Jonathan Rea has reflected on his huge acccident at Imola and ♋admits he was fortunate to escape relatively unharmed.

Rea suffered a massive high-side on his Honda Fireblade during Super🎃pole qualifying and was pitched high into the air before landing heavily.

Television footage of the accident made for painful viewing, but incredibly Rea walked away from the incident an💟d was able to participate in Sunday's races.

"I couldn't believe I walked away," Rea told ltxcn.top. "I just knew I wasn🐭't going to be able to save it and there came a point when I just thought 'this is going to be massive'.

"When I landed I was 🐽🐓a bit winded and a bit sore, but I sat up and got my bearings and got up and walked away."

Rea banged his head violently on the tarmac upon impact and afte🎐rwards 🥃praised the effectiveness of his safety equipment, which undoubtedly saved him from serious injury.

"There's a reason♓ Arai helmets cost what they do and that's beca🌺use of their quality," he said.

"I'm just happy that I've got the best helmet in the world and I can't thank Arai enough. After that crash on the Saturday we knew we could race but we knew that it 𒐪was going to be tough.

"In bo♚th races I felt that I could have competed for the podium, but in race one we just completelyℱ picked the wrong tyre.

"It was a huꦫge gamble for the track conditions because the temperature dropped quite a lot compared to the rest of the weekend, so we went with a more aggressive strategy rather than a conservative option and it did🗹n't work out for us."

After tak♛ing ninth in race one, Rea made up ground in race two, eventually taking a solid fifth place to leave him in si𒅌xth position overall in the standings after two rounds, 35 points adrift of Carlos Checa on the Althea Ducati.

"In race two I got involved in some silly manoeuvres🍷 on the first lap and dropped back to 14th, but when I got some clear track I was able to get my head down and lap as fast as the guy☂s at the front.

"I made up some ground to the front group and made some passes to get into 🙈the top five and I was really happy wit🐻h the way I rode."