Sebastien Gimbert
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| Sebastien Gimbert | |
|---|---|
| Supersport Record | |
| Nationality |  French |
| Nicknames | |
| Bike # | 194 |
| Current team | Yamaha GMT94 |
| World Championships | 0 |
| Race Starts | 2 |
| Race Wins | 0 |
| Podium finishes | 0 |
| Pole positions | 0 |
| Fastest laps | 0 |
| Championship Points | 3 |
| 2007 Championship position | 18 (3pts) |
Sebastien Gimbert (born September 9, 1977) is a French motorcycle road racer. His greatest success has come in Endurance racing, and the bulk of his career has been spent on Yamaha YZF-R1 bikes.
He was France's 250cc champion in 1996 and 1997, before moving up to the 500cc World Championship on a privately entered Honda in 1998 and 1999, and racing in the 250cc World Championship in 2000, without many front-running displays.
From 2002 to 2004 he was primarily an endurance racer. He has won the biggest 24-hour races in the sport - Le Mans, Spa-Francorchamps and the Bol d'Or. He helped the team to the World Endurance title in 2004.
He also remained active in shorter races, finishing 2nd in the French Super Production series in 2003 and doing several rounds a year later. He also raced his R1 in 3 World Superbike races, taking a pair of 4th places despite 2 slow starts at Magny-Cours in 2004, a year with few manfuacturer backed bikes. As a result of this, he was hired by Yamaha Motor France as their second rider in WSBK for 2005. He finished 16th overall in 2005, and 19th (without a top 10 finish) in the 2006 World Superbike season.
