Jonathan Rea
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WSB: World Superbikes DATES confirmed for 2019. Here’s the FULL schedule.
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The dates have been set for next year’s World Superbike Championship – and we don’t have that long to wait before the action starts, with the race season kicking off at Philip Island in Australia on February 24. HERE’S THE FULL CALENDAR: February 24 – Philip Island (Australia) March 17 – Buriram (Thailand) April 7…
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From now on, it’s DOCTOR Jonathan Rea!
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Four time World Superbike Champion Jonathan Rea has been awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Ulster. Good on him. Rea wrote on Twitter: “Very proud to be awarded an Honorary Doctorate from Ulster University for outstanding contribution to sport.”
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WSB: Jonathan Rea inches closer to points record with fantastic Race 1 win
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2018 champion triumphs over teammate Tom Sykes in penultimate race of 2018 Seventeen down, one to go. Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) has won the first race of the Pirelli Qatar Round and matched Doug Polen’s record for the most race victories in a single season, with 17 additional laps still to go tomorrow…
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VIDEO: Jonathan REA rides the NEW Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6R
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Following its big reveal a couple of weeks ago, Kawasaki has just released a short video showing its all-new Ninja ZX-6R for 2019 being put through its paces on track by none other than World Superbike champion Jonathan Rea. Here’s a story we ran a couple of weeks ago with the new bikes latest technical…
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Jonathan Rea: “I could do better than Cal Crutchlow in MotoGP”
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Four-time World Superbike champion Jonathan Rea has claimed that he could “do better” than Cal Crutchlow in MotoGP. Rea is surely flying high after clinching his fourth-straight WSB title at Magny-Cours, but it seems the Northern Irishman is thinking about what might have been – after drawing a series of strange comparisons between himself at…
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WSB: Rea extends his WINNING streak. Takes the DOUBLE in Argentina.
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Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) claimed his fifth consecutive double of the 2018 MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship at the Circuito San Juan Villicum in sensational fashion. That means, he’s now won ten races in a row, more than any rider in World Superbike history The champion was forced to dig deep to take…
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WSB: Here’s 16 cool things to know ahead of the racing this weekend in Argentina
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1. Circuito San Juan Villicum is the 48th track the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship has ridden around. The last addition was Buriram which was introduced in 2015. 2. Argentina will host a World Superbike race weekend for the first time ever and this coming race marks the Argentina as the 24th country to host the championship.…
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WSB: No easing off for the champion: Rea makes it a double in France.
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Eighth consecutive win for the KRT rider who matches best WorldSBK winning streak since 2006 The champion is not taking an early vacation just yet: Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) roared ahead to grab a phenomenal double at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours as the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship shut up shop for…
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WSB: Rea extends Portimao winning streak in Race One
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Jonathan Rea has extended his incredible winning streak at the Autodromo Internacional do Algarve with another victory in Race One on Saturday, his sixth consecutive win at the Portuguese circuit – and his eleventh of the 2018 MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship season. The Northern Irishman was dominant at Portimao, taking the lead inside the first…
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EWC: Kawasaki Team Green pulls off double coup at the Suzuka 8 Hours Endurance
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Kawasaki Team Green has picked up provisional pole at the Suzuka 8 Hours and Jonathan Rea has set a new Endurance lap record with a 2:05.168. Kawasaki Team Green rider Jonathan Rea has smashed the lap record in qualifying set by Pol Espargaró (a 2:06.000) in the 2015 Top 10 Trial. The FIM Superbike triple…
