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Rea ‘hugely motivated’ despite first non-finish of the year

Reigning World Superbike Champion Jonathan Rea is philosophical over his first non-finish of the season but says he is still hugely motivated despite going into the whopping summer break with his title lead reduced to less than two race wins.

The Kawasaki man ground to a halt in race two with a mechanical failure which was causing his rear wheel to lock, and Rea decided discretion was the better part of valour and pulled in after a big off-track moment.

“To not finish is disappointing because up to that point I felt so good with the bike. Even when I got stuck in some traffic at the beginning I was able to close down the gap to the leaders. I feel it was one more race we could have really capitalised on, but this is racing sometimes,” said Rea.

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“We need to analyse everything with the bike. When I went wide in T7 I rejoined the track and it seemed I had a problem. As soon as I closed the gas the rear was locking and I heard some noise. I carried on through some corners, arrived in turn one and it was really locking a lot. Then in T2 something was wrong so I pulled in. We have to take the rough with the smooth because we have had a really good run so far, but it is a frustrating way to go into the summer break. I wish the Lausitzring round was next weekend because I feel really good with the bike and that is a huge motivation for me.”

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