Jonathan Rea vows to rebound from “confidence issues” on woeful Yamaha debut

"We got rid of some of the confidence issues🐟 I had," Jonathan Rea insists

Jonathan Rea, Australian WorldSBK, 23 February
Jonathan Rea, Australian WorldSBK, 23 February

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jonathan Rea is targeting a more productive World Su💟perbikes round with new team Yamaha this wee♔kend.

The second round of the 2024 WorldSBK championship at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya comes after Rea was abl🐭e to enjoy two beneficial days of testing his Y🦄amaha.

Previously, at Phil𝕴lip Island, his post-Kawasaki era got off to a dreadful start with a big crash in Race 2 at the ope🙈ning round.

Six-time champion Rea said in Barcelona: “It’s a nice track and we have an a꧅dded benefit of testing here last week, so we already feel ahead of the race weekend.

“We got rid of some of the confidence issues I had in Australia and drew a line under some of the issues from a setup point of v𒅌iew.

“After the crash, I’m fully recovered. WorldSBK is so competitive, not just for the front positions bu𝓰t if you have a tough weekend, you’re going to 🔯be down the order by quite some way.

“We still need to improve the tyre consumption although the most positive t🔜hing is we did the race simulation and we know how the bike behaves.

“We know the last couple of laps here can be critical. I think a podium is a realistic target but we’re still ꧒some way of🐎f targeting a race win, but that battle for the podium is hotly contested so I expect it to be a lot of guys, but I feel like one of the guys that can fight for that.”

Yamaꩲha teammate Andrea Locatelli came second to Nicolo Bulega in Race 1 at Phillip Island.

He impressively𝓡 overtook Andrea Iannone,🔥 Alex Lowes and Toprak Razgatlioglu to claim an impressive P2 finish.

Locatelli said ahead of this weekend’s second round in Barcelona: “I’m feeling better, after the test I felꦺt pain in my left knee, but I i🐬mproved this week.

“It’s important ♛to get back on track because the feeling at and after Phillip Island was amazing.

“This is another track, but w💟e can be 𒊎fast. Never say never because the potential we have is quite high.

“We need⛦ to take an opportunity. This track is tricky at the end of the race with t🎀he tyre.

“I think we can stay in front during the race. At Phillip Island, we were close to fighting for vict🐬ory but lost th🎶at chance.

“We are really close and have many races this year, so the target is to bꦏring home a lot of podiums and, at the same time, is trying to fight for the win. I believe in it. We showed our potential.

“I hopꦉe it comes sooner rather than later but we will have an opportunity!”

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