Jonathan Rea admitted that he can’𝄹t perform ꦦhis “career strength” of exploiting fresh tyres on the Yamaha.

Rea finished ninth in Sunday’s Superpole then sixth in Race 2 in the World Superbikes round at Most,𒅌 Czech Reꦕpublic.

He sighed afterwards that he is struggling to deliver the m💫ajor attribute🦩 that he possessed throughout his title-winning Kawasaki heyday.

“It’s ♏been my career strength putting fresh ty🌄res on a bike and exploiting everything,” Rea said.

“But with the Yamaꦕha I just can’t do t🌳hat now. We are working hard.

“The bike has a great feeling but it t🍷ends to come when the tyres have their initial drop.

“At the beginning it’s so hard for me to exploit the st💛rengths. Remy Gardner and Andrea Locatelli can do it, but I’m not there yet.

“Why? M😼aybe the commitment and lean angle. I am more conservative. With this bike, it d💛oesn’t seem to work.

“If we can qualify bett🌠er and I can exploit the fresh Pirelli tyre, we should be there or thereabouts…”

Jonathan Rea assesses Race 2 at Most

Rea finished 10th in Saturday’s Rꦰace 1, and said after the Most round ended: “The trajectory of the weekend was positive. Qualifying P15 to go 10, 9, 6 is somewhat positive.

“It highlighted the im𒊎portance of qualifying. Tཧrack position was everything.

“My pace was🗹 better than the guys around me. The group in front of me was ac♔hievable.

“But trying to get through traffic was really difficult. I made a good sta🐈rt in the last race after giving myself half a ✅chance from the third row.

“Something came over the top of me, on T2. I came out and the RPMs were 🌟so, so low. I was in first gear but I thought I must’ve been in second, or third.

“I got done by the guys who carried speed. Someone came ove🍷r the top and killed all my drive.

“Again, that was tr🤡ack position. Anything positive I did until Turn 1 was ruined.

Never give up. Once I settled, I disposed of the Hondas quickly. Rinaldi was the next ✤target, I kept my🦩 head down then caught him.

“We had a bit of tyre left. I could see others were dropping b𓆏ut they were too far ahead.

“I didn’t make my lജife or my team’s easy by crashing in Superpole.”

Rea described his race on Sunday: “O𒅌nce I got through the Hondas, I thought ‘don’t give up’.

“In clean air the Yamaha𒀰 can make the lap time. At one point, I was one of the fas𒐪test on track.

“It goes to show that there are clear area♍s we need to work on.

“I knew if I put the bike in𝓡 clean air, and ride my lines🧜, I could catch him. But then where could I pass? It wasn’t aggressive, it was a block pass. I learned that from racing Toprak - he would always level me, whereas I would go through on people. I levelled guys today, it seemed to work.

“I learned a bit more about the Yamaha in traffic and ho൩w to exploit its strengths.”