Jonathan Rea leaves round five of🍬 the WorldSBK championship at Assen with a 37 point lead thanks to a stunning hat-trick of wins. 

Rea showed his and the Kawasaki Ninja ZX10-RR’ versatility once again as he won with different tyres, while making considerable changes to the🍰 ‘wheelbase’ during Sundaಞy’s double header. 

"It was nice to make it three-from-three here at Assen. ꦇWe achieved it after we changed the rear tyre choice from yesterday," said Rea.

"My team did an incredible job. We c🃏hanged the base setup of the Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10RR to be honest. Wheelbase wise, I could make the bike much more nimble, ꦯchanging direction was better. 

"I was using less track than usual, preserving the tyre. We won ye💫sterday with the SCX tyre and today we went with the SC0 and I was still able to have a good result. That🌌’s all testament to the good work going inside the KRT box.”

"We just changed the length of the wheelbase quite a lot. From the f💟ront header pipe position to the rear swingarm length, the combination worked rea🦩lly well. 

"We were able to work calmly through the weekend. We made a long run on Friday; we knew all the informati൲on we needed fo🌠r the races."

Rea, who came into the weekend trailing Toprak Razgatlioglu by two points, dramatically increased his gap in race two after Garrett Gerloff took out his fel🌸low Yamaha rider. 

The six-time world champion’s clean-sweep of wins means Rea leaves Assen wi🉐ꦺth a total of 15 victories at the Dutch circuit - three more than the next best - another tally held by Rea at Portimao.  

Rea seemed to have significant points around the ‘cathedral of speed’ where he gained♋ time on all his competitors. One of those was the change of direction between turns six and seven: "You could see in my passes, I could put the bike where I wanted and it was very nimble, yet ꧑stable in the fast sections as well," added Rea.