Jonathan Rea is “not 100%” heading into this weekend’s World Superbikes opening ro𝔍und after crashing 48 hours ago.

Rea fell off his Yamaha on Tuesday at a preseason testing da🤡y at Phillip Island, emerg🌳ing with bumps and bruises.

It means his Yamaha r🐬ace debut in Australia this weekend arrives under difficult circumstances.

He said on Thursday about his condition: “More or lesꦯs okay. Not 100%.

“I woke up yesterday feeling so♑rry for myself. Today was better, hopefully tomorrow we take another step.

“Onꦛ Tuesday we desperately needed to get on the bikeꦕ to confirm some functional items.

“So I kept the laps to a minimum.

“We start tomorrow🌠 for real. I’ve been waiting a l🔜ong time for this moment.

“It will be nice to roll down pitlane for the first official sess🍷ion of 2024, and get 𝓡stuck in.

“We d𝔉on’t understand what ♔sort of weather we will face. It will be windy, the temperature will drop, we need to play it by ear.”

Asked if he could fight to win this weekend, he𓂃 said: “Right now, no. Far from it.

“My ultimate pace hasn’t been so fast. My race rhythm♌ isn’t fast, we n♎eed to improve.

“The simple answer is no.

“Maybe tomorro👍w afternoon I can put myself in a position to fight for the front positions.

“It w൲ould be a dream but you have to be realistic, as well.

“Right n🍎ow, winning a race is a dream. Reality? We have a lot of work to achieve that.”

Rea’s plan for Phillip Island: “The main priority is to come away fไrom the race with 🎉a bag full of points to start our season for real, back in Europe.”

Rea has swapped Kawasaki for Ya⛄maha in a bid for an seventh WSBK title this year.

He ෴summarised his preseason: 🍬“The overall feeling is mixed.

“I enjoy ridiဣng the bike and w✱orking with the team.

“I’ve been fas🎀t with the bike. But to be really, really fast? I need to demand feeling.

“Track by track, we get there. Jerez, Portima🔜o I finished strong. The Portimao new track gave us a curve🦄ball.

“The riding style I’d norm🧜ally use isn’t quite working here. I am still learning, and also tr🌜ying to make the bike mine.

“I’m trying to use the benefits of the R1 but also to put my 🎃stamp on it.”