Jonathan Rea Exclusive! | OMG! MotoGP Podcast

[@OMGMotoGP]

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[@TheEpiphone83]

Jesus, the guests are just getting better..Stoner booked for next week and Rossi the week after is it?? Great interview..Jonny's a legend! Such a shame he didn't go to Motogp. Such a down to earth chap!

[@OnlyLifts.]

Stoner and Rossi will be on the pod??

[@gasracing5000]

Holy $#!+ that's a heck of a line up for November 🤜🤛🏾

[@fivedotsdave9723]

You shouldn't be using the Lords name in vain.

[@TheEpiphone83]

@fivedotsdave9723 Which Lord are you talking about? Stoner or Rossi?

[@stevecarter5084]

What a brilliant,open and honest interview…thanks Keith and Johnathan 🎉

[@andrewmorgan81]

Once agin OMG steals a march on the competition. In Keith's hands Rea comes over as a smart,wily and driven competitor with a very human and likeable side. Keep them coming guys!

[@colinmccrea718]

Just amazing how JR's face lights up when he talks about his kids. Top bloke, great sportsman & fantastic father.

[@StefanMedici]

He's even getting into football. 😂

[@brianmurphy1738]

Great interview, great to see the person being interviewed getting the time to speak, first class.

[@DSLtwo]

Well done Keith & team OMG, great interview with the legend that is JR. Hopefully the improved R1 & JR will click & podiums & fighting for the wins will be on the cards in 2025.

[@NodbodRS]

Comes across as a genuine, honest top humble multiple world champion. 👍

[@gasracing5000]

Johnny is a legend, decent dude too. Good interview.

[@Terraceview]

This was great, thanks OMG and Jonathan.

[@Penny-xt1te]

Thanks Keith and Jonny for a great podcast

[@terryhosker1298]

Great intervue

[@ClaudioSpinetti-tw5oc]

Grande rea un pilota di grandissimo rilievo the goat of sbk

[@andrewuk184]

I'm really curious to learn more about Keith's career. Would love to see an interview like this with him.

[@KeithHuewen16]

Funny, I never really think of things the other way around 😛 But. I’m doing a show with Bertie Simmonds the host, (he knows me quite well), at the Stirrup Cup pub in April next year. Maybe we’ll film it for OMG MotoGP?

[@andrewuk184]

@@KeithHuewen16 Honoured by the reply, Keith. I have loved your commentary since I was a kid, for me you are the voice of motorcycle racing (along with Julian). Yeah, would be realing interesting to watch the show and listen to your insights from the "old days." Seeing how the sport has evolved in my lifetime has made me more interested in what it was like before. All the best and keep up the great work.

[@philliplunsford]

Awesome

[@NextBikeChannel]

Great episode!

[@nicksidell4797]

What a lovely lovely bloke Johnny is 👍

[@dardobartoli]

Woah.. bonus podcast.

[@jrcid1337]

Keith is awesome!!! Miss him in Motogp still . No one like Keith ... not political at all . Just a real person and opinion!

[@KeithHuewen16]

Love this! I had to check it wasn’t my wife who wrote it 😂 Glad you like @omgmotogp Keeping it real 💪🏼

[@cdmc012599]

JR's School of Champions! Has a good ring to ot! Kreps you on a bike to have fun and make money at the same time. People would love to learn some riding/racing tips from you.

[@roslyncarrington8887]

JR is such an awesome guy.

[@garrysimmons111]

I really like JR as a person. He seems like such a regular guy that just happens to ride motorbikes really really really fast. Great interview. How many months ago was this done? Seems like mid-season and it's Nov now...

[@tweeddalesheepdogs1298]

Jr is a top bloke I just hope 2025 he get back on podium 🤞

[@alanodonnell7234]

Hello Johnny!

[@skirolf]

I think Honda should adopted you after riding the rcv211v in Aragon some years ago.

[@dardobartoli]

One of the greatest riders of all time.. his difficulties only go to show just how good MM is.

[@techtipsuk]

At last featuring an exciting motorbike formula.

[@MartinMcMartin]

BS and ego are not a feature of JR a very humble bloke.

[@bernardoberner4]

Interesting that Johnnys boys dont really like bikes that much. Its something you cant really control, what we'll end up liking. My father for example likes surfing and voleyball, tho he doesnt practice those much, but he didnt push any sport to me, specially not motorsports. Idk why but Ive just loved cars and bikes since I was a kid, even tho I never rode a bike. Im brazilian, so naturally I played a bit of football when I was a kid, enjoyed a bit, but never loved it and now I couldnt care less for it. Anyway great to see Johnny on the pod, huge fan of his

[@shpritzer]

So this was recorded “halfway through the season”?

[@RRFriction]

I'll always say this Jonathan rea didn't lose out on Moto GP Moto GP lost out on Jonathan rea Unfortunately we will never know 💔

[@david_new46]

A 7th and 8th was great going. The current gap between the two series means that such a result would be nigh on impossible now (as witnessed with iannone). Even if he was not to have got a factory ride back then (and I know the gaps between the factory and non factory bikes was larger in those days) surely he would have impressed enough to hold a ride somewhere and eventually land a good ride. Hell of a career though and still fast enough to win another wsbk title with the right package.

[@david_new46]

Would it also be fair to say that after he won a couple of world titles, he could have landed a ride somewhere/anywhere on the moto gp grid (and arguably a more competitive grid versus the early '10s)? I think we often look at, perhaps incorrectly, as if it was repsol honda or bust.

[@damirdamir1180]

​​@@david_new46 At that time gap between factory bikes and private bikes was huge. In San Marino Rea finished 8th, 43 seconds behind winner Lorenzo and 37 seconds behind best Honda (Bautista, Dani crashed). Today with +43 seconds you are last, 15 seconds behind Luca Marini and Augusto Fernandez. And in Aragon Rea finished 7th, 32 seconds behind Pedrosa on same bike. When Simoncelli won his 250cc title Aprilia gived him a WC for WSBK Imola race. In second race Simoncelli finished 3rd, only 5 or 6 seconds behind the winner on Ducati. MotoGP is premium class and a class above WSBK. Yes, Bayliss won that last race in Valencia as WSBK rider 2006 but that was because of Bridgestone tyres , other teams were with Michelin.

[@benedictjudegovender2458]

Enjoyed this but was hoping for another 10/15 minutes more ..

[@robertwhite7906]

The weathers pants in Irelande del North...☘️👍

[@colincampbell4261]

Wet pants.

[@Ricky-cl5bu]

Johnny will find a way he never gives up 😊

[@damirdamir1180]

No, his time is over. He lost his cofidence already with Kawasaki in 2023 and it's very hard to find that congidence again with new team at age 37.

[@philmayhem]

Top lad, can't be easy having to limp the bike around given previous successes, but hopefully he can be back up the front regularly in 2025

[@patrickmalone9380]

Amazing so glad I watched Honda missed out big time there loss maybe need Jr on Honda superbike if they get it good enough

[@nigelwatts2804]

Was he tempted to go Ducati after all that’s the best bike for the last few years

[@martinkeefe7107]

Just wondering what JR could do with a Ducati. Give the guy something he can fight with Just a thought

[@greyhorse1211]

Rea looks 100% like a monk 👀

[@USAracing]

It really doesn’t make any sense. Why everyone in Ireland. Doesn’t eat seafood and know everything about seafood, considering that it’s basically an island surround by the Atlantic

[@davidciesielski8251]

Man did the fim screw him!!!

[@sabref4i290]

Finally, a good podcast from you guys. It should just be Keith keep that girl away. She's terrible. Her voice is greedy and annoying. Makes the podcast unlistenable.

[@hazargokturk2424]

he said that toprak can ride like that because of yamaha. why you can not johnny boy??

[@macsmith6216]

Because he came off a Kawasaki Not too bright are you

[@karlmoody4891]

@@macsmith6216 Would you be kind enough to remind me what bike Toprak had come off of before riding for Yamaha? I seem to forget.

[@macsmith6216]

@@karlmoody4891 Think you’re a little bit confused The person that 2424 is speaking about is Rea not Toprak Rea came off a Kawasaki

[@karlmoody4891]

@@macsmith6216 ...and my question still stands. What bike was Toprak riding before the Yamaha? You're one answer away from being enlightened, don't give up the fight now, brother!

[@macsmith6216]

@@karlmoody4891 Let’s have a little grammar lesson Karl, context, look it up The poster said “Toprak can ride like that because of Yamaha, the bike JR is now riding. Why you can not Johnny boy?? Meaning why can’t JR ride the Yamaha like Toprak, because JR spent the last 9 years riding a Kawasaki Can you comprehend that, or is the concept to difficult for you