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 thﷺe next two seasons with Kawasaki after signing a multi-year deal midway through last season.

However, the 2024 season could potentially be 🌠Rea’s last as the Kawasaki star feels he’s in a good position to walk away from the sport should the Japanese manufacturer fail to entice him to continu🦂e.

"I don't need racing f🦩or the rest of my life," said Rea when speaking to . "Financially I am well secured, I have a nice life outside o🔥f racing. 

"I enjoy my time on the bike and I like the ꦍcompetition. It will also depend on Kawasaki's ideas. 

"Aftﷺer that I can think about retiring. I'm going to talk to Kawasaki about whether there's a job for me at the company after racing. 

"As a test rider, as an ambassad𓆉or, in team management, whatever. If I had to sit on the sofa with my wife all day ev♋ery day, we would soon be divorced. 

"I have to have something for🌊 me too. I'll probably need a year after my retirement to think about my future. Maybe we will go to Australia."

Rea fin🔴ished th✤ird in the 2022 WorldSBK standings 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 𒅌demonstrated incredible spee♌d 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 ultimately finished ahead of Rea, who at times was visiblyཧ 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 the moment. Most of my good career memᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚories come from my Kawasaki days. The ti൩me at Honda tired me."

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