Jonathan Rea has poured cold water on rumours linking him to a potential MotoGP switch with Suzuki, saying he’s happy and settled in the World Superbike cham🌞pionship.

Kawasaki's reigning champion moved to the cusp of an historic third consecutive title with a double victory at Portimao and a win in race one next time out at Magny-Cours wo☂uld be enough to take the 2017 crown with five races to spare.

Having dominated 𝐆;the World Superbike championship, Rea has frequently been linked with a potential switch to MotoGP, including recent rumours about a move to the factory Suzuki squad if they were to replace Andrea Iannone.

Although not against the ide🐎a of going to MotoGP in the near future, Rea feels it would need to be with a competitive package that is ‘worth my while’ and played down the Suzuki speculation.

“There has been no official communication between me and Suzuki and I am very ওhappy here,” Rea said. “I have a contract for 2018 and so does 🌸Andrea Iannone. I presume the speculation is coming from Iannone underachieving but honestly I don’t have anything to say on this.

“I am🦂 very happy here and my heart is in Superbike.

“The championship 🃏suits me very well, I'm on a winning package and to move to Grand Prix it would have to be on a winning package. It would need to be an exciting pro🌳ject to make it worth my while because I know that I could go there and be in the front group if I had the right package.

“If that opportunity doesn't come I'll have no regrets because I'm in a꧑ very good place here with Kawasaki.”

Rea’s only previous entry 🔴into MotoGP came in 2012 as replacement rider for the injured Casey Stoner at Repsol Honda when he finished eighth in Misan💧o and seventh in Aragon.