After top-six finishes within the first two races of the weekend on the UK WorldSBK, Jonathan Rea says a “large vibration” when braking was accountable for his droop to fifteenth in Race 2.
Rea, who missed the opening three rounds of the season as a consequence of an ankle harm sustained in preseason testing, had scored a greatest results of seventh within the Misano Superpole Race earlier than the Donington World Superbike weekend.
At Donington, he was significantly better, qualifying on the second row in fourth place and ending within the top-six in Race 1 and the Superpole Race.
However Race 2 was far more tough.
“It’s only a disgrace to finish the weekend the way in which we did – coming from the place we have been Friday afternoon, the staff did an unbelievable job for us to have a extremely robust Saturday, and in addition this morning I used to be driving nicely within the Superpole Race [when] I had an amazing battle with Loka [Andrea Locatelli],” Jonathan Rea mentioned after Race 2 on Sunday at Donington.
“However, in Race 2, I knew from the warm-up lap that I had an issue within the entrance of the bike as I felt an enormous vibration once I utilized the brake.
“I wasn’t fairly positive, I assumed it’d go away when the calipers heated up or because the race went on – however it by no means went away and it was so tough to cease, particularly when the rear grip dropped from the mid-race distance.”
Rea insisted that there have been nonetheless positives to be taken from the weekend.
“We received’t let that spoil the weekend an excessive amount of as a result of there have been quite a lot of positives to take and when you may have points like this, there’s nothing you are able to do,” he mentioned.
“So, onwards and upwards.
“Due to the staff for all their onerous work, it was highly regarded for everyone. Now we don’t have to attend too lengthy to go once more in Balaton in a few weeks.”
