jonathan rea

“I’m satisfied with my pace, satisfied with my feeling on the Yamaha R1, but still some clear areas we need to improve.”

Pata Yamaha team boss Paul Denning believes that it’s not Yamaha’s performance that’s causing Jonathan Rea’s current WorldSBK struggles.

“For sure, with a six-time World Champion in the team, the expectation is super high and this puts a lot of pressure to work on them.”

"There’s no hiding from the fact that it could not have gone worse"

Yamaha reflect on tough WSBK round at Portimao

Improvements in setup for Jonathan Rea at the Portuguese World Superbike round were not reflected in results.

Jonathan Rea reveals the technical issue that saw him drop to 15th in Race 1 at the Portuguese WorldSBK

Six-time world champion urges consistent top five pace from Yamaha

Jonathan Rea: "I learnt a bit more about the Yamaha R1 in traffic and how to exploit all its strengths."

Jonathan Rea has labelled the Czech WorldSBK round as "character building".

Jonathan Rea unable to exploit fresh tyres at start of races on the Yamaha

Jonathan Rea details the problems at the start of Race 1 that resulted in another disappointing race for Yamaha.

Alex Lowes believes he always had the potential to beat Jonathan Rea at Kawasaki: "I have never been slower than him. I would prefer if he was still there."

Jonathan Rea has called Toprak Razgatlioglu "the benchmark in WorldSBK."

Superpole race results for round five of the 2024 World Superbike championship at Donington Park, in Great Britain.

Jonathan Rea: “We couldn’t capitalise on the track position, starting on the front row. I struggled from the get-go with rear traction.

Jonathan Rea admits he's "only scratching the surface" of his potential with Yamaha.

Jonathan Rea: “It is hard to describe but still I feel like the bike is quite aggressive.”

Toprak Razgatlioglu wins Saturday's Race 1 at Donington Park by over 11-seconds.

Friday practice results for round five of the 2024 World Superbike championship at Donington Park, in Great Britain.

Jonathan Rea: “The biggest thing I want to work on this weekend is my feeling and confidence, try to build that, because the last races have been confidence-sapping.”

'I came for a different challenge in my career, and I’ve certainly found that'

Jonathan Rea: 'I’m pretty excited for this one, can’t wait to get started on Friday morning.'

Jonathan Rea says he needs something “that I can fight with” as issues aboard R1 Yamaha continue.