IN
THE
WIND
P50
REA THE UNSTOPPABLE FORCE
T
he bare facts make it out to
be a dull season in World
Superbike. After all,
Kawasaki Racing Teams
Jonathan Rea ran away with
both bat and ball to win his
second double of 2015 (his sixth
race win) and generally domi-
nate race day in a way only he
can this year.
He is now 50 points clear of
his nearest rival, and even that
guy, Leon Haslam from Aprilia
Racing Red Devils, is now strug-
gling to keep up with the other
top fliers.
In reality, the racing at Assen
was outstanding, the usual mix
of breathtaking inside passes
in peculiar places on the old
section, legendary outside
overtakes and harsh contacts at
the infamous final chicane and
elsewhere.
Today, often, there were five
riders disputing the lead, and
the other places down the field.
Make no mistake that Rea
was in control, and he demon-
strated it with identical races
using firm applications of extra
pace right at the end of each
21-lapper.
He won by first 1.098 sec-
onds and then a smaller, but
still clear .439 of second, each
time from the beaten, but maybe
equally impressive Chaz Davies
and his ever-improving Ducati
Aruba.it Panigale.
Rea was not going to get
sidetracked by talk of points
leads at this or that juncture, but
he finally replied to the question
of the massive points gap he
has developed by saying, "I am
50 points ahead but I am trying
not to think too much about the
championship, because we do
not want to get distracted. I rode
race two like I was not thinking
about the championship. I just
wanted to win. If I do my job ev-
ery weekend then that can look
after itself."
He continued on with why he
is winning so much. "I have a
PHOTOGRAPHY
BY
GOLD
&
GOOSE
Jonathan Rea
took another
World Superbike
double at Assen.
