Jonathan Rea: "upcoming, the Suzuka 8 Hours, SBK and become a father"

The Northern Irishman has already won last year's prestigious endurance race: between opponents this year also his team-mate Leon Haslam

For Jonathan Rea promises a busy schedule: the Northern Irish rider of the Team Pata Honda will participate, with team-mate Leon Haslam as an opponent, the next 8 Hours of Suzuka, the prestigious endurance race since 1978 represents the maximum expression of motorsport trophies in Rising Sun. Always recall event for samples of gauge Mick Doohan, Colin Edwards and Valentino Rossi, was prorio Rea, as a team (from 2010 drivers must be no more than 2 and 3) with the Japanese Kousuke Akiyoshi and Tadayuki Okada to win the '2012 edition riding a Honda CBR 1000RRW.

Rea wants to try again this year and just a few days ago went to Suzuka for testing, taking advantage of the long break before the next round of the World Superbike Championship at the Moscow Raceway on July 21:

"It 's been nice to get on track this year because last year I was not able to perform any testing before the race, so they are very confident ahead of the event. This year I will have at my side Kiyo (Ryuichi Kiyonari) so I hope to do well and to repeat the victory of 2012. The circuit is gorgeous, but the temperatures at the moment are really high and it is therefore difficult to run under these conditions. Now I have a couple of days you can spend at home, Isle of Man, before leaving for Moscow. I hope to continue in the wake of podiums in the last races. "

The GP of Moscow will in fact be the first in a series of commitments not bad for the pilot concluded the weekend's Superbike Rea will fly soon in Japan, for 8 hours, which will be held July 25, August 4 which will follow the GP at Silverstone. Then the well-deserved vacation, but without relaxing too: September 1st all back on track at the Nurburgring, I decided first of four rounds to be played in just six weeks. Not to mention that at that time Johnny should also be a dad.