The adventure with the R1 begins with a zero
Two Yamaha R1s in the top-6, one even on the podium in second position, but it's not that of Jonathan Rea. Andrea Locatelli literally saved the budget for the Iwata house by living a Saturday as a great protagonist, but inside the Pata garage Jonathan Rea is already a case.
The record holder of successes and world titles in Superbike who arrived to take up the legacy of Toprak Razgatlioglu finished in 17th position outside the points zone also behind Philipp Oettl. A problem during the pit stop condemned the Cannibal to lose precious time, but the problem for Rea at the moment it is having completely lost faith riding his new motorbike, the Yamaha.
“Today was really difficult, right from the time the traffic lights went out – Rea's analysis – I started badly, then I managed to recover some ground in Turn-1 and Turn-2. I was battling with Aegerter and Van der Mark before the pit stop, where we had a problem that cost me a lot of time. I went out with Bautista and kept up with him, but then I struggled a lot to overtake Tito Rabat. Tomorrow we will try to change the set-up, because I'm not at all satisfied with how the bike behaves. Since the Portimao tests I haven't had enough confidence on the bike. We've already tried them all a bit, but… we're lost and it's frustrating. During testing, I preferred some different chassis parts to Locatelli, but this weekend we started with what the team felt were best for the characteristics of Phillip Island. This morning we returned to some parts that I liked better in the tests, but the problems are still the same, starting with the chatter at the rear. I'm confused, as are all the members within my box“.
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