning combination with the Elf Marc VDS Racing Team in Moto2, Lowes is determined and motivated to enjoy more great moments and success together in WorldSBK. The action starts with FP1 at 1120am local time on Friday morning.

/// SAM LOWES

“I can’t wait to get my WorldSBK career started”

“It’s hard to put into words how I excited I am to start this new chapter with the Elf Marc VDS Racing Team. So much hard work has gone into making this project happen. And now the first round is finally here, I can’t wait to get my WorldSBK career started. There is a lot for me to get used to with a different schedule and competing in three races but it’s a challenge I’m relishing. I feel we have prepared in the best possible way and I feel ready. And I know I’ve got a fantastic team behind me, so we’ll be giving our all to make sure this new journey gets off to a positive start. One of my main targets is to keep improving and keep gaining experience. Everything is all still quite new, so we need to see where I am in the first race and then work to keep improving from that point. I feel my pace was strong enough at the test earlier this week to be fighting for the top five and that’s where I aim to be.”