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Red Bull Weekend Highlights May 14, 2012
With success in Superbikes, Motocross and Enduro, two wheels proved more fun than four for our Red Bull stars this past weekend...
Wet and Wild in Monza | World Superbikes 2012 May 7, 2012
It was a truly chaotic weekend at Monza where teams, riders, tyre manufacturer Pirelli, championship organisers and fans were put through the mixer thanks to some horrendous weather conditions...
Red Bull Weekend Highlights May 7, 2012
It's been wheels on fire for our Red Bull stars this weekend...
World Superbike: Rea defies rain and pain to win in Assen Apr 22, 2012
Jonathan Rea overcame a hand injury sustained earlier in the day to win race two of Sunday's World Superbike GP at his team's home track of Assen, Netherlands...
World Superbikes | Testing Times For Rea and Aoyama Apr 13, 2012
The Honda World Superbike Team of Jonathan Rea and Hiroshi Aoyama had to content with inclement weather at a two-day test session at Assen in The Netherlands ahead of next week’s third round World...
World Superbikes | Ducati Do The Double On Home Turf Apr 2, 2012
Ducati rider Carlos Checa proved that racing on your own turf can be very much to your advantage after he grabbed an impressive double in the second round of the 2012 World Superbike Series at Imola,...
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Castrol Honda World Superbike star Johnny Rea started his career riding motocross, rising through the ranks to become British champion. Initially, he resisted the switch to circuit racing, considering it “too boring”. However, in 2005 Red Bull organised a ride on a factory Honda Fireblade and the Northern Irish rider hasn’t looked back since.
In 2007, he finished as British Superbike runner-up before moving to the World Supersport series with Ten Kate Honda last season. He took his first victory at Brno and was in contention for the title right up until the final round, losing out to his team mate Andrew Pitt. He made the move up to Superbikes in 2009 and took his first WSBK win at Misano in June of that year.
In 2010 Jonny was battling for a top 3 finish in the Superbike Championship. A nasty crash, which resulted in a shoulder injury, forced Jonny to miss the last 3 races. He finished 4th in the final Superbike standings. In 2011 Jonny aims for the World Superbike title, before he targets the move to MotoGP.
