The six-time WorldSBK champion will swapꦇ🅰 Kawasaki - the team he is synonoymous with representing - for Yamaha for the 2024 season.

A day after the 2023 final round in Jerez, where Rea rode his last race for Kawasaki, he has been presented with the #65 Yamaha R1 WorldS𓆏BK.

Rea will test hi💦s new 🔯machine on Tuesday and Wednesday in Jerez.

He had ref🌳lected on his time with Kawasaki: “It’s been an incredible partnership.

"I was incredibly grateful for the opportunity to join the team🌄 and on track or off track♒, they’ve been fantastic. 

“They have had my back in tougher moments and supported me in the great days, so the consecutive winning might continue in the future♊ but it was like living a dream for six years and going to work, risking our life, putting everything on the line ♊but it was fun. 

“It was fun with these people with a great manufacturer and I wish them all the best in the future with the effort and atte𒆙ntionꦓ that they put in.”