The six-timꦯe WorldSBK champion jumped aboard the R1 straight after the season-finale at Jerez, finishing third fastest behind Remy Gardner and rookie Nicolo Bulega.

Over the last few seasonꦆs Rea has fought a lot with Toprak Razgatlioglu, who has one of the most unique riding styles particularly when it comes to braking.

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But after seeing several Yamaha riders with different styles haꦯve success in Jerez, Rea feels confident he can do the same wit🉐hout needing to replicate Razgatlioglu.

Speaking to WorldSBK.com, Rea said: “Toprak’s been doing great things with the Yamaha; we’ve seen spectacular ridi꧋♒ng styles. 

“You only have to look at the las♈t photo of the season. It was Toprak crossing the line ꦉin front of Bautista, but in the background was Domi Aegerter and Remy Gardner. 

“They have different styles. The Yamaha has a big window. You can ride it aggressively like Toprak or very smoothly lဣike Locatelli. The bike’s working well. I was quite impressed already. I was using the same braking references as I was with my previous bike, but with much more margin. 

“When I compare the data to Toprak, under braking, I don’t have to do anymore to be better than him on the bra♛kes.&nbs🧜p;

“This bike accepts both ways of riding. It's goi🌼ng to t💦ake time to understand my best way with the Yamaha. I have to make the bike mine; the position and fine tuning the last parts. 

“We have a lot of time before Australia, the idea is to go to Phillip Island and be competitive from thꦬe first day.”

Rea suffered his worst winning return in 2023 sin𒁏ce joining Kawasꩲaki nine years ago, with just one victory coming at Most.

And although Razgatlioglu also found it hard to beat Alvaro Bautista - 🦋Razgatlioglu won six races compared to Bautista’s 27 - the 36-year-old is already dreaming of a debut victory at the 2024 season-opener in Phillip Island.

Rea added: “That would be beyond expectations. The season’s very long. We’ve seen many times in ꦑthe past that Phillip Island doesn’t always create the trend of the season. 

“We want to be competitive. If we aim for the podium and 🌺aim to be compet♛itive, why not aim to win? It’s a circuit I love. 

“It’s like my second home, my wife’s from there. It would mean a lot. I remember my first race with my previous bike, I won there. It would🐈 be a dream come true to win at Phillip Island with Yamaha.”