The WorldSBK Misano test represented a breakthrough in how to properly ride his Yamaha for 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jonathan Rea.

But it also exposed a problem that, even when the bike’s potential is realised, they still cannot compete with the frontrunners of the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:World Superbike Championship.

Rea fin🔥ished eighth on both days of the Misano test earlier this week, before the sixth round of the season at the same circuit on Ju꧂ne 13-15.

“Day 2 was good, overall, we achieved the tar🐎gets of the test, which was to complete some of the teꩵst items we had, do a race simulation, and some time attacks with the SCQ tyre,” Rea said.

“We had time to work on some chass🌠is items, some tweaks to the suspension.

“Iඣt🎀 felt like I started to ride the bike the way it’s meant to be ridden, beginning to maximise the potential of the bike, which is good.

“But 🎶frustrating at the same time ꧑because we’re still so far away.

“We still need to improve massively. The gap ahead of us to the front even though we’re maximizing our potential is stꦅill too big.”

Rea, whose 2025 started with an inju🐠ry which kept him out of race action, earned his best results꧙ of the campaign last time out at Most with a duo of P10s.

Pata Maxus Yamaha teammate Andrea Locatelli enjoyed his first WorldSBK race win this season💞, and penned a new contract to stay with the team next year.

Locatelli was 12th and 10th at the Misano tests.

“We were working a lot on the bike and in the end, we found a good🌠 feeling, especially with the race tyre,” said Locatelli.

“I wasn’t doing long runs or race si📖mulations, just around 10 lap stints and it didn’t feel bad.

“We need to work more to find a step with our෴ lap times, it’s maybe something we will work more on during the race weekend as it will be easier to c🍬ompare with everyone on track at the same time and on the same tyre.

“I think we did 𓆏our work well, we weren’t searching a lot for the best lap time or using the SCQ tyre a lot s🐓o I’m not concerned by our pace.”

New face among Yamaha ranks at WorldSBK Misano test

Supersport championship leader Stefano Manzi gওot his first taste of WorldSBK action at the Misano test.

He swapped his WorldSSP R9 for the Yama❀ha R1.

“It was amazing, one of the best days o൩f my life,” Manzi said.

“I have a super t♕eam, and finally, I have all day long with a superbike for the first time.

“It was not easy, there are big 🧜differences between it and the supersport bike, but I was able to adapt quickly, and we made progre🧸ss from FP3 to FP4.

“We didn’t make any stupid mistakes, and we grew throughout the day, which were our goals, so the team♏ and I are quite happy. The gap between me and P1 was high, but compared to the other Yamahas, we didn’t do badly.

“I tried to learn as much as possible, iꦍt’s super nice compared to WorldSSP, how all the Yamaha riders here share 🍌data, it helps a lot to see the riders on track and see the lines they take.

“I would have loved to have had more time on the bike; I would have liked to ﷺhave had 3 hours more when I saw the flag at the end.

“There are man🍷y areas ൲I need to improve, but I think that my braking points were not bad, that is something from World Supersport that I do well.”