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 through last s💜eason.

However, the 2024 season could potentially be Rea’s last as the Kawasak♔i 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 nee💞d racing 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 ﷺI like the competition. It will also depend on Kawasaki's ideas. 

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

"As a𒉰 test rider, as 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 ꧃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 finished third in the 2022 WorldSBK standings after recording his lowest single-season win total (6) since joining Kawasaki in 2015.&nb🃏sp;

With that said, Rea was impressive at many rounds as he demonstrated inc🍒redible speed to se൲cure the most pole positions (5) of 2022.

World champion 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Alvaro Bautista and Yamaha’s 168澳洲5最新开奖结果:Toprak Razgatlioglu were the riders that ultimately finished ahead of Re🎐a, 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 mﷺove 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 memories come from my Kawasaki days. The time at Honda tired me."

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