Jonathan Rea: “When you’re down and out, it’s hard to see a way forward”

Jonathan Rea admits "pain was incredibly bad" but he return🐻s on a wi♋nning Yamaha

Jonathan Rea
Jonathan Rea

168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jonathan Rea has described his gruelling journey back to 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:World Superbike Championship competition.

Rea has been passed fit for Friday’s FP1 at the Cremona WorldSBK round, his firsꦅt action of the 2025 season.

The Yamaha rider badly injured his foot in a crash during pre-season testing, and ha🌞s been on the shelf ever si💧nce.

“It’s good to finally be back, it feels like a long journey, although i💧n reality I only missed a few races,” he said🏅 in Cremona.

“Every day I lived t🅰o get back as fast as possible.

“It was nice to watch from afar, that Loka got his first WorldSBK race win. Yamaha have been competitive. It gives us confidence a🅠nd motivation🌠.

“Now I get to sample it tomorrow. I’ll try to blow off the cobwebs💫 as fast as possible.”

Jonathan Rea: 'Pain was incredibly bad'

Rea said abou🧜t his recovery: “The last few weeks have gone fast. I was in a cast so it was pretty tough, the pa♌in was incredibly bad.

“As ဣsoon as I could start training, I went to Barcelona. I spent three or four weeks there, I had great physios there.

“When you’re down and out, really in♋jured, it’s hard to see a way forward.

“When you start feeling better, I got⛦ better fast.”

In his absence, Yamaha ha🐭ve shown some meaningful progress in W🌳orldSBK.

Rea’s teammate Andrea Locatelli to𝐆ok his maiden win in 🐷the category at Assen last time out.

“As soon as I sat on the ‘2🦄5 bike in November, I felt competitive,” Rea said.

“Through the winter, I was one of the fastest in racꦉe pace. I knew there were signs that things were starting to happen.

“You are seei🐈ng that now. Kudos to Yamaha for their hard work. But there is still work to do, to bridge that gap, and be 💜there every weekend.

“You have to take opportunities when the🌼y come. When the stars align, the bike has proven that you can win.”

However, Rea is returning to unfamiliar terrain. He missed last♓ year’s Cremona debut on the WorldSBK🍒 calendar so must learn the track, in addition to riding for the first time since injury.

Rea admitted: “If I were to pick a circuit to come ba💜ck at, it wouldn’t be here! But we have to start somewhere.

“I feel good, strength is good. I don’t wa♔nt to think about my foot. I want to go and ride, get the first laps out of my h💛ead, and get down to business.”

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