WORLD SUPERBIKE
WORLD SUPERBIKE CHAMPIONSHIP
ROUND 1/FEBRUARY 23, 2014
PHILLIP ISLAND CIRCUIT/PHILLIP ISLAND, AUSTRALIA
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lucky to walk away largely un-
injured.
A potentially great race
day for Alex Lowes, Laverty's
Suzuki teammate, was held
to one 13
th
-place finish by re-
peated injury.
The treat of seeing the fifth-
place qualifier, British Super-
bike Champion and identical
twin brother of Sam Lowes
beat some big names was not
to be at the first time of asking
as Lowes crashed again in the
races as his dislocated left an-
kle could not zip through the
gears well enough. He has
broken the top of his left foot,
and has probably suffered
some ligament and tendon
damage. He was scheduled
to get it all checked out at
home.
Behind the usual full Su-
perbike suspects the quiet
Dorna revolution of the Evo
class got underway in top
fashion, with a three-rider first
race fight for top Evo place
going to Kawasaki's David
Salom from Ducati's Niccolo
Canepa and local substitute
(Left) The first umbrella girl of
the 2014 road racing season.
(Below) Laverty's win in race
one was the first by a Suzuki
since 2010.
