Rea, who failed to secure a WorldSBK victory at Portimao for the first time since 2013🔯 despite starting from pole on two occasions, was relegated to third🅷 come the end of all three races.

Now 82 points back in the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:WorldSBK standings, a seventh wo♕rld title looks to be a 🌠long way away for the Kawasaki rider.

• Razgatlioglu claims Ducati has ꦆ‘too much power, but I’m not 🌳crying’

Like 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Toprak Razgatlioglu who somehow managed to survive Bautista’s intense pressure in Race One and the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Superpole Race to claim victory, Rea💖 was𓃲 also no match for the Spaniard when it came to top speed, often losing over half a second on the start-finish straight. 

Speaking after Saturday's race one, Rea didn’t hold back in his comments about what emoti❀ons the battle with Bautista has given him.

"We need power; ri🧸ding there was really frustrating," said Rea. "When Alvaro came past, I can’t do anything. 

"It’s frustrating; the quantꦅity of risk to take to just be there. It’s not enough right now; I can make the difference when I have new tyres, but we need to improve when the tyre drops a little bit, I need the bike to work. 

"That’s wheไre we’re struggling the most right now. We need a big step on the engine side to race with Alvaro right now. It’s demoralising as a rider, completely demoralising."

In all seven of his sea▨sons♏ with Kawasaki, Rea has never been ruled out of title contention until the final round - this includes him winning six titles, some of which were wrapped up well before the season ended.

However, depending on results, Rea coul𓆏d be ruled out of the championship following the next round in Argentina, a weekend that is expected to sui෴t Bautista and Ducati. 

"I 🌄never think about the Champi🐽onship, anything is possible," said Rea when discussing his underdog mentality. "We’ve got nothing to lose now but that doesn’t mean that we change our mentality, as I do my best every weekend. 

"There’s no pr✨essure; Argentina will be very difficult with the long back straight, but we don’t know what conditions we will face out there. 

"The track is🎶 quite green as there’s not a lot of track activity. I’ll try to enjoy these last rounds, as they’re all flyaways. I have to go in as the hunter, the underdog and𓆏 do my best."

With five wins to his name 𝔉this season - Rea 🔜has not won in any of the last 18 races however - 2022 could turn out to be his least successful yet. 

With nine races to go Rea needs four victories to match his tally of nine whic🐷h was set in 2016. Anything less than that and 2022 will be his worst season since joining Kawasaki in 2015.