Bassani was signed to replace the six-time WorldSBK champion a༺fter Rea announced he would be leaving to join Yamaha.

And with a test༺ at Jerez already under his belt, Bassani admits time is needed in order to get the best from his new bike.

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“It’s not easy to change the team, change the bike, but♒ we are ready to,” said Bassani when speaking to Wo🎃rldSBK.com.

“We need so🅰me time to understan✨d the bike but for the moment I feel good. I hope next season to be at the best possible [level] and give Kawasaki some good results. 

“At the moment I can�💟�’t say anything about next season.”

“This is Jonny’s bike”

As part of his adaptation to Kawasaki, Bassani will need to help develop the ZX-10RR which ha🦋s fallen behind the likes of Yamaha and Ducati.

However, the biggest chไallenge will be filling the shoes of Rea, who made a habit out of winning even on days when he wasn’t always the strongest. 

“Jonny won a lot of titles and so this is his bike,” added the Italian. “We need time to understand what I need and I need to understand what the bike needs from me. When I start to﷽ feel good with the bike Iཧ will begin to push. 

“With a factory bꦿike you need to win. This is normal but I always want to win. 

“It won’🥂t be easy at the start of the season but I hope that step-by-step we can achieve some good results.♍ 

“I didn’t win with Du🌟cati and if, next season I can win with Kawasaki, then it will be like a dream.”