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Jonathan Rea and Andrea Locatelli layered up and got to work on the opening day of the third round of the 2024 FIM Superbike World Championship at the chilly TT Circuit Assen in the Netherlands today. Constantly changing conditions throughout the day, with strong winds and icy-cold rain showers, made preparations challenging for the full WorldSBK field during the two...

Jonathan Rea and Andrea Locatelli discuss their ambitions for the Dutch Round of the 2024 FIM Superbike World Championship, taking place this weekend from 19-21 April at the TT Circuit Assen in the Netherlands. Putting a challenging start to the season behind him, Rea is ready to return to one of the venues he enjoys the most. While it is...

Crescent Yamaha, home of the Pata Prometeon Yamaha WorldSBK Official Team, has unveiled a new limited-edition Jonathan Rea Replica YZF-R1, to celebrate the six-time World Champion’s highly anticipated move to the squad for 2024. The liveries available are the iconic stealth “Winter Test” colours – identical in design to the #65’s Factory Yamaha R1 WorldSBK revealed by Rea himself ahead...

Pata Prometeon Yamaha riders Jonathan Rea and Andrea Locatelli finished the Catalunya Round of the 2024 FIM Superbike World Championship with positives to take forward, in light of a demanding weekend overall in Spain. For Rea, an “unlucky” P13 finish in the Superpole Race saw the Northern Irishman start from the same position once again for Race 2, but fortunes...

Andrea Locatelli led Pata Prometeon Yamaha to a fine fifth place in Race 1 of the Catalunya Round of the 2024 FIM Superbike World Championship in Spain today.  The team’s 27-year-old Italian recovered immediately from P9 on the grid to run fourth in the opening lap of the first WorldSBK feature race this weekend, before settling into a calculated race...

Jonathan Rea and Andrea Locatelli were back on track for Friday Free Practice at the Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya, for the opening day of the second round the 2024 FIM Superbike World Championship today. Clear Spanish sunshine welcomed the WorldSBK field, with the perfect opportunity presented to reset and restart as the season gets underway in earnest in Europe. After FP1,...

Pata Prometeon Yamaha riders Jonathan Rea and Andrea Locatelli completed a very productive two-day test at Circuit de Barcelona-Catalunya today, ahead of the Catalunya Round of the 2024 FIM Superbike World Championship in Spain. The two men in blue finished the second day fifth and sixth respectively on the combined timesheets, with Rea’s time collected from just a single time-attack...