Opening laps 'a mess, then I had Bautista dive-bombing me' - Rea - Crash

While Jonathan Rea admitted he didn’t have the pace to beat WorldSBK champion Toprak Razgatlioglu in race one at Donington, his attempts of converting pole into victory took an immediate hit following an opening few laps he described as ‘a mess’.

The Kawasaki rider, who lost the lead to Razgatlioglu going into turn one, was then pushed down to third after trying to hang around the outside of the Yamaha rider into the chicane [lap two]. It wa… [+2693 chars]

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