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INTERVIEW
2017 WORLDSBK CHAMPION JONATHAN REA
A
t precisely 11 o'clock in the evening beneath the almost
impossibly bright floodlights of the Losail International
Circuit in Lusail, Qatar, 2017, FIM World Superbike
Champion Jonathan Rea was a bit exasperated. The first rider to
win the lauded WorldSBK title three consecutive seasons—not even
the legendary four-time World Champion Carl Fogarty managed to
pull down such an accolade during his storied career—nine-year
WorldSBK veteran Rea was being pulled in all sorts of different
directions in the Losail paddock at the series final.
SUPERNATURAL
SUPERBIKER
NO ONE HAS WON THREE WORLDSBK TITLES IN
A ROW—UNTIL JONATHAN REA CAME ALONG. WE
CHAT WITH WORLDSBK'S NUMBER-ONE RIDER
RIGHT NOW, AND IT WOULDN'T BE MUCH OF A
CONVERSATION IF WE DIDN'T ASK HIM IF MOTOGP
IS IN HIS FUTURE, NOW WOULD IT?
BY ERIC JOHNSON
PHOTOGRAPHY BY MONSTER MEDIA
AND GOLD & GOOSE
