Pata Honda’s Jonathan Rea will start tomorrow’s two fourth-round World Superbike championship races from pole position after setting the fastest time in today’s Superpole sessions at Imola in Italy – and the rider still cant quite believe his good run of form.
The British rider powered his Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade around the Autodromo Enzo e Dino Ferrari in a time of 1’46.289, almost three tenths of a second ahead of Frenchman Aprilia’s Sylvain Guintoli and Ducati’s Davide Giugliano.
It is Rea’s fourth career pole position, the last occasion being at Portimao in 2011, and the 27-year-old is feeling confident ahead of the double header tomorrow.
“Honestly, I didn’t really expect that. I knew we had really good pace and we were working towards the race tomorrow. But this pole position lark doesn’t really have my name on it so I’m really happy,” said Rea.
“The lap was really good but I just want to thank all the guys in my box who’ve been working incredibly hard. They’re making the CBR better and better and to do it in Pata’s back yard here in Italy is just great. I’m looking forward to two strong races tomorrow and hopefully we can get some good results then.”
