Jonathan Rea says he has ‘no regrets’ and that ‘I did my best’ in Portimao after failing to secure a WorldSBK win in the Algarve for the first time since 2013 - Portuguese round was not held in 2016.
After an impressive opening few laps to race one of the Portimao WorldSBK round, Jonathan Rea had no answer for title rivals Toprak Razgatlioglu and Alvaro Bautista.
Without a WorldSBK victory since round three of the season in Estoril, Jonathan Rea’s hopes of becoming a seven-time Superbike champion appear to be getting smaller with each race that goes by.
HRC Honda has powered to a dominant victory in the 2022 Suzuka 8 Hours after seeing off the threat of WorldSBK Champions Kawasaki to defeat its arch rivals by more than a lap
Team HRC Honda will begin the 2022 Suzuka 8 Hours from pole position after capitalising on another flying lap of the Japanese circuit by Tetsuta Nagashima to head off the threat from Kawasaki.
Full Qualifying Results of the 2022 Suzuka 8 Hours held at the Suzuka Circuit in Japan [after Q1 and Q2] | Top 10 order decided by separate shootout, 11th to 45th set for grid
A superb record-smashing lap from former Moto2 rider Tetsuta Nagashima has elevated Team HRC to favourite status for the 2022 Suzuka 8 Hours as it completed qualifying with a best time almost a second clear of its closest rival.
Former Moto2 World Championship rider Tetusta Nagashima is almost a full second clear of his nearest rival on the Team HRC Honda CBR1000RR-R Fireblade in first qualifying for the 2022 Suzuka 8 Hours
Without a win in six, Jonathan Rea heads to Most looking to halt the momentum of reigning WorldSBK champion Toprak Razgatlioglu and series leader Alvaro Bautista.
Despite claiming his first podium of the 2022 WorldSBK season and producing another brilliant Superpole lap at Donington Park, Alex Lowes was left disappointed after race two due to losing ‘confidence in the front, I couldn’t stop the bike, I was sliding early on’.
With huge improvements made in just five WorldSBK rounds, highlighted by a first podium finish for BMW at Donington Park, Scott Redding says ‘we can’t let off the gas, we are coming closer’.
On a day where Kawasaki recorded their 500th podium in WorldSBK, Alex Lowes also secured his first podium of the year after a brilliant battle with Scott Redding.
Toprak Razgatlioglu leaves it late to get the better of Jonathan Rea during FP1 for round five of the 2022 WorldSBK championship at Donington Park. Series leader Alvaro Bautista finishes fifth for Ducati.