Fabien Foret
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Nationality | French |
Date of birth | January 29, 1973 |
Place of birth | Angoulême, France |
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Current team | Yamaha World Supersport Team |
Bike number | 99 |
World Championships | 1 |
Race starts | 82 |
Race Wins | 10 |
Podium finishes | 22 |
Pole positions | 12 |
Fastest laps | 10 |
2008 Championship position | 3th (33 pts) |
Fabien Foret born January 29, 1973 in Angoulême, France, is a professional motorcycle racer currently competing in the Supersport World Championship.
After taking part in the French national championships for a number of years Fabien Foret moved to the Supersport World Championship in 2000. The same year he won the 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, and the Bol d'Or endurance races.
In 2001 he finished 8th in the Supersport World Championship with two race wins and also finished 2nd at the 24 Hours of Le Mans and the Bol d'Or endurance races.
He won the Supersport World Championship in 2002 taking four race wins.
He continued racing in the Supersport World Championship from 2003 to 2005, finishing 9th in 2003, 7th in 2004 and 4th in 2005 with one race win each season.
He moved to the Superbike World Championship in 2006 riding for Alstare Engineering Corona Extra Suzuki, After a poor first half of the season he was replaced by Max Neukirchner.[1] He returned to the Supersport World Championship for the end of the season.
He joined Kawasaki Gil Motor Sport for 2007 and he finished the season 3rd overall with one race win. For 2008 he joined the official Yamaha Supersport team. After three rounds he is 3rd in the Championship.
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Preceded by Andrew Pitt |
Supersport World Champion 2002 |
Succeeded by Chris Vermeulen |