Jonathan Rea delivers injury update after crashing Yamaha in WSBK testing
Jonathan Rea "lumping around like an old man" after crashing 🎀Yamaha at final WSBK preseason test
168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Jonathan Rea crashed his Yamaha on Tuesday at Phillip Islan🌱d du🌌ring World Superbikes testing.
💫Rea brought out the red flags during the morni꧂ng session of the final day of preseason testing.
The crash leaves Rea nursing bumps and bruises head𝄹ing into this weekend’s season-o𓄧pening round in Australia.
“I’m more or less OK," Rea said.
“What happened was I was just running around the edge of the corner. I had a little slide,ꦆ nothing too crazy, but I didn’t catch🍎 my slide.
“When I backed off the gas, the asphalt grips it threw me up aᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚnd inside the bike.
“I landed pretty hard on my shoulder, no problems, no injurie𒁏s. But wh𝕴en I went into the gravel the bike hit me when it was turning so it gave me a bit of a bang in the back of my legs.
“Apart from a bit of swelling, no injuries, the X-rays are all cle༺ar, but I hav🐠e been lumping around like an old man!
“There is a lot of bruisi🦋ng but we have a few days rest before Friday, it should b🌺e 100% by the weekend.”
He ended up 15th-fastest on Tuesday after his Turn 11 crash. In FP2 he was among the last riders to go back out on track, and only completed a ♓short stint.
Rea was outside of the top 10 at the time of his cras⭕h.
“It has been a difficult day,” he admitted.
“I have been struggling to get 🐟supe𝄹r comfortable on the R1 here.
“I feel comfortable on the bike but pushing on the limit, I don’t underst🌌and ꦍall the limits for the maximum.
“The ultimate pace is fast but the rhythm isn’t too far a🍨way.
“Step-by-step just work wiꦇth the guys to understand how to ride the R1 around here to be more competitive for the weekend.”
Rea left Kawasaki - the team synonymous for his succeᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚss in WSBK - for a new 🎐adventure with Yamaha this season.
But, after watching Toprak Razgatlioglu smash the lap record on Tuesday during testing, Rea might face an uphill struggl꧃e on his Yamaha race debut this weekend.
James was a sports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering everyth🐭ing from American💯 sports, to football, to F1.
