SUPER BIKE

When Jonathan Rea first set foot in the World championship paddock back in 2008, to contest his debut season in the then World Supersport category, few could have imagined the impact the amiable Northern-Irishman from Ballymena would have.

Scott Redding, native of Gloucester, Gloucestershire, England, not only wrapped up the fiercely fought 2019 British Superbike Championship aboard a Ducati Panigale V4 R, but was also able to immediately climb atop his new Aruba.it Ducati WorldSBK team V4 R and set the fastest time on the final day of WorldSBK testing at the MotorLand Aragon circuit in rain lashed Spain.

“Motorcycle racing is like surfing. You can’t force the wave to arrive. You have to wait for the right one. When it arrives, you just ride it, and all the pieces fall into place”.

Victory by less than a second at Magny Cours in France and the eleventh round of thirteen in 2019 WorldSBK meant that Jonathan Rea could give the ultimate ‘high-five’ to his all-conquering Kawasaki Racing Team.