Rea finished the opening feature race of the Assen WorldSBK roᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚund in second after cha🌊llenging Bautista for several laps.

But as has been the case for much of this season, Bautista capitalised on his moreꦺ consistent rhythm to event☂ually win in commanding fashion.

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Tyre degradat꧅ion is certainly a factor that results in slower lap times as races go on, but Rea was not that much s💫lower in the final laps compared to the early part of the race. 

Instead, Bautista was able to keep churning out similar times 🐭throughout which resulted in Rea losing time due to being on the limit just to stay in touch, therefore over-stressing his tyres more than Bautista.

"I was riding over myself and my package just to be there," Rea told.WorldSBK.com. "In doing that, I over-stressed the fro✨nt tyre and was nursinℱg it a little bit at the end. 

"I could see the gap tꦏo Toprak was enough; there’s work to do to make riding at that pace more comfortable. When he came, he went past and it seemed it was at ease. Co꧟ngratulations to him, he’s done a very good job with his team but certainly a step forward for us.

"Not a turning point but back to where I feel like I should be; battling for a podium, to win a race. It’s a long season and I feel𓂃 like we got off to a bad start in the flyaway ra🐭ces but now we’re in normal conditions. 

"I’m looking forward to Sun✱day, if we can just make some small changes tomorrow and look after the front."

Rea says most of the time he lost was in the acceleration area a𓆉nd on the straights, something that had been evident throughout practice as Bautista was quicker than every rider in sector two.

Speaking further about Bautista’s ability to push on without relenting his pace, Rea added: "I feel like I am there or there abouts; it’s like when he says he can go and be foಌr real, he can go.🐬 

"It’s not like we blow up, they’re jus😼t doing a better job over longer distance. We need to put some more performance back in the ZX-10RR, it’s very hard right now but we’re getting everything out of it. 

"We need more, we need to be more competitiv🌌e, especially in the acceleration areas and the straights. 

"I was giving away a pretty free pass coming back towards the paddock but there was nothing I could do. We’ll keep fighting and it’s back to something nice, fightin🍬g for the podium."