CASTLETOWN resident Jonathan Rea endured a disappointing race day at the World Superbike round at the Miller Motorsport Park in America.

In the first race yesterday (Monday) he was involved in a collision with reigning world champion Max Biaggi on the first lap leading to a DNF for both racers.

Jonathan blamed Biaggi for the incident saying he was the victim of a 'very intimidating attempt at a pass'.

The Castrol Honda rider could only manage an 11th place in race two at the circuit near Salt Lake City.

He said: "Frustrating is a word we've been using a lot this weekend but it's a bit too generalised really.

"We just haven't had a package that we could compete with this weekend and it was all I could do to finish where I did in race two.

"Obviously, the day wasn't helped by not coming home with 21 laps of data from race one.

"On the first lap of that one, I was the victim of a very intimidating attempt at a pass that went wrong and we both fell down.

"As much as I'm disappointed with the way things have gone this weekend, I really feel for the guys in the team who have worked so hard to get things working.

"We just haven't been able to find the sweet spot for the bike at this track and scoring four points from the weekend is just not good enough.

"We can't walk away from here with our heads held high and the only consolation is that I'm not going home wrapped up like a mummy like I did last year.

"Although everyone else has tested there, I hope we can start the weekend at Misano relatively close because I have some good memories from there two years ago, like I have from Miller. But not from this weekend."