Ten Kate Honda's Jonathan Rea is disappointed with his second-row start for tomorrow's World Superbike double header at Kyalami but says he is happier to be on the right side of the track in fifth.

The young Irishman had shown his race pace in the previous free practice session, posting the fastest time lapping in 1'38.007 on a race tyre which was a quarter of a second faster than team-mate Carlos Checa in second.

I was hoping for a front row start based on the pace we were able to show on the race tyres. I put in a good time in the Superpole 1 on a race tyre but I only went two tenths quicker on the qualifier," said Rea.

"I was on my spare bike and the extra grip just seemed to upset it a little in Superpole 2 and 3. But, actually, P5 is on the good side of the track for the start, so I’m not too disappointed. We have some race pace and I’m more confident with that than I’ve been all year. We got a couple of options for the race tyre, as well, so we’ll have a talk about that later and we’ll be ready for tomorrow."