A promising race for Gino Rea ended in disappointment following a crash with a local rider for the second week in succession today.
The British rider leaves Barcelona empty handed despite making progress with his Suter machine during practice and now he is hoping for a turnaround in fortunes at his own home race in two weeks time.
Gino Rea
“Another frustrating Grand Prix, unfortunately. Two weeks ago a French rider took me out in France and this week it was a Spanish rider in Spain. It is hard to take because I made a great start and was fighting for a position in the top ten but then I got hit hard from behind. I don’t know why he hit me but there was no chance for me to save it. It is very frustrating because we need track time and now we go into the next race with a big job to do in terms of setting the bike up. It’s my home race next so I know the circuit well and hopefully we can get better luck there.”
Fausto Gresini
“This is happening too much and we need to talk about why. Gino is struggling to get on the pace in practice and then unfortunately his chances in the race are being spoiled by crashes. We’ll have a look at things and hopefully at Silverstone he can turn things around.”
