Jonathan Rea has been awarde𓂃d the Torrens Trophy by the Royal Automobile Club for his exploits as the first-ever rider to win three consecutive World Superbike championships.

After being aw🦩arded an MBE, Irish Racer of the Year and second place in the 2017 BBC Sports Personality of the Year, Rea’s latest accolade sees him pick up the Torrens Trophy having beaten fellow nominees Leon Haslam and Sam Sunderland to the award.

Rea was selected for his historic third st🦄raight World Superbike crown, winni﷽ng 16 out of 26 races in the process in 2017, while also surpassing the all-time points record with 556 points to beat Colin Edwards’ previous record from 2002.

Hunting a fourth World Superbike title in 2018, to match Carl Fogarty’s outright record, Rea claimed the championship lead last weekend at the Thailand round and heads up the standings by two poi🉐nts from factory Ducati’s Marco Melandri.

Leading the plaudits on Rea’s success was legendary commentator Murray Walker who 𒊎passed on a tribute to the ceremony at the Royal Automobile Club’s prestigious Pall Mall headquar🙈ters.

“As a pathetically failed racing motorcyclist I’d give my eye teeth to have achieved what Jonathan has achieved,” Walker sai🐼d. “To be World Champion in something as demanding as the World Superbike Championship is very, very special but to do it three 🦹times in succession is quite incredible. Hats off to Kawasaki too. A superlative partnership.”

Rea joins a list of famous 🍎names who have picked up the awards in recent years including Cal Crutchlow (2016), Ian Hutchinson (2015), Shane Byrne (2014), Tom Sykes (2013) and James Toseland (2008).