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

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.
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"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."