After securing his first podium of the season during a wet Race 1, Rea had no answer when it came to both dry races as he finished seventh in the Superpole Race before closing out the opening WorldSBK♊ round of the year in🅺 eighth. 

Rea was fourth in the Superpole Race before being pushed wide by rookie 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Dominique Aegerter, but when expected to make 𝔍his way back through the field, something he’s shown an ability to do many times over the years, the Kawasaki rider struggled.

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Rea was beaten by 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Philipp Oettl and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Andrea Locatelli in both races, while 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Iker Lecuona, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Axel Bassani and Aegerter also finished ahead of𒆙 him in Race 2. 

Speaking after the final race, one that saw the six-time world champion lead the battle ꦜfor fifth for much of it before losing pace late on, Rea said: "In Race 2, I saw ♎Locatelli up the road and I thought, ‘he’s my guy’ as he has good pace this week. I got to the front of the group and ‘Loka’ was in front and he was just going away! 

"I realised that I was just fighting with this group and then a🧸ll of a sudden, bang, I had no grip whatsoever. 

"I was really conserving my tyre, using short line💫s and picking the bike up, not smashing into the traction control. We just need to put our heads together and understand why because a few months ago, I was able to compete and be much faster in the race for a longer distance. 

"It’s a bit of a head scratcher to be honest. I don’t think this result reflects the true reality of where we are; I felt l𒊎ike in the off-season, we’ve really improved the bike, but it is true, a bad day now in WorldSBK and you have to fight for these positions. We have to make sure we don’t suffer too many bad days from now on."

While Rea struggled, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alvaro Bautista completed an openin♐g weekend hat-trick w🎃hich will be a worry for the Kawasaki star.

Despite trying everything to find 💖more pace, Rea was fighting a battle he could not win as tyre grip was one of the biggest issues. 

"It’s tough, I’m not going to lie," added Rea. "When we have grip, 𒅌we can make the difference; the rider can bite the screen a bit harder and take liberties. I felt like at Turn 1 today, I left nothing unturned every lap and that was just to be there. 

"You can’t do that for 22 laps of a race here when you have to ꧂look after the tyre. I have to take some responsibility as well as my crew, as I have directed the setup this week and it’s cl♎ear that we didn’t get it bang on. 

"We have to look ourselves as well. I really feel that whilst the competition is strong, the bike is much better than we showed this weekend.ꦡ"