REA’S UPWARD SPIRAL
25 June 2005 - Honda Racing

Jonathan Rea made another impressive performance on his Red Bull Honda during qualifying for the seventh round of the Bennetts British Superbike Championship at Knockhill.

The talented 18-year-old rider finished third behind the HM Plant Hondas of Ryuichi Kiyonari and Michael Rutter to continue his upward spiral in the world’s leading domestic Superbike series.

Rea is only competing in his third road racing season after two previous years in the British 125GP and Supersport championships as part of the Red Bull Rookies Honda team. He has graduated to the Superbike class with some distinction and now looks set to challenge his more experienced rivals for podium finishes on his immaculately prepared CBR1000RR Fireblade.

This is Rea’s third consecutive front row start after taking a sensational pole position at Mondello Park and another third place at Croft. The young Ulsterman followed that up with a best race result of seventh at Croft – beating that will be his clear objective at the start of tomorrow’s two 30-lap Superbike races at Knockhill.

Jonathan Rea: “I’ve continued to make good progress on the CBR1000RR Fireblade even though I have only raced a RS125 here in the past. Once again I’ve managed to gain a satisfactory qualifying position which is of course so important for a good start. My confidence is growing, and with a good set-up on the Red Bull Honda, I’m hopeful of recording my best results of the season tomorrow.”

Qualifying: 1. R. Kiyonari (HM Plant Honda Racing) 0:49.351; 2. M. Rutter (HM Plant Honda Racing) 0:49.499; 3. J. Rea (Red Bull Honda) 0:49.717; 4. J. Reynolds (Suzuki) 0:49.735; 5. D. Thomas (Kawasaki) 0:49.764; 6. L. Haslam (Ducati) 0:49.772; 7. M. Laverty (Honda) 0:49.857; 8. J. Haydon (Suzuki) 0:49.880; 9. K. Harris (Honda-Racing.co.uk) 0:49.894; 10. G. Richards (Kawasaki) 0:49.912

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