Jonathan Reꦇa is “not 100%” heading into this weekend’s World Superbikes opening round after crashing 48 hours ago.

Rea fell off his Yamaha on Tuesday at a preseason testing da🌟y at Phillip Island, emergဣing with bumps and bruises.

It means his Yamaha race debut in Australia this weekend arrives under difficult circ🤪umstℱances.

He said on Thursday about his condition: “More or less okay. Not 100෴%.

“I woke up yesterday feeling sorry💎 for myself. Today was better, hopefully t♎omorrow we take another step.

“On Tuesday we desperately needed to get on the bike to confirm some ꦅfuꦫnctional items.

“So I kept the laps to a minimum.

“We start tomorrow for real🌌. I’ve be🌟en waiting a long time for this moment.

“It will be nice to roll doꦗwn pitlane for the first official session of 2024, and get stuck in.

“Weﷺ don’t understand what sort of weather we will face. It will be wi🌌ndy, the temperature will drop, we need to play it by ear.”

Asked if he𓆏 could fight to win this weekend, he said: “Right now, no. Far from it.

“My ultimate pace hasn’t been so fast. My ra🐠ce rhythm isn’t fast, we need to improve.

“The simple answer is no.

“Maybe tomorrow afternoon I can put mys♔elf in a position to fight fo😼r the front positions.

“It would be a🔯 dre🐎am but you have to be realistic, as well.

“Right now, winning a♒ race is a dream. Reality? We have a lot 🐭of work to achieve that.”

Rea’s plan for Phillip Isl🅰and: “The main priority is to ꦆcome away from the race with a bag full of points to start our season for real, back in Europe.”

Rea has swapped Kawa🍷saki for Yamaha in aꦅ bid for an seventh WSBK title this year.

He summarised his presea✅son: “The overall feeling is mixed.

“I enjoy riding ꦍthe bike and working w💦ith the team.

“I’ve been fast with the bike. Bu🉐t to be really, really fast? I need to demand feeling.

“T🐭rack by track, w🥂e get there. Jerez, Portimao I finished strong. The Portimao new track gave us a curveball.

“The riding style I’d normally use isn’t quite working here. I am still learning, and also trying𓄧 to make the bike mine.

“I’m trying to u🐲se the benefits of the R1 but also to put my stamp on it.”