After receiving a 250 rev increase earlie𝕴r in the season, the same number of revs that were taken away from Ducati in the hope of bringing closing racing to the front of WorldSBK, Kawasaki were given a second helping prior to the Imola round. 

It means the Japanese manufactu♊rer has so far been boosted by 500 revs this seaso🎃n, however, the factory KRT team have not been using the extra revs.

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Rea, who is st🌞ill winless after 21 races in 2023, has had the pace to match the likes of Alvaro Bautista and Toprak Razgatlioglu during the early stages of races.

But it’s the second half where Rea and teammate Alex ꩵLowes have often ran into trouble. ♏;

Ducati have so far seen very little, if any drop off in performance as Bautista has continued to dominate, whilꦑe Axel Bassani came close to a maiden win on Sunday. 

Surpr🔥ised at why Kawasaki has not chosen to use the extra revs, Rea said: "I have no idea, technically, you'll have to speak with my team. 500rpm helps as you can be more aggressive with the final gearingജ, be much shorter with the acceleration as you have more over-rev. 

"I guess with the camshaft, this will bꦺe a better spec so maybe we'll generate more power but I don't know. I'm surmisi🦋ng now, so speak with the team. 

"I don’t u𝔉nderstand my team or Kawasaki’s direction with this though, because obviou꧙sly, we need to get concession points first before we can get this final piece. 

"But the ideඣa is to be on the podium and trying to fight for race wins which don't get the concession points needed; we need to be competitive. 

"I hope we don’t get it because 🐟I hope that means we’re doing a good job and don’t need them. It’s a strange one🌄."