Jonathan Rea ‘felt great straight away, happy with the progress’ at Jerez

The six-time WorldSBK champion was second fastest at the Jerez te꧒st, and is feeling confident ahead of Portimao.

Jonathan Rea, Jerez WorldSBK test, 24 January
Jonathan Rea, Jerez WorldSBK test, 24 January

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jonathan Rea built on an impressive performance at Jerez last November, finishing second behind Nicolo Bulega at the Jerez WorldSBK test.

The former Kawasaki rider is aboard an R1 for the firs♛t time in his career but the transition has appeared seamless for Rea.

Although he was o🌞ver half a second back from Bulega, Rea was a clear second and led Yamaha’s charge ahead of another tw💦o day test at Portimao in a few days.

“My feelings with the R1 are really good,” Rea revealed to WorldSBK.com. “Right from the first time I rode the bike b෴ack in November last year, I felt comfortable. 


“I could feel the strengths of the bike and some of the areas we needed to work on. This test was more a case of picking up where we left it last November, trying a lot of test 𓆏items.

“I think we struggled to make so much progress on Day 1 because we were trying so many items on some key areas, but las🅠t night, when the guys sat down, they were able to go through alꦺl the data and really understood the way forward.

“This morning, I felt great straight away. We’ve done a lot of positive la⛦ps, we’ve learnt a lot, and we’re happy with the progress and the findings we have to move onto Portugal🎶.”

Rea hinted at a clear direction already being found, but that t🎃esting is always important as it helps to provide ‘concise’ feedback.

“There’s a clear direction that I like, which is good,” added Rea. “Yamaha have been working really h♋ard behind closed doors to move the package forwards and I feel really grateful to be part of that.

“Sometimes it’s hard being a rider because you have to do a lot of lapsꦅ out there, but you have to be at a very exact rhythm and get really clear and concise feed♕back.

“These are hard parts we’ll probably start the year with and become our base setu🔯𝓰p, so feedback’s important.

“Today, I tried my best to give really accurate information because Portimao will be a track we re-confirm some items, re-test some items but we have to b🌸e very clear about the package we’ll go to Australia🉐 with.”

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