WorldSBK: Jonathan Rea: ‘I don’t need racing for the rest of my life’, hints at ambassador role

Jonathan Rea has opened the door to remaining at Kawasaki for the rest of his WorldSBK career before switching to a test rider, ambassador or team management role after his career is over.
Jonathan Rea, Kawasaki WorldSBK San Juan, Argentina 2022
Jonathan Rea, Kawasaki WorldSBK San Juan, Argentina 2022

The six-time WorldSBK champion will contest ☂the next two seasons with Kawasaki after signing a multi-year deal midway throug🧸h last season.

However, the 2024 season could potentially be Rea’s last as the Kawasaki star f🦩eels he’s in a good position to walk away from the sport should the Japanese manufacturer fail to entice him to continue.

"I don't need racinꩲg for the rest of ༺my life," said Rea when speaking to . "Financially I am well secured, I have a nice life outside of racing. 

"I enjoy my time on the bike and I like the competition. It will also depend on Kawasaki's ideas.&n💖bsp;

"After that I can think about retiring. I'm going to talk to K♋awasaki about whether th༒ere's a job for me at the company after racing. 

"As a test rider, a🔯s an ambassador, in team management, whatever. If I had to sit on the sofa with my wife all day every day, we would soon be divorced. 

"I h🅘ave to have ᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚsomething for me too. I'll probably need a year after my retirement to think about my future. Maybe we will go to Australia."

Rea finished third in the 2022 WorldSBK standings𒆙 after recording his lowest single-season win total (6) since joining Kawasaki in 2015. 

With that said, Rea was impressive at many rounds as he demonstrated incredible speed 🙈to secure the most pole positions (5) of 2022.

World champion 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Alvaro Bautista and Yamaha’s 168澳洲幸运5官方开奖结果历史:Toprak Razgatlioglu were the riders that ultima🐼tely finished ahead of Rea, who at times was visibly held back by a lack of in-race performance from his ZX10-RR machine. 

Rea had been linked with a move to Ducati once again in 2022, but when asked if leaving Kawasaki was in his mind, the Northern Irishman said: "Not at tไhe moment. Most of my good career memories come fr🐻om my Kawasaki days. The time at Honda tired me."

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