KRT’s Jonathan Rea talks about his 40th career win at Phillip Island

KRT’s Jonathan Rea talks about his 40th career win at Phillip Island

Reigning World Champion Jonathan Rea completed a near-perfect weekend at the sensational Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit, taking the double victory as he started from ninth position in race two under the updated grid format.   Beginning the season on the winning foot following a strong winter testing the new ZX-10RR machine, Rea was lost…

2017 WorldSBK Australia: Jonathan Rea takes 40th win from Race 2

2017 WorldSBK Australia: Jonathan Rea takes 40th win from Race 2

The first race to be held under the new grid rules, where the top three from race one start race two from the third row, had little effect on the winning machine that is Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team). He had to fight for his second race victory again, the 40th in his career, with…

Team Honda World Superbike in Top 15 of Race 1 at Phillip Island

Team Honda World Superbike in Top 15 of Race 1 at Phillip Island

The Red Bull Honda World Superbike Team has contested the opening race of the 2017 FIM Superbike World Championship today at Phillip Island, with Nicky Hayden and Stefan Bradl finishing eleventh and fifteenth respectively. Hayden launched from eleventh place on the grid and was immediately eighth on board his Honda CBR1000RR Fireblade SP2 machine as…

Jonathan Rea Wins Race 1 in Opening Round of WorldSBK at Phillip Island

Jonathan Rea Wins Race 1 in Opening Round of WorldSBK at Phillip Island

In a brilliant first race of the 2017 MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship at Phillip Island on Saturday Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team) took a superb win, to start the season in style. Rea beat Chaz Davies (Aruba.it Racing – Ducati) by just 0.042s across the line as the pair battled hard to the last…