The six-time💦 WorldSBK champi🐭on has seen his title hopes fade drastically in recent rounds, so much so that Bautista needs to outscore Rea by just one point in Mandalika to eliminate him from contention. 

After winning five of the first nine races, Rea has failed to win any of the last 21, all of which have been won by either 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Toprak Razgatlioglu or Bautista. 

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Only mistakes from Razg💦atlioglu and Bautista - that’s not including Magny-Cours where Rea took Bautista out of the race - have left Rea in with the smallest o💛f chances with two rounds to go.

But to win a seventh title Rea would need to complete hat-tricks in Mandalik🌳a and Phillip Island and rely on Bautista failing to score in nearly all of the remaining races.

So with that in mind, Rea has shifted his focus away f𒁏rom the title fight and instead on performing at his best in Mandalika, a round where he won both races last season - the Superpole Race was cancelled due to heavy rain. 

"We’ll try to bring last year’s positive vibes here this yea𝕴r. We’ve improved since last year, the problem is everyone else has improved too," said Rea.ꦍ 

"We need to see where we stack up tomorrow; with the track being resurfaced, Friday will be about ꧙understanding conditions, getting laps and cleaning the track, not making big setup calls. 

"I’m empty-headed about any goal this weekend; thinking about the Championship is a bit ridiculous now. Alvaro has don💖e an incredib🐠le job. 

"I’ll focus on myself ༒and I’m going out to do the best I can this weekend."

Returning to WorldSBK in 2023 is 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Tom Sykes with the Puccetti Kawasaki outfit, and although their 🌊relationship as teammates was far from easy between 2015 to 2018, Rea has called Sykes an ‘incredible competitor’. 

Rea added: "It’s ni🦩ce for Tom Sykes to come back to the Championship as he’s an incredible competitor, but in terms of development, he’s such a unique rider that there’s not ꦗmuch resemblance to how I ride or develop the bike. 

"I’ll continue working with my team and especially Alex and our crews, to 🦄develop the ZX-10RR 🅘through the winter."