Nationality
British
Date of birth
14th September 1990
Place of birth
Lincoln, England
Height
1.68 m
Weight
67 kg
Hobbies
Playing golf
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, who started riding motorcycles at the age of six. They both started 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 crown the previous year. After a first year of learning and gaining experience, the Briton achieved his first World Championship victory in 2015 with success at the Circuit of the Americas.
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 favourite for the title and finished the year in 5 th place with 2 victories and 6 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 2019 resulted in another team and machinery switch. He wore the colours of the Federal Oil Gresini again and was back on a Kalex chassis.
Lowes produced the best form of his Moto2 career in his first season racing in the famous livery of Team Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS. The Briton was one of the fastest and most consistent on the grid in 2020 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 3 victories, 7 podiums and 3 pole positions to finish 3rd in the World Championship.
In 2021 Sam remained one of the fastest riders on the Moto2 grid achieving 4 podiums, 3 victories and 6 pole positions finishing the season with 190 points and 4th in the Moto2 World Championship.
2022 was not an easy year for Sam as a shoulder injury kept him off the track at 8 Grands Prix. Even so, the Briton added a podium, a pole position and a fastest lap to his record.
2023 marked a 10-year milestone for Lowes being part of the MotoGP World Championship and 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 season and back to full fitness, Sam is eager to kick off 2025 with high hopes for the upcoming year.
“On it”
I used to say it a lot when I was young and it can mean a lot of things so since then it’s my sentence.
Racing Line
Riding style
Aggressive and loose.
Corners
Technical.
Rider of note
Valentino Rossi, because he was my reference when I was young, and my brother Alex as we grew up racing together.
Favourite circuit
Aragon as it’s a track where I usually have good feeling.
Favourite corner
Turn 12 at Aragon as it’s a fast corner and has great views.
Best race
Aragon 2 in 2020, as i was fastest all weekend and won from pole position with the fastest lap. It was a race where I felt very good and had a bit gap to the other riders.
Superstitions
I don’t really have big superstitions. I always put the right glove and right boot on first.
Season objective
Learn quickly the new category and fight since the first races for important positions.
Tools to achieve it
A great team and a calm and relaxed attitude to face all the challenges.