Sébastien Charpentier (born 26 March 1973 in

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road racer. He is the first man to have won the Supersport World Championship in successive years, and . ("Double World Supersport champion Sebastien Charpentier will make his return to the championship where he enjoyed unprecedented success after signing to ride for the BE1 Triumph squad in 2010. Charpentier who won two titles for the dominant Ten Kate Honda squad in 2005 and 2006...") He made his debut in 1996, when he won the France Honda CB500 Cup.Sébastien Charpentier Profile
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. His 2006 title victory came after Yamaha Germany's

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crashed in the final round while looking set for the crown. He opened 2006 with a victory in Qatar and took three successive poles early in this season. In 2000 he participated in the

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with

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and Sébastien Gimbert. In the 2007 Supersport world championship, an injury-induced absence in some races reduced his final standing to 11th overall, in stark contrast to his double championships victories in the previous two years. ("Sebastien Charpentier will have received a massive confidence boost with his second place at the track where he had a massive crash and broke his pelvis last year.") He did not race full-time in 2008 or 2009, but did race the 2009 Le Mans motorcycle race, and mentored young Honda riders

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and Maxime Berger. For 2010 he returned to World Supersport racing with Triumph, but quit the team after just one unsuccessful race. He then joined Daffix Racing BMW for the Endurance World Championship, swapping rides with countryman Matthieu Lagrive.Sébastien Charpentier joins Daffix Racing BMW Michelin
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Career highlights

* 1996 – France Honda CB500 Cup, Champion * 1997 – Supersport European Championship, Honda France, 1 place * 1998 – Supersport World Series, Honda Reflex Team, 13th, 27 pts (1 win) * – Supersport World Championship, Team Elf Honda France, 19th, 20 pts * – Supersport World Championship, Honda France Elf * 2001 – Supersport Spanish Championship * – Supersport World Championship, Moto 1, 28th, 6 pts * – Supersport World Championship, Moto 1, Team Klaffi Honda, 7th, 72 pts (1 podium) * – Supersport World Championship, Team Klaffi Honda, 4th, 120 pts (5 podiums, 1 pole position, 1 fastest lap) * – Supersport World Championship, Winston Ten Kate Honda, Champion, 210 pts (6 wins, 9 podiums, 10 pole positions, 8 fastest laps) * – Supersport World Championship, Winston Ten Kate Honda, Champion, 194 pts (6 wins, 7 podiums, 8 pole positions, 4 fastest laps) * – Supersport World Championship, Hannspree Ten Kate Honda, 11th, 51 pts (3 pole positions, 2 fastest laps) * – Supersport World Championship, ParkinGO Triumph, 33rd, 3 pts

References

External links

WorldSBK.com profile

Castrol.com profile
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