The UK WorldsBK was the only round in 2024, reading Jonathan on the podium for Yamaha, but the Northern Irish Rider says that one of its repetition would be “elevated targets” in 2025.
This season without a podium, six times World superbike The second of the champion with Yamaha, but at the end of this week, Donington has a top-three finish “a target”-a circuit that has won five wins in the past.
“This is a goal,” Jonathan Ri Crash.
“Whether it is realistic or not, there is another question.
“” We are starting our season late due to injury.
“It seems, especially in the last few years, qualifying is difficult. If you start anywhere outside the first few lines that actually compromise your race.
“So, at the end of this week, a lot of emphasis has been laid, and then, if I can qualify well, why not?
“I was able to do it last year, from anywhere.
“I have been starting good, it is important in Donington, and all this is just about having a good Friday, building motion, building spirit, and why not?
“This is a high goal, but we will see.”
Places of importance on qualifying partially come at the speed of their poor one-lap this year, which has seen them the best superpol results in the 14th position in the check round.
“I normally lack a lot of confidence with the connection of the rear tire,” he explained.
“When you can build through a two-day test and do laps and laps and laps and create confidence you can reach there in the end.
“Generally, my weekend has been the strongest 2 race.
“But through most I crashed on Lap Two, on the rear tire, FP1 K and the bike was destroyed – I did the same by five or six other riders on the same tire.
“In the Egyano, I was sitting outside of FP1 with a technology [issue]I was finally able to lap to a chrono to ensure that the bike was fine.
“So you already start with backfoot. It makes FP2 quite stressful, then you are throwing a qualifier on Saturday morning to qualify for a race on Saturday morning.
“So, when you do not have that speed or weekend, it makes it very difficult.
“This is just my story. I am sitting out of a few rounds first.
“The last two rounds have been difficult, but there are reasons.
“Let’s have a common weekend in Donington and Balton and see how this middle part of the season goes.”
