Sam Lowes won the Supersport World Championship 2013 riding a Yamaha YZF-R6 for Russian team Yakhnich Motorsport in the championship, as well as the 2010 British Supersport champion riding a Honda CBR600RR.
10 Facts About Sam Lowes
2.
Sam Lowes claimed the World Supersport championship in 2013 with one round remaining at Magny-Cours, finishing 2nd in the race.
3.
Sam Lowes was scheduled to race in the World Superbike Championship in 2014 with Yakhnich these plans fell through as the team decided to jump to the championship without Yamaha.
4.
For 2016 onwards, Sam Lowes signed a three-year contract backed by Aprilia, enabling him to continue in Moto2 for 2016 with the Gresini team and a change from Speed Up to Kalex chassis.
5.
Sam Lowes returned to Moto2 for the 2018 season, riding a KTM bike for the Swiss Innovative Investors team, partnering Iker Lecuona.
6.
Sam Lowes replaced Thomas Luthi, who moved up to MotoGP with the EG 0,0 Marc VDS team.
7.
Sam Lowes finished 16th in the riders' championship, scoring 49 points, and he failed to score a single fastest lap, podium, win, or pole position for the first time since he made his Moto2 debut in 2014.
8.
On 21 August 2018, it was announced that Sam Lowes would rejoin Gresini Racing for the 2019 season, replacing Jorge Navarro who will move to Speed Up.
9.
On 6 September 2019, it was announced Sam Lowes would join Team Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS for 2020, where he would be partnering Alex Marquez.
10.
Sam Lowes suffered a significant shoulder injury at the British GP practice in August 2022, and was unable to race in October at the season penultimate event in Malaysia.