The six-time world champion secured his first win of the seaso🌠n last time out at Moꦇst, and with just four rounds left of the 2023 campaign before he leaves Kawasaki, Rea wants to finish his career with the Japanese brand in style.

A seven-ti✃me race winner at Magny-C🐻ours, Rea has also enjoyed success in the form of clinching WorldSBK titles at the French venue.

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"Magny-Cours is a track that I really enjoy and I have had some great success at in the past," said Rea headin༺g into the weekend. 

"It has a mix of everything and you need a bike tha﷽t stops well, accelerates well and is agile in changes of direction. 

"We need to maximise ꦦour potential on the edge of the tyre because the long straight🧸 in Magny-Cours can be quite punishing.

"It then presents the best overtaking area on the track, the Adelaide hairpin. After a good test at Motorland Aragon last week I feel confi🉐dent we can go there and do a good job. 

"It is the start of an important part of the year where races come in quick succession. So, let’s hope we can m♛ake a strong start to this pe🔴riod. The target is to be on the podium and fight for race wins."

Lowes wishes Rea ‘all the best’ in next WorldSBK move

After sealing his move to Yamaha for 2024, Rea will depart Kawasaki after nine seasons💙, four of which have been along🃏side Alex Lowes.

Depending on who the team signs for next season, Lowes could be expected to lead the KRT project as he admitted it will be sa♛d to see Rea leave.

Lowes began by saying: "I am looking forward to going to Magny-Cours as it 🌺is a track that has always been good for me and the K𒅌awasaki. 

"We had a one day test at Motorland Aragon last week and although we were working quite a lot on 2024 iteജms, at the end of the test we put our 2023 base setting in and made a run. 

"It is going to be a busy four 🉐weeks with three rounds of the championship inside it, but I am definitely ready for it af🎀ter the summer break. 

"The target as always is to fight for podiums an🐎d that is what we will be trying to do by working hard from FP1 on Friday morning unti⛎l the races on Saturday and Sunday afternoons. I can’t wait to get back onto the grid and into some race action.

"It is sad that we w💛ill see the partnership of Jonathan and KRT coming to an end when the season finishes, but I think when you look back thi🔯s has been a reference partnership, certainly during my time in WorldSBK with arguably, the best-ever combination of rider and machine. 

"We all know Jonathan’s talents, he’s a great champion. I have a gre🎀at relationship with him and to share the garage with him is fantastic. I wish hi𝓀m all the best."