Jonathan Rea finished sixth in Germany on Sunday

Jonathan Rea finished sixth in the seventh round of the World Supersport championship at the Nurburgring.

The HannSpree Ten Kate Honda rider from Ballyclare had endured a disappointing final qualifying session on Saturday, in which he ended up in 13th place.

Rea's team-mate Andrew Pitt won the race with Josh Brookes second, Broc Parkes third, Fabien Foret fourth and England's Craig Jones fifth.

Rea's best finish so far this season is a second place at Assen in Holland.

"I am happy, and disappointed as well," said Rea after the race.

"We had a good weekend up until the last qualifying when a bike problem forced us back to the fourth row of the grid.

"I made a very good start in the first part of the race and ended up in third spot on the first lap.

"Then the race was halted due to a wildcard rider crashing and we had to start again.

"My second start was not as good and I made a mistake on the second lap and ran wide.

"I picked up my pace again, chased Joan Lascorz for sixth and put him under some pressure.

"It's not the result we wanted but I did manage to bring some points back home and I'm still in the championship."