The six-time world champion began his Superbike career with Honda and competedﷺ in six full seasons with the Japa🌟nese brand.

That was un𝄹til he joined Kawasaki where he won all six of his titles before s😼ealing a move to Yamaha for 2024. 

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Arguably the slowest bike on the grid, Honda’s lack of competitiveness has been all-too visible in re🤡cent years which is why Rea called it the biggest surprise.

Speaking to WorldSBK.com abou⭕t his 2023 campaign, Rea said this when asked about the biggest surpris🌟e: “How Honda hasn't made a step forward.”

Rea, who w🌸on just once in 2023 which is his lowest return since the 2013 season, also spoke about his best and worst moments of the year, saying: “Most race win because I wa🐷s starving for a race win for so long and finally I got the opportunity in Most. 

“Indonesia, by far. We weren’t competitive𓂃 and I was vomiting from both ends all weekend.ꩵ It was a tough weekend to get through.”

Third in the standings, Rea called Toprak Razgatlioglu and Alvaro Bautista the top two riders of 2023, although he had a surpri♚sing answer for the most disappointing rider.

“Toprak Razgatlio🐽glu and Alvaro Bautista of course,” began Rea. “I expected a lot more from myself. Honestly, I’m quite disappointed with some parts of my season.”

Although Rea and Kawasaki lacked the same competitiveness as we’ve s🐼💜een in recent years, the Yamaha rider still had several great battles with both Razgatlioglu and Bautista.

Discussing his best battle of the year, Rea said: “With Toprak and unfortunately he passed me on the last lap at Donington where I was trying to do the ꦚcutback in the chicane but Alvaro came past. I went from first to third and was very disappointed.”