Jonathan Rea ready to return to WSBK action at Nurburgring

Posted: Tuesday 30 August 2011 by Toni M.

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Jonathan Rea will finally be returning to action this weekend at Nurburgring after missing the last three World Superbike rounds (Misano, Brno, and Silverstone) due to fractures to his arm and collarbone, which he sustained during the warm-up practice crash at Misano and the subsequent surgery he had to undergo to repair the ligaments in his right wrist.

After completing the two-day test at Assen last week, the Northern Irishman seems to have finally recovered from this latest injury said, “I can’t wait to get back on the bike in a race weekend situation at Nurburgring. The test at Assen last week was great for me to ride and work with the team again, but I’m really looking forward to doing it for real again this weekend. Assen was also good from a confidence point of view, because the lap time was pretty good and I was able to complete a lot of laps without any pain from the wrist. Unfortunately, I’ve missed a few races because of the injury, but I’ve got a new target for the end of the season and I know what I need to do to achieve that. The good thing is that the guys have been working really hard back at base since I’ve been away, and there were some good new things to test last week. I’m really looking forward to using them this weekend.”

Costretto alla resa tra Brno e Silverstone per il doppio infortunio (polso e clavicola) rimediato nella brutta caduta del Warm Up di Misano Adriatico, Jonathan Rea questo fine settimana tornerà in pista nel Mondiale Superbike al Nurburgring, tracciato dove vinse due gare tra il 2009 e 2010.

Johnny, reduce da un positivo test al TT Circuit Van Drenthe di Assen, cercherà di riportare il team Castrol Honda nelle posizioni di vertice, pienamente recuperato dalle recenti disavventure ed infortuni.

“Non vedo l’ora di tornare a correre al Nurburgring“, spiega il talentuoso pilota nordirlandese. “Il test di settimana scorsa ad Assen è stato positivo per ritrovare la fiducia in sella, ma correre in un weekend di gara è un’altra cosa. So che la squadra ha lavorato molto e ci saranno delle novità per il Nurburgring: senza più traguardi in campionato per gli ultimi round mi sono posto un obiettivo che cercherò di raggiungere“.

Complice l’assenza forzata di Ruben Xaus, al Nurburgring accanto a Jonathan Rea correrà Makoto Tamada, di ritorno nel Mondiale Superbike dove ha vinto tre gare da wild card con Cabin Honda nel 2001-2002, correndo da pilota ufficiale Kawasaki nel biennio 2008-2009.

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