Jonathan Rea has spoken publicly for the first time s💃ince his testing crash at Phillip Island on 17 February, and says he is “gutted” w🐎ith the resulting injury.

Rea high-sided at turn two during Monday morning’s official testing session at the Australian circuit as he was preparing for this weekend’s opening round of the 2025 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:World Superbike Championship.

The crash saw Rea landed on by his bike after the initial fall, and th𝕴e Northern Irish rider 💫suffered multiple fractures in his left foot as a result.

Consequently, Rea was forced to miss the second and final day of the test, and was ruled out of the race this weekend, too; the six-time World Champion set to fly back to the UK this week to undergo surgery, as mentioned by Pata Yamaha team principal Pau꧙l Denning.

“Honestly i൲t was going so ❀well, no issues, good plan, started fast – top four or five,” Rea told WorldSBK.com on Tuesday (18 February).

Detailing the crash, he added: “I was working through it and was just about to put my first fresh set of tyres in for the last 20 minutes and on my first🐻 flying lap I just lost the rear, it gripped, traction control picked it up abruptly and kicked me up, then I landed on the bike and it threw me over.

“That was fine, I landed fine, but the bike was cartwheeling and landed right on my foot 🌟and did quite a bit of damage.”

Rea explained that the sw꧒elling in his foot is preventing a more immediate surgery, and said he was disappointed with the injury additionally because he feels that he and Yamaha had made p🎃rogress over the winter.

“They can't operate right now as there is massive swelling, so I’m getting a few different opinions from dif📖ferent consultants, asking about surgery, not surgery, a timefr🔥ame, so I don't know much right now.

“We made a small step forward on the bike. I'm just gutted. it doesn’t take♑ much in racing to just keep that sn🎀owball effect rolling.

“We had a good winter test; it’s♑ undone with that. I just have to take my medicine with this one and come back stronger.”