New Aprilia MotoGP signing Sam Lowes insists he doesn’t care about his position on the timesheets after the first test of the pre-season at Sepang. The British rider, who joins Aleix Espargaro at Aprilia this year after three seasons in Moto2, was riding last year’s RS-GP bike in Malaysia as he continued his acclimatisation to premier class machinery. After being some 3.2s off the pace on the opening day, Lowes finished the test 23rd overall and 1.973s off the pace established by Yamaha’s Maverick Vinales. Lowes however was adamant that he isn’t thinking about his laptimes, instead taking satisfaction from cutting the gap to the pacesetters over the course of the three days at...
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