Rea Third Quickest On Day One

Jonathan Rea ended the first day of track action at Motorland Aragon, Spain today third on the combined timesheets in what is round four of the 2020 FIM Superbike World Championship 

Track temperatures rose 12 degrees between the morning and afternoon sessions, reducing outright grip. That meant that, whilst Jonathan set the fastest lap time in FP2, the lap times of all riders were slower than the morning session.

Race one will take place at 14.00 on Saturday in Motorland, and is scheduled to run for 18 laps. The 10-lap Tissot-Superpole ‘sprint’ on Sunday morning will be followed by the final full distance race two, again at 14.00.

Jonathan Rea, stated: “I felt OK with the bike today because we had a test here a few weeks ago. We understood the base set-up. In the second session we made a big change with the wheelbase of the bike to understand how it is working in these hotter conditions. I think we will go back to what we had this morning and at the test. It seems like tomorrow is going to be a little bit cooler so we can understand the tyres in the morning FP3 session and make a final race plan from there. We have a good idea that our bike will work OK in the cooler conditions, so tomorrow’s target is to make a time attack in Superpole to get a good grid position and then make a solid 20-laps. I feel excited about it because there are a lot of guys in the front, quite close together, so we need to do our homework tonight and come back swinging tomorrow.”