Ten Kate Honda's Jonathan Rea has renewed his World Superbike contract with the Dutch-based squad and will remain with them until the end of the 2011 season.
Rea, who is still in his WSB rookie year, stepped up from the World Supersport class this season after a stunning debut on the CBR600 and will now continue for two more years.
"As everyone knows, we started this season pretty slowly and I take my share of the blame for that. But I think we’ve shown that we have been able to turn the Honda CBR1000RR into a race-winning package in the face of some stiff competition," said the young Irishman.
"Now the challenge for me is to help to turn it into a championship-winning package. I’ll admit that I’ve had some flattering distractions to think about recently but, with this revised agreement, I can now just concentrate on the job and the future.
"The changes to the contract have simply made some things clear that weren’t clear before. We had a three-year plan, including the first year in Supersport, but not really a fixed deal.
"Now we’ve come to a good decision together and I’m looking forward to the rest of this season and the next two years with this strong and professional team."
