Rea in good shape for Donington
Castrol Honda's Jonathan Rea is familiar with the circuit having raced in British championships before joining the World Supersport series in 2008, but the 24-year-old Ulsterman did not enjoy great success at Donington last time out - finishing seventh and 15th in the two outings.
Rea suffered in a number of crashes at the first round of the 2011 series, which took place four weeks ago at Phillip Island in Australia. Despite qualifying in 12th place, he battled for podium positions in both races and left Australia in sixt h place in the championship.
Jonathan Rea: "I'm in pretty good shape after quite a painful start to the season in Australia, but I've spent the last three weeks working hard on my training and having a lot of physio. I'm pretty confident that I'll be able to ride pain-free at the weekend but the strange thing is that I wasn't too uncomfortable on the bike in Australia, despite the injuries - it was the aches and pains getting out of bed in the morning that I struggled with! I'm looking forward to getting to Donington though; it's a circuit I know really well and we have some good data from before. I can't wait to see the new layout of the chicane and it's really good to have the first European round at home where a lot of my friends and family can come and support. To improve what's already a great all-round package, the guys back at the workshop have found some things to get a little more out of the Fireblade since we got back so I'm hoping for a really good weekend."
