problem, but it remained to affect Rea’s performance on race day. Whilst having to deal with an electrical problem Gino continued to improve the chassis performance, resulting in his best lap of the weekend during Sundays Warm Up, closing the gap to 1.1 seconds in 21st. 

 

The race however, proved to be even more difficult. Gino was off to a good start and was in the group that went to points scoring positions, before his bike started to loose more power and eventually coming to a complete stop. Retiring from the race, Gino had this to say:

 

“A very difficult weekend for us. The electrical problems haunted us since Friday and no matter what we changed, the problem just wouldn’t go away. In the race the problem increased and I had to retire when the bike completely stopped. It’s a shame to have so many problems because Brno is one of my favourite circuits. I want to just have a smooth, problem free weekend where I can focus on my riding and set up of my FTR bike. It’s difficult enough as it is being the only FTR and running a team ourselves, I just want a fair chance at it.

 

“Next weekend is my home Grand Prix and the problem needs to be fixed before the start of the weekend. I really want to have a strong weekend and if there’s anywhere specific to do it, I want to do it at Silverstone. I look forward to seeing the home crowd and meeting the English fans, I hope I get to meet the people who helped me race through my GinoReaClub.com website. See you there!”