Portimao WorldSBK: Jonathan Rea rues wrong tyre choice; ‘SC0 tyre was the way forward’
The Kawasaki rider, who is without🔯 a win since round three of the WorldSBK championship at Estoril in May, looked set to challenge for victory b🧸efore lacking pace in the final few laps.
Now 71 points down on Bautista in the 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:WorldSBK standings, Rea’s hopes♕ of winning a seventh world title took another hit after the Ducati rider overtook Rea at a circuit he would have fancied pulling points back at.
Sure, Rea has two more chances today but given the pace advantage Bautista 🌺had in the final few laps, getting the better of the🎀 Spaniard appears to be a tall order.
Rea, who used the harder Pirelli tyre for race one, conceded that switching to the SC0 that was used by both Razgatli🍰oglu and Bautista, was ‘maybe the way forward’.
“I’m a little bit disappointe💙d to be honest becaus🌠e we had a really good pace when the tyre was new but as soon as our tyre dropped a little bit, I really struggled with entering the corners and also in that first part of acceleration,” said Rea.
“I was with the harder rear tyre option. We set the bike up for t🐈he longer race. 🍃Maybe going with that SC0 option like the front two guys was the way forward.
“But I have ♋to be happy with my race. I gave everything I could. We have a good idea of where to improve for tomorrow.”
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alex Lowes enjoys ‘good’ WorldSBK battle with 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Axel Bassani
Seemin♍gly quicker than team-mate Rea before making a mistake at turn one on lap three, Lowes then lost out to Razgatlioglu, Bassani and Bautista.
During the final few laps, Lowes was engaged in an intense fight with Bassani and despite gaining🧸 fourth place on one occasion, the Kawasaki rider ultimately had to settle for fifth by just 🐷over a tenth.
Lowes added: "It was a good battle. I had some good fun in the last few laps with Axel. I tried to pass him but he passed me back. In the last lap🌠 he didn’t make any mistake anywhere.&nbs⛎p;
"He’s riding really well. I just couldn’t find a part of the track where I had an advanta🅰ge to♔ pass him.
"And in general, today I’ve been happy with 𒉰my Superpole performance. In the race, the pace was faster than I expected.&nb🀅sp;
"I was able to hang in there a bit and I think I can impr🔯ove a little bit on the braking. Iಞ enjoyed the race and I’m looking forward to tomorrow."
