Jonathan Rea on WorldSBK injury: “I count my blessings that it was just a foot”

Jonathan Rea ꦓhas spoken on the difficulty of the first weeks of his recovery from injury after crashing in WorldSBK prese⛄ason.

Jonathan Rea, 2024 WorldSBK Jerez Test. Credit: Gold and Goose.
Jonathan Rea, 2024 WorldSBK Jerez Test. Credit: Gold and Goose.
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Pata Yamaha WorldSBK rider Jonathan Rea says was fortunate that the crash that ไhas seen him ruled out of the first two World Superbike races of the 2025 season only saw him injure his left foot.

The Northern Irish rider crashed at Phillip Island during preseason testing ahead of the opening round of the 2025 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:World Superbike Championship at the♛ same venue, fracturing se𝔍veral bones in his left foot.

The injury rules him♌ out of the Australian Round immediately and soon after he was out of round two in Portugal as well, where he was repꦺlaced by Yamaha WorldSBK test rider YART Yamaha Endurance World Championship rider Jason O’Halloran.

Rea’s return is still 🐻not con🍸firmed for round three at Assen 🌟on 11–13 April, but he says he still counts himself as fortunate that the crash didn’t lead to more severe injuries.

“I have footage of ♏the crash and it's horrible,” Rea sai♚d, .

ಌ“What seemed like a small little crash, all of a sudden I felt like Iꦯ hit a wall or something. My bike had picked up momentum and had started flipping in the air and it came down and hit my foot quite aggressively.

“If that had been an upper limb or a chest or worse, I count my blessings that i✨t was just a foot but you're also very unlucky as well because it's fine margins.”

The six-time World Superbike Champion added that the first weeks of his recovery were difficult both mentally and in terms of physical pain, while more recently he has been able to get bac🅠k to some degree of training.

“It was really painful i๊n the first couple of weeks, I have three plates, six screws,” he said.

“It was mentally tough too.

“I've got back to some sort of training regime, feeling🦩 good in myself but unfortunately the fracture to my foot was a lot more complicated than I thought.

“Displaced fractures, a ligament graft as well🧸, and with it being a load-bearing part of your body it just needs tim🔯e to heal, so I'm doing everything in my power to massage that healing process.”

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