Jonathan Rea ‘felt great straight away, happy with the progress’ at Jerez

The six-time Wor♎ldSBK champion was second fastest at the Jerez test, and is feeling confident ahead of Portimao.

Jonathan Rea, Jerez WorldSBK test, 24 January
Jonathan Rea, Jerez WorldSBK test, 24 January

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jonathan Rea built on an impressive performance at Jerez last November, finishing second behind Nicolo Bulega at the Jerez WorldSBK test.

The former Kawasaki rider is aboard an R1 for the first time in his career but theꦺ transition has appeared seamleಌss for Rea.

Although he was over half a second back from Bulega, Rea was a clear second and led Ya🌠ma✱ha’s charge ahead of another two day test at Portimao in a few days.

“My feelings with the R1 are really good,” Rea revealed to WorldSBK.com. “Right from the first time I rode the bike back in Nove💜mber last year, I felt comfortable. 


“I could feel the strengths of the bike and some of๊ the areas we needed to work on. This test was more a case of picking up where we left it last November, trying a lot of test item🍸s.

“I think we struggled 𒅌to make so much progress on Day 1 because we were trying so many items on some key areas, but last night, when t❀he guys sat down, they were able to go through all the data and really understood the way forward.

“This morning, I felt great straight away. We’ve done a l꧙ot of positive laps, we’ve learnt a lot💫, and we’re happy with the progress and the findings we have to move onto Portugal.”

Rea hinted at a clear direction already being found, but that testing is always important as it he🍬lps to provide ‘concise’ feedback.

“There’s a clear direction that I like, which is good,” added Rea. “Yamaha have been wor🧸king really hard behind closed doors to move the package forwards and I feel really grateful to be part of that.

“Sometimes it’s hard being a rider because you have to do a lot of laps out there, but you have to be a🦂t a very exact rhythm and get really clear and concise feedback.

“These are hard parts we’ll probably start the year with and beco🌱me our base setup, so feedback’s important.

“Today, I tried my best to give really accurate inf♈ormation because Portimao will be a track we re-confirm some itemsꦛ, re-test some items but we have to be very clear about the package we’ll go to Australia with.”

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