Sam lowes

His Biography

Sam’s love of motorcycles runs in the family, his father competed nationally and passed on his passion for motorcycling to his children Sam and twin brother Alex, and they started riding motorcycles at the age of six. They both began with motocross, and at the age of 12 they made the leap into British Championships.

In 2014, Lowes appeared on the Moto2 World Championship grid after winning the World Supersport Championship. In 2015 he scored success at the Circuit of the Americas, and four more podiums with the Speed Up structure allowed the Federal Oil Gresini team to secure his services for 2016. Lowes started as one of the favourites with two victories and six podiums.

He remained in the Gresini set-up for 2017 when he made the jump into the premier class riding for Aprilia. In 2018, he returned to Moto2 to ride the KTM for the Swiss Innovative Investors squad and in 2019 he wore the colours of Federal Oil Gresini again and was back on a Kalex chassis.

In 2020 Lowes produced the best form of his Moto2 career riding for our Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS team. The Brit was one of the fastest and most consistent riders on the grid and he took the title fight down to a thrilling final round decider, despite suffering a serious right hand injury in the penultimate round.

Lowes only lost the World Championship by nine-points at the end of a closely fought 15-round series in which he secured three victories, seven podiums and three pole positions to finish third in the World Championship.

In 2021 Sam was once again one of the fastest riders on the Moto2 grid achieving four podiums, three victories and 6 pole positions. He finished the season fourth in the World Championship with 190 points. 2023 marked a 10-year milestone for Lowes being part of the MotoGP World Championship and he decided to start a new adventure in the WorldSBK Championship after collecting 15 podiums, 7 victories and 12 pole positions in the intermediate category with our team.

Sam’s 2024 return to the WorldSBK paddock proved difficult as he battled injury throughout the season. Despite his injury woes, he amassed multiple point-scoring finishes during the year. Returning for his second WorldSBK season in 2025, Sam proved how well he had adapted to the new class, fighting at the front of races and bringing home five podiums and a pole position.

A difficult end to the season saw him slip to 8th in the championship standings, but his pace and potential were clear to see. For 2026 Sam and his squad will aim to build on the multiple podiums achieved and add some gold medals into the mix.