Jonathan Rea Archive

Blogs written by Jonathan Rea exclusively for Carole Nash

Superbike World Champion Jonathan Rea was a Carole Nash ambassador between 2012 and 2024. After 9 years spent with Kawasaki, he took on a new challenge – racing for the Pata Yamaha Prometeon World SBK Official Team in 2024, having secured a two-year agreement.

With an unprecedented number of world titles and more race wins than any other rider, Jonathan Rea is currently one of the most successful World Superbike racers of all time. You can read all about his past races and adventures in this archive of blogs for Insidebikes.

Correct at the time of publication. Information in these articles has been gathered from various sources, therefore Carole Nash cannot be held responsible for any view or opinion expressed herein.

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EXCLUSIVE: Jonathan Rea speaks to Insidebikes ahead of final Kawasaki outing

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Carole Nash ambassador Jonathan Rea stunned the racing world this summer when it was announced he would be ending his Kawasaki contract a year early to go join rivals Yamaha for 2024 and 2025.

Now 36-years-old, JR joined Kawasaki for the 2015 season and promptly won six titles in a row. The intervening nine seasons has seen the Northern Irish rider break almost every title there is in the history of WorldSBK, including most titles, most wins and most podiums.

Ahead of the final round of the 2023 season, and his last race for Team Green, we caught up with Jonathan at London’s RAC Club for an exclusive video interview, where he talked candidly about the past, present and future.

Among the topics discussed, Jonathan talks about:

-          Why his next win will be so significant

-          Rival Alvaro Bautista’s upcoming MotoGP outing

-          How never having a shot at MotoGP might ‘eat at him’ in retirement

-          What he would do if Yamaha offered him a MotoGP wildcard

-          Self doubt when results don’t go his way

-          Balancing performance of bikes in superbikes – and how the TV cameras might be doing him a favour

It’s 15 minutes of intriguing chat with the greatest superbike racer of all time, so stick the kettle on, grab a comfy chair and tune in before this weekend’s season finale.

 

 

Jonathan Rea Ambassador of Carole Nash between 2012 and 2024. Correct at the time of publication. Information in this article has been gathered from various sources, therefore Carole Nash cannot be held responsible for any view or opinion expressed herein.

 

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