Jonathan Rea: "I had no entry or exit traction"

Jonathan Rea: “We couldn’t capitalise on the track position, starting on the front row. I struggled from the get-go with rear tractio💜n.

Jonathan Rea
Jonathan Rea

After achieving his first WorldSBK podium in Yamaha colours, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jonathan Rea struggled🃏 to show the same form throughout Race 2.

Rea eventually crossed the line in eighth place, one spot behind team-mate Andreaꦍ Locatelli🔴. 

“We c🥂ouldn’t capitalise on the track position, starting on the front row. I struggled from the get-go with rear traction," said Rea following the race. 

"The bike was almost the same, same tyre choice, same ever🤡ything. Right from the get-go, I had no entry or exit traction. 

"I was𒁃 struggling compared to Race 1 and the Superpole Race, so that’s something to look into. 

"I haven’t had a chance to look into any of the data o💝r the tyre pressures or anওything like that, but something wasn’t right. 

"I was slip-slidiꩵng around with my teammate and ‘Loka’ did a great job. He was at the front of the group and it’s always hard to lead at Donington, so I just gritted my teeth as long as I could, tried not to mඣake any mistakes. 

"Petrucci and Bautis♏ta camp pas▨t. Disappointed to finish the weekend like that but overall, we can take some positives into Most. 

"We don’t have to wait too long to race again, 📖so it’s nice to carry 🎀that good feeling with the bike and the team.” 

In temrs of𝓰 his podium finish, Rea was elated to finally make a big breakthrough aboard the R1.

Speaking about Rea's performance, Pata Prometeon Yamaha t🍨eam principal Paul Denning addeꦕd: “It’s no secret how tough the start to the year’s been for Jonathan and his side of the garage. 

"We changed a ൩few things this w𝄹eekend just in the way of working and reset our targets, to be honest, a lot lower. 

"The first target was to be top Yamaha, 𝐆try to compete for the podium and try and get there step by step rather than trying to make big jumps and making big mistakes, whether that’s in the team or JR on track. 

"To go from eighth on the grid to third on the f𓆏irst lap and have such a great pace, that’s a really big step.”

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