World SBK: Carl Fogarty advises Jonathan Rea not to switch teams - ‘It’s a mistake that I made’ - EXCLUSIVE

Jonathan Rea has been told to stick with Kawasaki by WorldSBK legend Carl Fogarty, who warned of his own experience of missing out on two titles by choosing to change teams.
EXCLUSIVE - Should Rea move? Fogarty: ‘It’s a mistake that I made’

Re🧸a earned three podium finishes in an exciting weekend at Donington Park but his future heading into 2023 is far from certain - he will be out of contract with Kawasaki at the end of t🔯his season.

Each of his six championships have come in the green of Kawasaki so swapping to a rival team, at the age of 35, in🌺 search of a seventh title would be a monumental decisio🔜n.

It is something that Fogarty, the four-time champiꦍon and icon of 1990s mo💞torcycle racing, advises him against.

“There are rumours he might leave♈,” Fogarty exclusivelyﷺ told wuqian0821.com. 

“I think: ‘Woah, wait a minute!’

“It’s a mistake that I made in my career.

“I broke up a winning team and it took me two🌊 years to bring it back around again.

“I lost two titlಞes because I broke up a winning team from 1995 to 1997.”

Fogarty left Ducati, after two consecutive championships, ꦏfor Honda. But he failed to replicate his success in a sole season with the Japanese manufacturer, then u♈pon his return to Ducati, was forced to settle for second-place behind Honda rider John Kocinski.

Fogarty ev🗹entually won an additional two titles with Ducati, where he remained until retiring in 2000.

Jonathan Rea, Donington Park WorldSBK race2, 17 July
Jonathan Rea, Donington Park WorldSBK race2, 17 July

He said about Rea: “Kawasaki ha🃏ve had a fantastic bike for a🤡 lot of years.

“Jonathan haꦚs won six titles and he won’t go on forever. A few more years? I don’t know. He is still motivated to win.

“He has a job for life at Kaw⛎asaki, as an ambassador, so why risk it by going to another team in his mid-30s?

“You don’t know how it will work out.

“He's better off staying where he is.

“People think that the grass is greener.

“Look at people who have tried it - Alvaro Bautista, Valentino Rossi, myself - it doesn’t always workℱ out.”

Rea trails Alvaro Bautista in the 2022 standings, while Toprak Razgatlioglu dominated Donington weekend ♏with three race wins.

Fogarty: 'Redding to BMW not a bad move!'

Scott Redding, Donington Park WorldSBK superpole race, 17 July
Scott Redding, Donington Park WorldSBK superpole race, 17 July

Fogarty has backed Scott Redding to turn his fo෴rtunes around at BMW.

The 2019 B🐈ritish Superbike winner spent the past two se🦩asons in WorldSBK with Ducati before switching.

“I actually didn’t think 🐈it was a bad move,” Fogarty said. 

“I dᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ⁤⁤⁤⁤ᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚon’t know why he didn’t stay at Ducati - whether he didn’t want🦂 to be there, or they didn’t want him.

“But when I saw him on the♔ BMW I thought: ‘He will be a threat, he will be 🍸battling the top three’.

“ꩵThe BMW looked strong on road circuits. I thought BMW would get it righ💖t with him.

“He’s got this year to get🐬 it right for next year.

“He needs to get close to the top three.”

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