Eleventh For Rea In Jerez Race One

Jonathan Rea finished 11th in WorldSBK race one at Circuito de Jerez today in the final round of the 2024 FIM Superbike World Championship.

Jonathan started today on the back foot, after a small tip off in Superpole Qualifying meant he was unable to complete his second and fastest timed lap to qualify in the best position possible. He started the race from P16 in the grid.

It was always going to be a tall order to come through the field from the fifth row of the grid, but Rea rider tried to make every lap count with his signature determination and grit, recovering five positions and finally crossing the line in 11th position at the end of 20 Laps. 

Tomorrow the last race day of the season will provide two more chances to finish the year strongly before final chequered flag of 2024. A short Warm Up session of 10 minutes starts the day at 9:15 (GMT +2), then the lights will go out for the Superpole Race at 11:00 and Race 2 at 14:00. 

Jonathan Rea – SP: P16 / Race 1: P11

“I got an “ok” start and found myself in a better track position than P16 in Turn 1, but from there it was honestly really tough. The temperature went up quite a bit from what we have had the rest of the weekend and everything felt a bit out of balance, both in the front and rear and I couldn’t find traction. A lot of things to work on and while I felt like I was miles away, overall it doesn’t take too much of an improvement just to put us back in the big group fighting for fifth. We will get our heads down overnight and try to understand my feeling to work on where we can improve.”