Portimao WorldSBK: Jonathan Rea rues wrong tyre choice; ‘SC0 tyre was the way forward’
The Kawasaki rider, who is without a win since round thrꦚee of the💞 WorldSBK championship at Estoril in May, looked set to challenge for victory before lacking pace in the final few laps.
Now 71 points down on Bautista in the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:WorldSBK standings, Rea’s hopes of winning a seventh world title took another hit after the Ducati rider overtook Rea at a circuit he w📖ould have fancied pulling points back at.
Sure, Rea has two more chances toda🎃y but given the pace advantage Bautista had in the final few laps, getting the better of the Spaniard appears to be a tall order.
Rea, who used the harder Pirelli tyre for race one, conceded that switching to t♈he SC0 that was used by both Razgatlioglu and Bautista, was ‘maybe the way forward’.
“I’m a little bit disappointed to be honest because we ha🌊d a really good pace when the tyre was new but as soon as our tyre dropped a little bit, I really struggled with entering the corners and also in that first part of acceleration,” said Rea.
“I was with the harder rear tyre option. We set the bike up for the longe🐟r race. Maybe going with that🍰 SC0 option like the front two guys was the way forward.
“But I have to be happy with my race. I ga𓃲ve everything I could. We have a good idea of where to improve for tomorrow.”
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alex Lowes enjoys ‘good’ WorldSBK battle with 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Axel Bassani
Seemingly quicker than team⛄-mate Rea before making a mistake at turn one 🐬on lap three, Lowes then lost out to Razgatlioglu, Bassani and Bautista.
During the final few laps, 🀅Lowes was engaged in an intense fight with Bassani and despite gaining fourth place on one occasion, the Kawasaki rider ultimately had to ൲settle for fifth by just over a tenth.
Lowes added: "It was a good bat꧑tle. I had some good fun in the last few laps with Axel. I tried to pass him but he passed me back. In the last lap he didn’t make any mistake anywhere.
"He’s riding really well. I just couldn’t find a part of the track w🍨here I had an advantage to pass him.
"And in general, today I’ve been happy with my Superpole performance. In the race, the pace was f꧅aster than I expected.
"I was able to hang in there a bit and I think I𝓡 can improve a little bit on the braking. I enjoyed the race and I’m looking fཧorward to tomorrow."
