Jonathan Rea
| Jonathan 'Johnny' Rea | |
|---|---|
 Jonathan Rea. August 2008 | |
| Nationality | Northern Irish |
| Born | 2 February 1987 Larne, Northern Ireland |
| Current team | Castrol Honda World Superbike Team |
| Bike number | 4 |
| Website | http://www.jrea65.com/ |
Jonathan 'Johnny' Rea (born February 2, 1987 in Larne, Northern Ireland[1]) is a motorcycle racer, currently competing in the Superbike World Championship for Castrol Honda. He was runner-up in the Supersport World Championship for the Ten Kate Honda team in 2008, and runner-up in the British Superbike Championship in 2007 for the HM Plant Honda team. He was named Irish Motorcyclist of the Year in 2007, 2008 and 2011.[2]
Early years
For much of his career he has been backed by Red Bull. Rea was British 60cc motocross runner up in 1997, before moving up through the motocross classes. He was not originally keen to switch to circuit racing as he considered it to be boring, but he was persuaded to by friends Michael and Eugene Laverty, contesting the 2003 British 125cc Championship. His 2004 season was interrupted by a crash at Knockhill.
In 2005 Red Bull set up a British Superbike ride for him on a factory-spec Honda Fireblade. He showed his potential by snatching a pole position from the established names, and finished 16th in the series despite missing two races, at Snetterton after a heavy testing crash, and at Oulton Park after the death of a junior team-mate in the previous event.
BSB Success
He started the 2006 season strongly, lying sixth in the championship after five meetings. At Oulton Park he finished 3rd in race two, before being demoted to fourth as he was deemed to have gained a place form Shane Byrne on the last lap illegally, although he claimed that he crossed the infield grass as he was squeezed out of road. He qualified fifth at Mondello Park before heavy rain forced the cancellation of the races, and claimed that he had been on race tyres, rather than special soft qualifying compounds. He impressed at Mallory Park too, qualifying on the front row and running second until high-siding in race one, despite having no race engineer for the weekend. At Knockhill he took pole position, and followed a fourth in race one with his first career podium in race two, passing Leon Haslam for second with two laps to go. He ultimately took fourth in the championship, ahead of the factory Honda of Karl Harris.
He took Harris' factory ride for 2007, alongside reigning champion Ryuichi Kiyonari of Japan. After four second places, he finally took his first win in the second race at Mondello Park,[3] after dominating wet practice but struggling in the dry first race. A double victory at Knockhill followed,[4] taking him to within nine points of Kiyonari at the top of the standings - retaining this position after Oulton Park in which each HM Plant Honda rider won once and crashed once. He ultimately finished as the series runner-up, 26 points behind Kiyonari and 20 ahead of Leon Haslam.
Also in 2007, he raced with Kiyonari and won a three-hour endurance race, and the pair was then entered for the Suzuka 8-Hour race on a factory Honda machine. Plans for him to contest the British MotoGP round on a Team Roberts bike were scrapped in favour of extra Suzuka preparation.[5] He attended the 2007 World Superbike round at Brands Hatch, as he began to explore international options.[6]
World Supersport
In September 2007 he signed a three year progressive deal with Ten Kate Honda to ride in the Supersport World Championship for the 2008 season, and the Superbike World Championship for the 2009 and 2010 seasons.[7] He turned down the option of staying in British Superbikes with either HM Plant Honda or move to Rizla Suzuki, and turned down a World Superbike ride with the factory Xerox Ducati team. In his first race at Losail in Qatar, he crashed, badly injuring a finger.[8] At Assen he challenged for a first WSS win, losing by 0.014 seconds to team-mate Andrew Pitt.[9] He did win for Ten Kate at the Donington Park British Supersport race, which the team entered as practice for the later WSS race there. His first World Supersport win came at Brno, and he immediately followed this with a second win at Brands Hatch, although the race was stopped early after the fatal accident of Craig Jones with seven llaps remaining in the race.[10] A third win followed at Vallelunga, pushing him back up to second in the standings behind Pitt. His chances of winning the title were ended by a wild move from Robbin Harms in the penultimate round at Magny-Cours. He did remount to finish tenth in the race.[11]
World Superbikes
For 2009, Rea rode for the Hannspree Ten Kate Honda team in World Superbikes.[12] He made the switch before the end of 2008, meaning that he made his WSBK debut in the final 2008 round at Portimão. His first podium came in the second race at round six at Kyalami.[13] Another third place followed in the very next round at Miller Motorsport Park,[14] before his first WSBK win came at Misano, after a frantic battle with the Ducati duo of Noriyuki Haga and Michel Fabrizio.[15] This followed a chaotic first race that day; his bike failed on the dummy grid, he received a ride-through penalty for being given a lift back to the pits by Kiyonari on the warm-up lap, and when he switched to a wet set-up bike he – like team-mate Carlos Checa – had trouble getting the second bike fired up.[16]
He added a further win in Germany to finish fifth overall and top rookie. He remained with Ten Kate for 2010, and scored a double victory at the team's home round at Assen,[17] however this was followed by two crashes at Monza.[18] A further crash in Superpole at Miller Motorsport Park injured his neck and shoulder, though he still raced the next day, scoring a 14th and an eighth.[19] He scored only seven points at Misano, as he fell behind Carlos Checa in the battle for third place in the championship standings.[20]
For the 2011 season, Rea stayed with the Ten Kate Racing family as its Honda-supported World Superbike team received backing from global lubricants manufacturer, Castrol, reviving the famous Castrol Honda name that saw World Superbike championship victories with John Kocinski (USA) in 1997 and Colin Edwards (USA) in 2000 and 2002.
Career statistics
Stats correct as of 25 June 2012
All time
| Series | Years Active | Races | Poles | Podiums | Wins | 2nd place | 3rd place | Fast Laps | Titles | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| British Superbike Championship | 2005–07 | 50 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| World Supersport Championship | 2008 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| World Superbike Championship | 2008– | 84 | 3 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 0 | |
| Total | 146 | 4 | 49 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 0 | ||
By championship
British Superbike Championship
| Year | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Pos | Pts | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | ||||
| 2005 | Honda | BHI |
BHI |
THR |
THR |
MAL |
MAL |
OUL |
OUL |
MOP |
MOP |
CRO |
CRO |
KNO |
KNO |
SNE |
SNE |
SIL |
SIL |
CAD |
CAD |
OUL |
OUL |
DON |
DON |
BHGP |
BHGP |
16th | 64 |
| 2006 | Honda | BHI 5 |
BHI Ret |
DON 8 |
DON 5 |
THR 4 |
THR 5 |
OUL 8 |
OUL 4 |
MOP C |
MOP C |
MAL Ret |
MAL 8 |
SNE 4 |
SNE 20 |
KNO 4 |
KNO 2 |
OUL 5 |
OUL 4 |
CRO 2 |
CRO 13 |
CAD Ret |
CAD 3 |
SIL 4 |
SIL 5 |
BHGP 18 |
BHGP 3 |
4th | 248 |
| 2007 | Honda | BHGP 3 |
BHGP 2 |
THR Ret |
THR 4 |
SIL 2 |
SIL 3 |
OUL 4 |
OUL 5 |
SNE 2 |
SNE 2 |
MOP 4 |
MOP 1 |
KNO 1 |
KNO 1 |
OUL Ret |
OUL 1 |
MAL 2 |
MAL Ret |
CRO 2 |
CRO 2 |
CAD Ret |
CAD 1 |
DON 5 |
DON 7 |
BHI 2 |
BHI 2 |
2nd | 407 |
Supersport World Championship
| Year | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Pos | Pts | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | Honda | QAT Ret |
AUS 5 |
ESP 6 |
NED 2 |
ITA Ret |
GER 6 |
SMR 3 |
CZE 1 |
GBR 1 |
EUR 3 |
ITA 1 |
FRA 10 |
POR | 2nd | 164 | [21] |
Superbike World Championship
| Year | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | Pos | Pts | Ref | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | |||||
| 2008 | Honda | QAT | QAT | AUS | AUS | ESP | ESP | NED | NED | ITA | ITA | USA | USA | GER | GER | SMR | SMR | CZE | CZE | GBR | GBR | EUR | EUR | ITA | ITA | FRA | FRA | POR 4 |
POR 15 |
26th | 14 | [22] |
| 2009 | Honda | AUS 5 |
AUS 9 |
QAT 12 |
QAT 8 |
SPA Ret |
SPA 13 |
NED 7 |
NED 5 |
ITA 5 |
ITA 4 |
RSA 4 |
RSA 3 |
USA 5 |
USA 3 |
SMR 7 |
SMR 1 |
GBR 7 |
GBR 15 |
CZE 3 |
CZE 4 |
GER 4 |
GER 1 |
ITA 7 |
ITA 6 |
FRA Ret |
FRA 3 |
POR 2 |
POR 3 |
5th | 315 | [23] |
| 2010 | Honda | AUS 4 |
AUS 6 |
POR 3 |
POR Ret |
SPA 6 |
SPA 5 |
NED 1 |
NED 1 |
ITA Ret |
ITA Ret |
RSA 5 |
RSA 2 |
USA 14 |
USA 8 |
SMR 13 |
SMR 12 |
CZE 1 |
CZE 2 |
GBR 2 |
GBR 2 |
GER 1 |
GER 2 |
ITA DNS |
ITA DNS |
FRA 12 |
FRA DNS |
4th | 292 | [24] | ||
| 2011 | Honda | AUS 12 |
AUS 4 |
EUR 5 |
EUR 6 |
NED 1 |
NED 3 |
ITA 6 |
ITA Ret |
USA Ret |
USA 11 |
SMR DNS |
SMR DNS |
SPA |
SPA |
CZE |
CZE |
GBR |
GBR |
GER 10 |
GER 4 |
ITA 1 |
ITA Ret |
FRA Ret |
FRA Ret |
POR 3 |
POR 3 |
9th | 170 | [25] | ||
| 2012 | Honda | AUS 7 |
AUS 4 |
ITA 9 |
ITA 5 |
NED Ret |
NED 1 |
ITA C |
ITA 6 |
EUR 4 |
EUR 1 |
USA 4 |
USA 2 |
SMR 5 |
SMR 2 |
SPA 16 |
SPA 5 |
CZE Ret |
CZE 12 |
GBR 4 |
GBR 9 |
RUS Ret |
RUS 7 |
GER |
GER |
POR |
POR |
FRA |
FRA |
5th* | 212.5* | [26] |
- * Season in progress.
References
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- ^ Ryder, Joy (2009-01-20). "Jonathan Rea wins Irish Motorcyclist of the Year award". World Superbike News. Buzzin' Fly Limited. Retrieved 2010-07-07.
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- ^ Moakes, Dan (2007-07-12). "Jonathan Rea takes Superbike double at Knockhill". F1 Network.net. Durham Associates Group. Retrieved 2010-07-07.
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- ^ "Rea to ride in World Supersport". BBC Sport. BBC. 2007-09-04. Retrieved 2010-07-07.
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- ^ "Rea pipped for victory in Assen". BBC Sport. BBC. 2008-04-27. Retrieved 2010-07-07.
- ^ "Huge Jones accident stops race". crash.net. Crash Media Group. 2008-08-03. Retrieved 2010-07-07.
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