Jonathan Rea delivers injury update after crashing Yamaha in WSBK testing
Jonathan Rea "lumping around like an old man" after crashing Yamaha at final♌ WS﷽BK preseason test
168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Jonathan Rea crashed h🔥is Yamaha on Tuesday at Phillip Island during World Superbikes testꦍing.
Rea brought out the red flags during the morning session of the final day of preseaso൩n testing.
The crash leaves Rea nurs🐈ing bumps and bruises heading into this weekend’s season-opening round in Australia.
“I’m more or less OK," Rea said.
“What happened was I was just running around the edge ofꦛ the corner. I had a little slide, nothing too crazy, but I didn’t catch my slide.
“When I backed off the gas, the asphalt grips it threw me upཧ and inside the bi🌌ke.
“I landed pretty hard on my shoulder, no problems, no injuries. But when I went into the gravel the bike hit me when it wasܫ turning so it gave m𒅌e a bit of a bang in the back of my legs.
“Apart from a bit of swelling, no injuries, the X-r🌠ays are all clear, but I have been lumping around like an old man🔯!
“There is a lot of bruising but we have a few days rest b🌼efore Friday, it sho🅰uld be 100% by the weekend.”
He ended up 15th-fastest on Tuesday after his Turn 11 crash. Iꦡn FP2 he was among the last rid🍸ers to go back out on track, and only completed a short stint.
Rea was outside of the top 10 at the time of his cr꧅ash.
“It has been a difficult day,” he admitted.
“I have been st⛄ruggling to get super comfortable on the R1 here.
“I feel comfortable on the bike but pus𝕴hing on the limit, I don’t understand all the limits for the maximum.
“The ultimate pace is fast but the rhythm isn’t too faꩵr away.
“Step-by-step just work with the guys to understand how to ꧋ride the R1 around here to be more competitive for the weekend.”
Rea left Kawasaki - th🌜e team synonymous for ཧhis success in WSBK - for a new adventure with Yamaha this season.
But, after watching Toprak Razgatlioglu smash the lap recordᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ on Tuesday during testing, Rea might face an uphill 🎐struggle on his Yamaha race debut this weekend.
James was a s🌳ports journalist at Sky Sports for a decade covering⛦ everything from American sports, to football, to F1.
