Jonathan Rea has admitted he was ‘annoyed’ not to get another MotoGP opportunity after a brief two-race stint with the Repsol Honda team during the 2012 championship. At the time Rea competed with Honda in the WorldSBK Championship and was called up to the factory HRC outfit to start races at Misano and Motorland Aragon, deputising for the injured Casey Stoner. Despite minimal testing on the RC213V and having to jump back on his Honda CBR1000RR for a WorldSBK round in between the two MotoGP events, Rea picked up two solid top ten results with an eighth and seventh place finish. At the time Rea’s efforts were viewed as somewhat disappointing, the Ulsterman finishing behind the...
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