Much-needed testing boost for Jonathan Rea who pinpoints Yamaha area to improve
Jonaꦐthan Rea dissects a positive day of test🎃ing his Yamaha on Thursday in Barcelona
Finally, some good news for 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jonathan Rea.
The Yamaha rider emerged from Thursday, the first of two days of WorldSBK testing at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, optimistic 🔜about his feeling and the development of his bike.
Rea finished fifth🅘-quickest on Thursday after completing 73 laps where he was consistently among the frontrunners, posting a top time of 1’41.655s.
“From Lap 1, the bike felt more nor♏mal, more like it had when testing throughout the winter,” Rea said.
“The guys went back to Milan after Australia to analyse all our issues and problems💮 we’ve 𒈔been having.
“We came here, fixed all of that.
“We still have some things to work on bu🌳t now it feels like a normal test. We can keep working 🌊lap by lap.
“Phillip Island was a really bad start. Mentally, we had a bit more 🤪of a reset and started from zero, but also some changes to the bike with mo𓆏re of a base.
“I felt quite okay with the b൲🌊ike. It feels good but I’m not talking 100%; we need to work in some areas.”
Rea scored zero points on his Yamaha debut at Phill🌠ip Island in the first round of the 2024 season, and crashed in Race 2.
But in Barcelona on Thursday, the rear chatter problem that he suffered with in 🎀Australia had gone.
It left Rea pointing♛ at another area he want⛦s Yamaha to prioritise.
“An area I really want to focus o🌱n with the b♉ike is trying to generate traction with the rear,” he said.
“That’s not just🧜 coming from a rear shock or suspension,♈ that’s a combination of linkage, swingarm, bike character… it’s really hard to pinpoint where to improve that.
“No complaints, for sure🍌. They’re working inꦐ a really good way.”
Rea returns to test again on Friday in Barcelona.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everything from American sport♊s, to football, to F1.
