Newly crowned World Superbike champion Jonathan Rea says his achievement felt “unreal” after securing the 2015 title with five races to spare at Jerez. The Kawasaki rider secured the championship with a fourth place finish in the first race of the Jerez weekend, the first time he had been off the podium all season, a result that put the crown out of the reach of nearest rival Chaz Davies. After becoming the fifth Briton to win the WSBK crown after Carl Fogarty, Neil Hodgson, James Toseland and his own teammate Tom Sykes, Rea said the achievement was the realisation of a childhood dream. “I started [riding] when I was six, I spent my time on the track with my father and I grew up in a...
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