WSBK 2024 Phillip Island Sprint: Alex Lowes ends his four year winning drought
Alex Lowes passes Andrea Iannone to win the Sprint race in Phillip Island to end his four-year winning drought.
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Alex Lowes won his first race in four years after passing Andrea Iannone for the lead, who suffered from a mechanical issue. Since then, he was able to fend off the attacks from the chasing pack and stretched his lead to more than a second to take the chequered flag.
Behind Alex Lowes was the Yamaha of Andrea Locatelli and BMW’s Toprak Razgatlioglu who completes the rostrum ahead of Alvaro Bautista.
Nicolo Bulega finished in fifth, ahead of home hero, Remy Gardner and Dominique Aegerter.
Behind Aegerter were the Ducatis of Sam Lowes and Michael Rubens Rinaldi with Rea closing out the top ten
| Position | Rider | Nationality | Teams | Time |
| 1 | Alex Lowes | GBR | Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK | 10 Laps |
| 2 | Andrea Locatelli | ITA | Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK | 1.157 |
| 3 | Toprak Razgatlioglu | TUR | ROKIT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team | 1.738 |
| 4 | Alvaro Bautista | SPA | Aruba.It Racing Ducati | 1.812 |
| 5 | Nicolo Bulega | ITA | Aruba.It Racing Ducati | 2.838 |
| 6 | Remy Gardner | AUS | GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team | 2.853 |
| 7 | Dominique Aegerter | SWI | GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team | 3.051 |
| 8 | Sam Lowes | GBR | Marc VDS Ducati | 3.341 |
| 9 | Michael Ruben Rinaldi | ITA | Motocorsa Ducati | 5.14 |
| 10 | Jonathan Rea | GBR | Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK | 5.535 |
| 11 | Axel Bassani | ITA | Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK | 6.064 |
| 12 | Xavi Vierge | SPA | Team HRC WorldSBK | 6.958 |
| 13 | Garrett Gerloff | USA | Bonovo Action BMW | 7.017 |
| 14 | Andrea Iannone | ITA | GoEleven Ducati | 7.814 |
| 15 | Danilo Petrucci | ITA | Barni Spark Racing Team | 8.58 |
| 16 | Michael Van Der Mark | NED | ROKIT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team | 9.158 |
| 17 | Scott Redding | GBR | Bonovo Action BMW | 11.07 |
| 18 | Philipp Oettl | GER | GMT94 Yamaha | 13.228 |
| 19 | Tito Rabat | SPA | Puccetti Kawasaki | 16.843 |
| 20 | Adam Norrodin | ITA | MIE Petronas Honda | 28.706 |
| 21 | Bradley Ray | GBR | Yamah MotoRacing WorldSBK Team | 49.72 |
