Sam Lowes was among the many riders who noticed Ducati’s subsequent superbike on monitor at Misano.
Ducati check rider Michele Pirro was placing the Panigale V4R by means of its paces on the WorldSBK Misano check earlier this week.
It’s the machine that Ducati intend to homologate for the 2026 World Superbike Championship.
“I noticed Pirro on prime of the brand new bike somewhat bit,” Lowes stated.
“He seemed good, and though you may’t see a lot with the way it was painted, I’m trying ahead to getting on it sooner or later.”
Lowes stated about his testing: “Nothing massively new that we had been making an attempt, clearly there may be the brand new Ducati Panigale V4 R which is coming sooner or later.
“So this model of the bike is nearing the tip of its improvement cycle.
“We had been extra targeted on the sensation on the bike and the electronics.”
Sam Lowes ‘lacking one thing’ to battle WorldSBK prime two
Sam Lowes
The ELF Marc VDS Racing Group will enter the Misano spherical on June 13-15 on a five-race streak of ending inside the highest 5.
He’s anticipated to bother Alvaro Bautista, Danilo Petrucci and Andrea Locatelli for the rostrum once more at Misano.
He was additionally inside the highest 5 on every day of the Misano check earlier this week.
“It was a constructive day; the staff did a extremely good job,” Lowes stated.
“We tried just a few issues, and we now have course for the race weekend.
“We’re fairly robust with the race tyre, I’m proud of the tempo we now have and the lap instances we are able to do. We did somewhat little bit of time with the SCQ tyre on the finish and made a small step, however after 88 laps at that time, I used to be fairly drained.
“It was good to strive for the weekend, I really feel like proper now we’re positively within the podium struggle large time, simply lacking one thing to maintain up with Bulega and Toprak, who appear like they discovered one thing on Day 2.
“It’s been a constructive check for us, we all know the place we are able to enhance. We have to analyse a bit extra, and now we glance in the direction of the race weekend in a constructive method.”
