HOT REA ON RECORD RUN

JONATHAN REA scorched inside his own Assen lap record in free practice for today’s opening race of the World Superbikes in Holland.

The Kawasaki rider is unbeaten in his last five races at the circuit and looks like continuing that winning streak as he heads towards a third title running.

Rea ran second best to team-mate Tom Sykes in the morning but next time

® out he smashed half a second off the record good on the bike. I am not with a blistering 1min here to target anything 35.383secs. less than two race wins.

That took him to the “Sunday will mark my top of the leaderboard at 200th career race start in the circuit where he has the series, something I’m won nine times. both proud and excited

But Rea, the winner of about.” five of the six races so far Rea is determined to this season, was warned mark that milestone race to expect a high-speed with another victory but showdown with Chaz knows it will be another Davies. closely-fought affair with

The Ducati rider is the Davies. only man to beat Rea so Both will need to watch far, last time out in Sykes, the title winner in Aragon, and with a late 2013, who is on the pace charge Davies closed after recovering from an within 0.112secs of the infection. Kawasaki rider, who he The Yorkshireman trails by 50 points in the finished only 0.149secs title stakes. down on Rea and, like

Rea said: “It is not Davies, is building on the going to be easy but I feel results of testing.