After fighting for the podium during the Superpole Race, a race in whic👍h he ultimately claimed fourth, Rea lacked the necessary pace to go with the leading riders.

Similar to Race 1, Rea was instead embroiled in a battle for fifth before crashing out at turn seven, which is an error that’s left him 68 points behind 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alvaro Bautista after just two rounds.

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Unable to get the set-up of his ZX-10RR in the right window, Rea said: "It has been a very difficult weekend, with not so ꦆmany positives. We, step-by-step, found a better direction. The track here in Mandalika has been quite inconsistent from Friday, when the grip level was really low, but we understood on ra🎉ceday that the grip level was incredibly high. 

"So, we never nailed the set-up perfectly, but I felt that we got better. In the races I felt my rhythm was OK but unfortunately in the Superpole Race I found some traffic in front of me 𓄧and it ♌was very difficult to pass. 

"But I felt my pace was quiteಌ good. In Race Two I lost the front. Not exactly quite sure why, but it is quite windy in that area. I think the wind just picked the front up. I am frustrated and I found it very difficult to pass anyone on acceleration or on the brakes."

Rea ‘riding over my head’ as WorldSBK title push appears unlikely 

Although it remains very early in th𝓡e 2023 season, Rea and Kawasaki hꩲave improvements to make if they want to fight Bautista for race wins.

Rea has failed to finish within three sec💃onds of a race w🍸inner at any stage so far this season, while he’s claimed just one podium which is his worst return as a Kawasaki rider since joining the team in 2015.

"I was riding over my head sometimes on the brakes and in the cor🍬ners trying to stay with the gr🐲oup," added Rea after Race 2. "But, we have to accept this tough weekend, try to learn from it and then put it behind us when we head back to Europe. 

"We will have much more information now. So even as we are disappointed, we need to keep our heads up and keep fighting. I feel Assen is a great track to come back to with some strong🎃 results."

Lowes claims first podium of the season before tough Race 2

168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Lowes’ day got off to a chaotic start after an incident involving 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Loris Baz and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Danilo Petrucci in the Superpole Race.

All three riders crashed, however, Lowes was able to re-join the action when the race restarte👍d following the first red flag of the year.

Making the most of his second opportunity, Lowes claimed third place behind the Pata Yamaha duo of 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Toprak Razgatlioglu and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Andrea Locatelli.

However, Lo🐲wes was unable to do the same in Race 2 after an early mistake resulted in him dropping as low ꦺas P14. 

"Hard work and a chaotic day," added Lowes. "The Superpole Race was good, in terms of having a good pace, grip and the bike felt good. 𝕴I felt a little bit stronger than Locatelli in the last couple of laps. I felt strong on the bike with the soft SCX tyre in the rear. 

"The temperature was down a little bit, which helps our bike. It is always tough in those short acti꧅on packed races. So to get up off the🐽 ground, go out on the spare bike and commit to a race like that, I am really happy. 

"But, the main thing is to say get well soon to Loris Baz. There was an incident where I went to pass him but I hit his leg. His leg came out and I couldn’t really avoid it o𝄹nce I had committed to try to pass him. It was a real shame. 

"In the long race, I felt quite good, I got up to second🌜 position, feeling OK, then I started to have some inconsistency with the brakes. It caused me to run wide a little bit. Then we had the red flag. In the Superpole race, during the red flagged race, the bike was quite badly damaged. 

"I was not able to use the tyres from the Superpole red flag crash, as they were too badly damaged as well. I had to use the tyres from the start of the second race, and 𒆙I had a few more laps on them than some of the other guys had on theirs. 

"I thought the best game plan was to sit behind the group, look after the tyres and try to come forward at the end. But I struggled a൲ lot with front grip. When the grip is not there, we cannot ride the bike on the front. This is tough because I feel I am riding a lot better than our position shows. But ✱that is racing and we will try again in Assen."