for the 2015 season. Rea dominated the season and won his maiden World Superbike title, with 14 wins. For the 2016 season, Rea remains with Kawasaki. Rea retained the title in 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020 becoming the first man ever to win six successive superbike world championships. On 9 June 2018, Rea won the first race at Brno to take his 60th career win and surpass the record of Carl Fogarty. MotoGP World Championship Rea made his MotoGP debut in 2012, replacing the injured Casey Stoner for the Repsol Honda team. He finished 8th in the San Marino race, held at Misano in Italy, and 7th at Motorland Aragon in Spain, before returning to World Superbike duties. Personal life Rea's family background lies in motorcycle road racing. His father, Johnny, competed at the Isle of Man TT and took his sole victory during the 1989 Junior TT race. His grandfather, John, sponsored Joey Dunlop. Rea married Tatiana Weston, an Australian known as 'Tarsh' (whom he met when she worked promoting UK-based superbike team Honda Racing) at a 2012 ceremony in the Lake District. Queen's University Belfast conferred an honorary doctorate on Rea during December 2019. In 2021, Rea obtained his UK motorcycle licence for solo road machines by undertaking a course in his native Northern Ireland. Rea was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 2017 Birthday Honours and Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2022 New Year Honours, both for services to motorcycle racing. Career statistics All-time statistics British Superbike Championship Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Supersport World Championship Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) Superbike World Championship Races by year (key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap) {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%" |- !valign="middle" rowspan=2| Year !valign="middle" rowspan=2| Bike !colspan=2| 1 !colspan=2| 2 !colspan=2| 3 !colspan=2| 4 !colspan=2| 5 !colspan=2| 6 !colspan=2| 7 !colspan=2| 8 !colspan=2| 9 !colspan=2| 10 !colspan=2| 11 !colspan=2| 12 !colspan=2| 13 !colspan=2| 14 !rowspan=2| Pos !rowspan=2| Pts |- ! R1 ! R2 ! R1 ! R2 ! R1 ! R2 ! R1 ! R2 ! R1 ! R2 ! R1 ! R2 ! R1 ! R2 ! R1 ! R2 ! R1 ! R2 ! R1