Jonathan Rea feels there may be one key space for he and Yamaha to enhance earlier than Superpole on the Estoril WorldSBK.
Rea stated he felt good from the start in a the Portuguese monitor, and that he had a optimistic preliminary impression from the event model of the SC1 entrance tyre (the softer of the 2 obtainable compounds) that Pirelli has debuted in Estoril this weekend in World Superbike.
“I felt good from lap one, actually,” Jonathan Rea stated, chatting with WorldSBK.com after FP2 in Estoril.
“We simply introduced the bike that we completed with in Aragon, that I felt fairly good with.
“Then, simply attempting to know the totally different tyre choices – Pirelli introduced a brand new entrance tyre that we needed to consider.
“Some totally different emotions from the usual SC1 tyre and the brand new growth tyre. To be sincere, the event tyre feels fairly robust, I did a race run with that the place I used to be capable of be quick and constant.”
If there’s something Rea want to discover in a single day it’s efficiency on the sting of the tyre.
“Simply put our heads collectively, decide on that tyre alternative tonight, and attempt to enhance the bike a bit extra – we’re trying to find edge grip,” he stated.
“That’s the important thing space the place we have now to enhance; the bike’s stopping properly, altering path properly within the agile elements. So, simply on the lookout for a bit extra grip.”
Rea’s first run in FP2 noticed him capable of hold tempo with Nicolo Bulega for a number of laps earlier than dropping again.
“I simply suppose that’s our tempo, our rhythm proper now,” Rea defined. “We have to discover somewhat bit extra.
“To be truthful, within the first a part of that race simulation I had Bulega simply in entrance, so I used to be capable of profit from the slipstream for these 4, 5, six, seven laps.
“However as quickly as I discovered my very own rhythm it was more durable to keep up that with out the drag down to show one and you then go into tyre administration mode, power administration mode, and attempting to only full that.
“With no factors [available] it’s arduous to return to see ‘Lap 15’ in your board – you suppose it’s going to be a protracted session!”
The Northern Irish rider feels that each Bulega and Toprak Razgatlioglu “are in a distinct race” to the remainder, however that the battle behind them is one he might be included in.
“I haven’t sat down and seemed by way of all of the [chronological analysis] of all the opposite riders, so I don’t know the place I slot in,” he stated.
“It will be good to suppose that we may journey contained in the top-five. However I don’t actually know the place we’re, I haven’t analysed everyone proper now.
“For positive, the entrance two guys are in a distinct race – Toprak [Razgatlioglu] and Nico [Nicolo Bulega], their rhythm is unbelievable.
“However I feel after that it’s going to be a battle and I hope to be part of it.”
