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Newly-crowned four-time WorldSBK champion Jonathan Rea has matched Australian Troy Bayliss’ record winning-streak of eight consecutive victories in the FIM Motul Superbike World Championship (WorldSBK) after clinching the race two win at Magny Cours in France over the weekend.

Three-time superbike world champion Bayliss set the record in 2006, however Kawasaki Racing Team ace Rea is on-track to eclipse the astonishing feat as the championship heads to Argentina on 12-14 October for the penultimate round of the series.

“It’s incredibly, absolutely unbelievable and I want to thank all my team for getting me here today,” Rea commented. “I made some smart choices on the opening lap, and then I had a little tussle with van der Mark which let Chaz get a bit further away, but once I got onto the back of him he was so difficult to pass as he rode a perfect race, but I picked my moment after a few failed attempts and then got my head down.

“It was unbelievable. I was really worried about using the gold fairings today and the team were pushing really hard, so I thought I’d use my gold helmet as well and it paid off. I’m going to forget today, think about yesterday and go out and party really, really hard tonight.”

Rea earned his fourth crown following Saturday’s opening race, which now sees him with an unbeatable 136 point advantage in the standings.