Fabien Foret born in

Angoulême Angoulême (; Poitevin-Saintongeais: ''Engoulaeme''; oc, Engoleime) is a communes of France, commune, the Prefectures of France, prefecture of the Charente Departments of France, department, in the Nouvelle-Aquitaine region of southwestern Franc ...

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, is a professional

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currently competing in the

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aboard a

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. He has spent most of his career in the

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. After taking part in the

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national championships for a number of years Fabien Foret moved to the

in 2000. The same year he won the 24 Hours of Spa-Francorchamps, and the

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endurance races. In 2001 he finished 8th in the

with two race wins and also finished 2nd at the

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and the

endurance races. He won the

in 2002 for

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from 2003 to 2005, finishing 9th in 2003, 7th in and 4th in 2005 with one race win each season. He moved to the

Superbike World Championship Superbike World Championship (also known as WorldSBK, SBK, World Superbike, WSB, or WSBK) is a silhouette-class road racing series based on heavily modified production motorcycles, also known as superbike racing. The championship was founded i ...

in riding for Alstare Engineering Corona Extra Suzuki. After a poor first half of the season he was replaced by

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. He returned to the

for the end of the season. He joined Kawasaki Gil Motor Sport for and he finished the season 3rd overall with a single win, at Philip Island. For he joined the official

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o team managed by former

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racer

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. He opened the year with pole position at

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and took a win at

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and finished fourth or better in each of the first six rounds, but a heavy crash at

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caused him to miss several races he currently rides for Kawasaki Intermoto With Czech and Welsh technician's. In 2015, he won the

with Team Kawasaki SRC. In 2016, he won the 24 Hour Endurance Race in Le Mans with Team Kawasaki SRC.

Career statistics

Supersport World Championship

Races by year

Superbike World Championship

Races by year

References

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