Kawasaki’s Jonathan Rea was just pipped by Alex Lowes to top spot on the timesheets after the first day of World Superbike testing at Phillip Island but says he was not thinking about laptimes.

The Isle of Man resident concentrated on adjusting the setup of his ZX-10R from how it was at Jerez to the Australian track, working in particular on weight balance, and didn’t go for an out and out time at the end of the day.

“We were working set-up for this track because I have not had the chance to ride the Ninja ZX-10R here before. We just arrived with our Jerez setup, something we knew, but the setup for this track is quite different. We got an understanding of the bike again and everything still feels quite new.” said Rea.

“We changed the balance and everything is going in the right way. We have not been thinking of lap times and when I put a new tyre in this afternoon we were not able to give it a good go. We have been consistent in both sessions and I was one of the fastest guys toward the end, until the session got red flagged. Then everybody went out again on new tyres for the last ten minutes.”

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