Jonathan Rea has reflected on h🌞is huge acccident at Imola and admits he was fortunate to escape 🐎relatively unharmed.

Rea suffered a massive high-side on his Honda Fireblade during ✅Superpole qualifying and was pitched high into the air b🅺efore landing heavily.

Television footage of the accident made for painful viewing, but incredibly Rea walked away from the incident 🤡and was able to participate in Sunday's races.

"I couldn't believe I walked away," Rea told mahbx.com. "I just knew I wasn't going to be able ꧒to save it and there came a point when I ꧃just thought 'this is going to be massive'.

"When I landed I was a bit winded and a bit sore, but I sat up and got my bearings an♓d got up and walked away."

Rea banged his head violently on the tarmac upon impact and afterwards praised the effectiveness of his safety equipment, which 💛undoubtedly saved him from serio🌞us injury.

"There's a reason Arai helmets cost wꦺhat they ▨do and that's because of their quality," he said.

"I'm just happy that I've got the best helmet in the world and I can't thank Arai enough. After that crash on the Saturday♛ we knew we could race but we knew that it was going to be tough.

"In both races I felt that I♋ could have competed for the podium, but in race one we just completely picked the wrong tyre.

"It was a huge gamble for the track conditions because the temperature dropped quite a lot compared to the rest of the weekend, so we went with a more aggressive strategy rather than a conservative opt🐠ion and it didn't work out for us."

After taking ninth in race one, Rea made up ground in race two, eventually taking a solid fifth place to leave h🧸im in sixth position overall in the standings after two rounds, 35 points adrift of Carlos Checa on the Althea Ducati.

"In race two I got💖 involved in some silly manoeuvres on the first lap and dropped back to 14th, but when I got some clear track I was able to get my head down and lap as fast as the guys at the front.

"I made up some ground to the front😼 group and made some passes to get into the top five and I was really happy with the way I rode."