Fourteenth For Rea In Aragon Race One

Jonathan Rea battled to 14th place in the first WorldSBK race at Motorland Aragon today in round 10 of the 2024 world championship.

In Rea’s first race back from injury, he quickly pushed forward to the top ten from P13 on the grid, joining the large group of riders all with a chance at the podium. As the race developed, Rea started to struggle from a drop in front grip and lost out as Scott Redding pushed through from behind in the closing stages. 

Jonathan and the #65 crew will use the data from today’s race and work on the set-up of the Pata Prometeon Yamaha R1 for tomorrow, which begins at 09:00 (GMT +2) with a short 10 minute Warm Up session ahead of the 10-lap Superpole Race at 11:00 and Race 2 at 14:00.

Jonathan Rea – SP: P13 / Race 1: P14

“Overall disappointed with the result, but in the first 10 laps of the race I felt quite competitive. I was in the back of the long train, not losing too much overall time to be honest: there was areas where I felt stronger than the guys in front, but also areas where I struggled to pass. In the last third of the race, I really struggled with front tyre traction entering the corner and turning, so that compromised everything. I had a little bit of rear tyre drop, but most of the issues were coming from the front – I couldn’t stop the bike in the same way as the beginning of the race and I couldn’t maintain the lap time. Scott Redding came through at Turn 12 on Lap 14 and I lost track position to Loka, Scott and eventually Bassani as well from being off the track. That was unfortunate and I just lost the tow so it was a case of trying to bring the bike home and gather some information for tomorrow.”