Jon’s 65 reasons

JONATHAN REA stormed to his 65th World Superbike Championship race win to boost his title lead to 104 points in Portugal yesterday. The Northern Irishman, who traditionally runs No.65 when he is not carrying the No.1 plate, took the first win at Portimao by 1.575secs over Italy’s Marco Melandri.

“What a cool number, 65 – I’m so proud,” he said. “We hit the ground running at the test here a few weeks ago and this was about polishing the details.” Meanwhile, Jake Dixon stuck his Kawasaki on pole for today’s Bennetts British superbikes opener at Oulton Park. ZOE BURN