Bassani was signed to replace the six-tim🍷e WorldSBK champion after Rea announced he w⛄ould be leaving to join Yamaha.

And with a test at Jerez already under his belt, Bassani admits time is needed in ord💎er ♎to get the best from his new bike.

• Philipp Oettl join🙈s GMT94 ꦏYamaha for 2024 WorldSBK campaign 
• Mackenzie: “Step up t♚o WorldSBK has been a dreamꦡ of mine”

“It’s not easy to chan�🧜�ge the team, change the bike, but we are ready to,” said Bassani when speaking to WorldSBK.com.

“We need some time to understand the bike but for the moment I feel good. I hope next season to be at the best possible [level] and give Kawasaki some good results.&nbs𒁏p;

“At the moment I canও’t say anything about ne꧂xt season.”

“This is Jonny’s bike”

As part of his adaptation to Kawasaki, Bassani will need to help develop the ZX-10RR which has fallen🔯 behind the likes of Yamaha and Ducati.

However, the🎶 biggest challenge will b🥃e filling the shoes of Rea, who made a habit out of winning even on days when he wasn’t always the strongest. 

“Jonny won a lot of titles and so this is his bike,” added the Italian. “We need time to understand what I need and I need to understand what the bike needs from me. When I start to feel good with the bikeꦉ I will begin to push. 

“With a factory bike you need to win. This is normal but I always wan🐲t to win. 

“It won’t be e💮asy at the start of the season but I hope that step-by-step we can achieve some good results. 

“I didn’t win with Ducati and if, next seღason I can win with Kawasaki, then it will be like a dream.”