After missing out on last week’s opening WorldSBK test of the year, Ray was playing catch-up relative to most other rookies as 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Remy Gardner, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Danilo Petrucci, 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Dominique Aegerter and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Lorenzo Baldassarri also got through extensive testing p✱rograms in Jerez.

Despite that, Ray was able to finish ahead of Baldassarri whilst also finishing a second down on the likes of Petrucci and 🍌Aegerter. 

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Arriving in WorldSBK as the reigning 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:British Superbike cཧhampion and one of the most talented rookies in recent years, Ray will have a lot of expectation to do well, and although it remains early, there are clear signs that the Yamaha rider could be one to watch in 2023.

Speaking to WorldSBK.com after his debut, Ray said: "It’s the first time I’ve beenꦕ on the WorldSBK-speꦍc R1 so, this morning, we went through a lot of things. 

"Setting the foot pegs up, the handlebars, brake position🌳s, things like that; all the little things that you do at the start of a test. We got through all that💟, but it took a bit of time. 

"Shortꦫ runs today to get myself comfortable on the bike with my position and today was basically all about learning the electronics, learning the chassis, the bike and obviously working to🃏gether with the team. Been a busy day. 

"Not as many laps as I proba🍒bly need at the minute but the laps we did were very valuable. I think we’ve got a lot of work to do tonight. 

"It’s my first time back on 🙈a bike since Brands Hatch last year so it was an eye-opener coming back here, 🅺on a different spec bike, to Portimao. Happy with day one, we’re not too far away but a lot to work on."

After a tough stint with Suzuki and BMW in BSB, Ray’s switch to Yamaha in 2022 ended up being a p🦄erfect combina🍌tion between rider and bike.

In tun🌟e with the R1 from the second he got aboard it during pre-season testing, Ray proved to be uncatchable throughout the season.

Having only experienced the R1 in British Superbike-spec 🦂before, day-one at Portimao provided Ray with the chance to experience WorldSBK-spec electronics for the first time, which he said is the biggest difference bet🔯ween the two machines.

Ray added: "Most of it is very simil♋ar. It’s mainly the electronics package, that’s very different to w𝓡hat we run in the UK and you can do a lot more with traction control, engine braking. 

"It’s a lot to 𓃲learn for me. It’s all about just finding my feet a bit, understanding what I can do and moving forward with that. 

"Just going to be a busy couple o𓂃f days getting up to speed and learning the process. I felt comfortable straight away today, didn’t feel a million miles away."