Jonathan Rea fastest in final practice at Donington

ByPA Sport

Updated 27/05/2017 at 10:16 GMT

Jonathan Rea recorded the fastest time in final practice at the UK round of the World Superbike Championship at Donington on Saturday morning.

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The 30-year-old Northern Irishman, who also topped the timesheet after first practice on Friday, rode a fastest lap of one minute 28.506 seconds.

That put him 0.592secs ahead of Kawasaki team-mate Tom Sykes, with Lorenzo Savadori of Italy third-fastest in a time of 1.29.699 on his Aprilia.

A number of riders wore the number 69 in tribute to former Honda rider Nicky Hayden.

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Rea leads the championship standings on 235 points heading into his home round, ahead of Chaz Davies (Ducati) on 161.

Race one at the Leicestershire circuit starts at 3pm.

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