Fabien Foret born 29 January 1973 in Angoulême, France, is a professional motorcycle racer currently competing in the FIM Endurance World Championship aboard a Kawasaki ZX-10R. He has spent most of his career in the Supersport World Championship.
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| Nationality | French | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 29 January 1973 Angoulême, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current team | Team SRC Kawasaki | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bike number | 11 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 for Ten Kate Honda, taking four race.
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 a single win, at Philip Island.[2] For 2008 he joined the official Yamaha o team managed by former Grand Prix racer Wilco Zeelenberg. He opened the year with pole position at Losail[3] and took a win at Monza[4] and finished fourth or better in each of the first six rounds, but a heavy crash at Brno caused him to miss several races he currently rides for Kawasaki Intermoto With Czech and Welsh technician's. [5]
In 2015, he won the Bol d'Or with Team Kawasaki SRC.
In 2016, he won the 24 Hour Endurance Race in Le Mans with Team Kawasaki SRC.
Career statistics
editSupersport World Championship
editRaces by year
editSuperbike World Championship
editRaces by year
edit| Year | Make | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | Pos. | Pts | ||||||||||||
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| R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | R1 | R2 | ||||
| 2006 | Suzuki | QAT Ret |
QAT Ret |
AUS Ret |
AUS 18 |
SPA 15 |
SPA 13 |
ITA 13 |
ITA 13 |
EUR Ret |
EUR Ret |
SMR 13 |
SMR 10 |
CZE Ret |
CZE 20 |
GBR | GBR | NED | NED | GER | GER | ITA | ITA | FRA | FRA | 20th | 19 |
| 2014 | Kawasaki | AUS 12 |
AUS 12 |
SPA Ret |
SPA 15 |
NED Ret |
NED Ret |
ITA 16 |
ITA 15 |
GBR 12 |
GBR 18 |
MAL Ret |
MAL Ret |
SMR Ret |
SMR Ret |
POR Ret |
POR DNS |
USA | USA | SPA | SPA | FRA 15 |
FRA 11 |
QAT | QAT | 20th | 20 |
References
edit- ^ "WSBK: Neukirchner replaces Foret at Alstare., motorsport news, results, features, teams, drivers, updates". Archived from the original on 2007-09-30. Retrieved 2008-04-07.
- ^ "Motor Cyclists Online".
- ^ "Troy Corser and Fabien Foret claim WSB and WSS poles at Qatar for Yamaha news - SuperBike magazine - motorbike reviews, super bike news and hot babes". Archived from the original on 2008-06-25. Retrieved 2008-10-14.
- ^ "Latest News". 16 August 2020.
- ^ "AAA Looks at Trick or Treating from a Child's Point of View". 27 October 2015.