A change in the way his team approach setup paid off for Ten Kate Honda's Jonathan Rea at the Imola World Superbike tests yesterday as the young Irishman set the fastest lap of the two-day session.
Even though it was the WSB rookie's first time at the track, he managed a 1'48.670s circuit which was two-tenths faster than Xerox Ducati's Michel Fabrizio in sweltering temperatures.
"It’s been a good couple of days here at Imola, which we started with a really different approach. Instead of trying to change things from the start, we just waited until I was really up to speed," said Rea.
"That took most of the first day, when we really only changed one thing. We started trying some new stuff this morning and I was able to run consistently in the top three and we were able to confirm the good base setting that we found at Misano.
"After that, we just fine tuned things, but it was really motivational to be at a new track with everything fresh. I was even quick through the sector with the chicane in it, and slower corners and chicanes are normally my weaker points."
