WSBK: when Jonathan Rea has fun with the 2023 MotoGP season calendar

Among the many events that kept us in suspense in this Thai Grand Prix, there was the revelation of a 2023 MotoGP calendar made up of 21 Grands Prix which did not leave a certain Jonathan Rea indifferent. Never has a season been promised such a length, but that is not the only particularity. Indeed, two new countries are on the program, at the end of the festival, in passing, the well-known stage of Aragon. These are Kazakhstan and India, while waiting for Saudi Arabia. In short, we will have to be in good shape next year, especially since the sprint race will add to the already high stakes. In WSBK, we have fun with these promised infernal cadences…

At least, it was the six-time winner of the category reserved for motorcycles from the series who reacted with humor to the discovery of the program for the next Grand Prix campaign. He comments thus: “ It’s a great time to be a divorce attorney!“. An approach that is less dramatic than that of a Aleix Espargaró who bluntly identified this new program as “ the beginning of the apocalypse »…

Jonathan Rea prepares for Portimao

In the meantime, the same Sale prepares for what awaits him this weekend at Portimao. By 13 victories and 21 podiums and after making his debut in World SBK on this track in 2008, the Portuguese layout holds a special place in the Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK rider's heart. The Ulsterman is the most successful driver on the grid at the hilly Lusitanian venue and he will hope to build on that this weekend.

The drought of victories Sale dates back to the last World Superbike visit to Portugal at Estoril, at the third round, but Sale was a winner at Portimao in 2021. He and Razgatlioglu, while fighting, will have to “work together” to make up the points deficit against Baptist in the championship.