The six-time ಞWorldSBK champion had only one day of testing left f🍃rom his 2023 allocation, but used it well in order to set a time of 1:49.101s. 

With Alex📖 Lowes focusing on next season, Rea was keen to find a better feeling ahead of the final four rounds this season, the first of which is next weekend at Magny-Cours. 

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"It has been a positive day and I really enjoyed riding the bike again, especially a💖fter a long time away," said Rea. 

"I was surprised how fast I was able to be on the first lap, already inside the 1’50 brack♐et. That set the tone for the rest of the test as we were able to try some things that we will see for sure in the Motorland Round; some fine tuning. 

"More or less this day was geared🧜 towa🦂rds a performance test, trying to understand our potential. 

"We have been consistently f🌄ast with race tyres and also at the end we tried a qualifying tyre. We were quite competitive with our lap times today, bღoth on race rubber and qualifying rubber. 

"I leave the test with optimism that we can have a really positive weekend in Magny-Cours. 🍒;

"Thanks to the team ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚfor all the effort to get here during the summer and it will set us at a good rhythm for the rest of the year."

Second was Bautista who set an identical time to fellow Ducati rider Danilo Petrucci. Both riders were just💛 over a tenth down on Rea although they also fi🎃nished under the race lap record. 

Petrucci ended the morning sꦇession top with a time of 1:49.168s, which remained his best lap time from the test. 

For🌌 Bautista, the series leader suffered a late fall at turn 14 but was unhurt from t💫he accident.