Jonathan Rea admitted that he can’t perform his “caree🦩r strength” of exploiting fresh tyres on the Yamaha.

Rea finished ninth in Sunday’s Superpole thಌen sixth in Race 2 in the World Superbikes round at Most, Czech Republic.

He sighed afterwards that he is struggling to ꩲdeliver the major at🃏tribute that he possessed throughout his title-winning Kawasaki heyday.

“It’s been my career strength putting fresh tyres on a bike and exploiting🐼 e⛄verything,” Rea said.

“But with the Ya💙maha I just can’t do that now. We are working hard.

“The bike has a great feeling but it tends to come wheꦰn the tyres have their initial drop.

“At the beginning it’s so ha🅠rd for me to exploit the strengths. Remy Gardner and Andrea Locatelli can do it, but I’m not there yet.

“Why? Maybe the commitment and lean angle. I am more conserv💃ative. With this bike, it doesn’t seem to workไ.

“If we can qualify better and I can exploit the fresh Pirelli tyre,𒅌 we should be there or thereabouts…💟”

Jonathan Rea assesses Race 2 at Most

Rea finished 10th in Saturday’s Race 1, and said after the Most round ended: “The trajectory of the weekend was positive. Qualifying P15 to go 10, 9, 6 is somꦇewhat p😼ositive.

“It highlighted the importance of qualifyin✅g. Track position was everyth💎ing.

“🦂My pace was better than the guys around me. The group in front of me was♔ achievable.

“But trying to get through traffic was really difficult. I made a good start💙 in the last race after giving myself half a chance fro🅠m the third row.

“Something came over the top of me, on T2. I came out and the RPMs were so, so low. I was in♕ first gear but I thought I must’ve been in second, or⭕ third.

“I got done by the guys who carried spe꧃ed.💎 Someone came over the top and killed all my drive.

“Again, 💃that was track position. Anything positive I did until Turn 1 was ruined.

Never give up. Once I settled, I dispose🧔d of the Hondas quickly. Rinaldi was the next target, I kept my head down then caught him.

“We had a bit of tyre left. I could see others w💙ere dropping but they were too far ahead.

“I didn’t make my life or my team’s easy by crashing in Superpole🍬.”

Rea descr🥂ibed his race on Sunday: “Once I got through the Hondas, I thought ‘don’t give up’.

“In clean air the Yamaha can make the lap time. At🌳 one point, I was one of the fastest on track.

“It goes to show ﷽that there are clear areas we need to work on.

“I knew🦩 if I put the bike in clean air, and ride my lines, I could catch him. But then where could I pass? It wasn’t aggressive, it was a block pass. I learned that from racing Toprak - he would always level me, whereas I would go through on people. I levelled guys today, it seemed to work.

“I learned a bit more about the Yamaha 🐈i💝n traffic and how to exploit its strengths.”