Our lap came to us thanks to the hard work in FP4, bike felt better and I’m excited to go racing and most importantly avoid tear off’s 🤣 Will try and get a good start and avoid getting T-Bone steaked at Turn 10 and we should be ok!
In the sprint race I felt pretty good but of course in the first laps I was very, very lucky. Alvaro came past on the straight and then in T4 had a huge crash at the exit. I hit his bike and in this moment I thought I was down; was going to crash. I almost let go but miraculously I stayed upright and someone was definitely helping me out there! I had to regroup and chase Mikey but his pace was very good today so congratulations to him and his team. I just didn’t have it in the final race. I felt I had some issues straight away with the front feeling, a lot of vibration in the brakes but apart from that feeling I felt good for about ten laps. The grip level started to drop and I suffered more with the front tyre than yesterday. I was getting a lot of warnings. The race was very tough and aggressive in the beginning so as soon as the pace settled I was just there, and the gap was very constant but to arrive in the front group I was going to have to go over the limit and push the front too much. The target coming here was to increase our championship lead and I think we managed quite well.
Jonathan Rea improved his points advantage in the 2020 WorldSBK championship standings after scoring a second and then a fourth place fin Source: Jonathan Rea On Facebook
It was super-good to win here. I had a lot of motivation in this race. It is my team’s home race and Ana Carrasco could not be here in the WorldSSP300 class, so this win was for her – and also for my Grandfather, as it is the 27th anniversary of his death today. I was using this to give me power in the race, to never rest and never give up. I am super-happy for my team and me, because, literally, our workshops are located just behind the main grandstand. It is a happy day and I just wish the fans and families could be here to celebrate with us. We also have a lot of information for tomorrow, and I am looking forward to that one because in the last lap today the front was moving quite a lot. In this temperature at this grip level we just need a little bit more for tomorrow.
Kawasaki Racing Team rider Jonathan Rea rode from pole position to victory in the first ever WorldSBK race at Circuit de Barcelona today. Source: Jonathan Rea On Facebook
Make sure to tune in tomorrow to @worldsbk coverage on @eurosport. I ride and catch up with @gary7dunlop and we chat about the heritage of road racing in Northern Ireland. Hope you enjoy it! Full edit coming soon on my YouTube Channel!
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