Jonathan Rea 🍒claimed his🎃 first WorldSBK pole position on a Yamaha on Saturday.

Rea then finished sixth in Race 1 at Assen but it represe♌nt𓄧ed his best day so far on his new machinery.

He grabbed pole w🍬ith a best time of 1’42.650s, a tenth better than Ducati’s Nicolo Bulega - it was his 44th pole position but his first since leaving Kawas෴aki.

“I really enjoyed the 🔴Superpole session because I felt at one with the bike, even in the tricky conditions,” Rea said.

“Lap after lap, I felt the rhythm.

“You ne🐼ver know how fast to go because there’s a lot of risk, but the track was damp and dry🥀ing out.

“That overheats the tyr𒀰es, and you move around. I kept thinking someone would come in f𒉰or an intermediate, but I had no time left, so when I saw P1 on my pitboard, I was so happy.

“Not just me but all the guys in the team, we needed ♐this 📖lift. It’s nice for Yamaha too.”

P6 in Race 1 was Re🥃a’s best result on a Yamaha yet, at the third round of the 2024 WSBK season.

The race was made chaotic by the wet weather before it was shockingly won by debuta🤡nt Nic🤡holas Spinelli.

“It set us up for the race to make 𒁃a good start,” Rea said.

“I got the holes🌄hot but, in the first part, you never want to be the guy leading in those conditions because you don’t know how slippery it is.

“I made a couple of mistakes.

“The defining moment of my race was probably ‘Loka’ coming through at the last corner, I lost 💦two positions just off the back of the group.

“I had a huge moment between Turns 2 and 3.

“Aside from that, you had to b♉e ♓patient until the track dried out.

“The track almost got completely dry, there was a dry line through sector one, and the rest of the tra✃ck dried♉ throughout the race.

“There are some areas we𓆏 need to improve the bike tomorrow.

“A real shame the red flag came o꧙ut because I felt like I was making some progress at the end. I could smell a podium, but I was just toﷺo far away.”