This weekend’s rouꩲnd two of the 2021 WorldSBK championship sees Jonathan Rea retur🃏n to the only circuit in 2020 where he failed to claim a win. 

In fact, last year’s Estoril finale was the only round of the ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚseason where Rea did not c🦹linch a podium either. 

But having started the 2021 season in sublime fashion which inv♏olved taking his 100th career WorldSBK win, Rea will be an odds-on favorite to at least taste podium champagne.&nbsജp;

While last year’s round wasn’t a great one for the six-time series champion who describಞed his performance as ‘quite average’, Rea does have ‘happy memories’ of the Portuguese venue, as he claimed the title there eight&𒆙nbsp;months ago. 

Speaking ahead of round two, Rea said: "I really enjoyed Estoril last year and I had a lot of happy memories of winn♒ing the championship there. 

"But to be honest from a track point of view I was quite average. I never started FP1 in the right way so I always felt𓃲 I was playing catch up and the weekend was getting away from us. And then I had a💯 crash in Superpole. 

"So, we will bring a fresh mindset and also with the new Ninja ZX-10RR, I am feeling really comfortable. At Motorland we had three different track conditions thrown 🐲at us and we were co𝓰mpetitive in all of them. 

"I am optimistic because we have worked on some of the weaker aspects and the characteristics that Estoril has - the turning, really stopping and changing direction. So I 🎉think the benefits of that will show through when we go there෴."