168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jonathan Rea was back fighting at the sharp end of WorldSBK after claiming a first pole position with Yamah🧔a.

Although Rea was u༒nable to turn that into a podium, it was clear that the pace shown by the six-time world champion was better than Phillip Island and Barcelona. 

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Upbeat about the level of 🔜performance shown, Rea said: “I think, before we talk about the end of the weekend, I think it’s been my best week𒐪end to date with Yamaha.

“We have to take the p🃏ositives and slowly but surely I’m understanding the bike an🌠d how to take profit from the Yamaha R1.

“I also never rode the bike in the wet so that Superpole session was good to get accustomed to. All weekend it hasn’t been the best coꦕnditions to prepare for the race.

“We didn’t understand ꦡꦓtyre choices from the start because we never managed any laps. We just stuck our finger in the wind and with experience and instinct made tyre choices.

“Unfortunately, in Race 2 I should have potentially gone with the SCX rear tyre. But I was just very nervous about the air temperature and th🐲e tra𒁏ck.

“I never used the tyre all weekend. It seemed like it was a real gamble for me. I 𝓰thought I could be fast with the [SC] 0, but I really struggled on the edge of the tyre to get that first acceleration off the corner.

“By myself I couꦛld be there but I was offf the group. I lost t😼he tow to Iannone.”

After two top six finis🅺hes in Race 1 and the Superpole Race, Rea’s hopes of another good result ended early after being wiped out by Alex Lowes in Race 2.

Rea, who was already losing touch with the lead group of six riders, was pas🌺sed by his former team-mate into turn one, before Lowes lost the front-end 👍of his Kawasaki machine.

Speaking about the incident, Rea said: “Alex tried to make a pass in turn one. He stuck the pass to be fair, but unfortunately for him he tucked the front right on the apex and I was just right there so his bike collected mine, and ℱdown I went.

“Frustrated, because you do☂n’t need to bওe kicked when you’re down.

“It feels l🌠ike we’ve said [before] that it’s hard to catch a break, but we really can take some positives from the weekend and hopefully improve with a couple of tests coming up.

“There’s a lot of time for myself to absorb this and try to move forward, but also for the team and Yamaha. It’s clear th༺at we need to take a step.

“But it’s encouraging that Loka and Remy [Gardner] 🍬had such a positive race.