After a very difficult starting round at the WSBK in Phillip Island, Jonathan Rea didn’t went easy on his comments towards the Yamaha and said he wasn’t even allowed to speak in mind out. Now, after being fifth on the first day of tests at Barcelona, the british felt a lot more ‘normal’, saying everything was fixed.
‘From Lap 1, the bike felt more normal, more like it had when testing throughout the winter. The guys went back to Milan after Australia to analyse all our issues and problems we’ve been having. We came here, fixed all of that’, Rea began to say quoted on the official website of the championship, but there is still a lot of work to do, saying that in a way this felt like he started from zero:
– We still have some things to work on but now it feels like a normal test. We can keep working lap by lap. Phillip Island was a really bad start. Mentally, we had a bit more of a reset and started from zero, but also some changes to the bike with more of a base. I felt quite okay with the bike. It feels good but I’m not talking 100%; we need to work in some areas.
And continued: ‘An area I really want to focus on with the bike is trying to generate traction with the rear. That’s not just coming from a rear shock or suspension, that’s a combination of linkage, swingarm, bike character… it’s really hard to pinpoint where to improve that. No complaints, for sure. They’re working in a really good way’.