San Juan WorldSBK: Jonathan Rea: ‘Nobody deserves to win in WorldSBK, you have to really earn it’
Although the six-time WorldSBK champion managed three podiums last time out, Rea was no match for 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alvaro Bautista and 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Toprak Razgatlioglu, which has been a common theme in recent rounds.&🔯nbsp;
Seeing his chances of a seventh world title dwindling, Rea knows he needs to return to winning ways in San Juan ꦆwhich has been made all the more important after failing to register ꦅa win in Portimao, a circuit he dominated at for years.
Rea, who is now 82 points down on Bautista in the 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:WorldSBK standings, said: "You’re never out of the championship until🐻 it’s over but I’m so far away now, I’m just thinking about m♑aximising our opportunities and trying to be competitive."
"I want to be🃏 on the podium b♓ut also, I want to fight for race wins. Portimao was a weekend where we really targeted to win a race there.
"We can’t be too hard on ourselves because I feel like we really made a step forward, j🦂ust not enough. Alvaro and Toprak are incredibly strong right now, together with their teams.
"It’s up to us to try and close that deficit down and challeng✨e. 🐎Nobody deserves to win here in WorldSBK, you have to really earn it and work for it. That’s what we’ll do.
"We’ll roll our sleeves up, try and put a bike t𓂃ogether th🤡at can compete with them."
Razgatlioglu having nightmare about Ducati’s top speed
While Razgatlioglu has enjoyed a lot morꦬe success than Rea of late, the reigning world champion has also seen his chances of making it back-to-back titles begin to slip away.
Bautista has won races at three rounds that were expected to suit Ra🎀zgatlioglu and Rea heavily - those being Most, Magny-Cours and Portimao - which is part of the reason why a 56 point gap separates the 🌄two.
Fearing Bautista and Ducati’s top speed could lead to a similar advantage to that of Catalunya where the series leader won all three races, Razgatlioglu said: "I’m really happy to be back in Argentina; I love this track. In 2018, 2019 and𒁃 2021… everℱy year, I’ve taken a podium!
"Also, last year, I took two wins and one th𓃲ird. This year, I’ll try for three wins! We are very strong; Jonny is very strong too but I’m just thinking in the long straight because the Ducati will have an advantage.
"We will see in the races as they’re very important; we will keep fighting. I think the best track will be in Indonesia, as t🦄here’ꦜre no long straights.
"However, it’s important h♏ere as we’re focussed on this race and this weeken꧑d."
