The slump in form that has led to Alvaro Bautista to slip 81 points adrift of Jonathan Rea in the World Superbike Championship can be traced to the moment regulators decided to restrict revs on the Ducati Panigale V4 R, according to 11-time race winner Ruben Xaus.
The swing in the WorldSBK title fight stretches further as Jonathan Rea makes it five wins in a row as Alvaro Bautista suffers fourth crash in eight races.
Jonathan Rea carries on from where he left off at Donington Park with his third WorldSBK Superpole of 2019, though he will have two Ducatis for company on the front row.
"I’m sure if you look at the chronos, my lap time the following lap was much slower because I was like ‘ooh what’s gone on’!" - A fifth win of 2019 moves Jonathan Rea to top of WorldSBK standings.