Sébastien Gimbert (born 9 September 1977 in Le Puy-en-Velay, France) is a professional motorcycle

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. He currently competes in the Endurance FIM World Championship aboard a Honda CBR1000RR. His greatest success has come in the Endurance World Championship, and the bulk of his career has been spent on Yamaha YZF-R1 with more recent seasons spent on

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and Honda CBR1000RR motorcycles. He was France's 250cc champion in 1996 and 1997, before moving up to the 500cc World Championship on a privately entered Honda in

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and

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, and racing in the 250cc World Championship in

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, 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 -

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, Spa-Francorchamps and the Bol d'Or. He helped the team to the Endurance World Championship in 2004. Gimbert 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 Superbike World Championship races, taking a pair of 4th places despite 2 slow starts at Magny-Cours in , a year with few manufacturer backed bikes. As a result of this, he was hired by Yamaha Motor France as their second rider in WSBK for . He finished 16th overall in , and 19th (without a top 10 finish) in . He raced in the

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for finishing 20th overall. He also won the 2007 Bol d'Or endurance race.

Career statistics

1993 - 2nd, French Yamaha TZR125 Championship Yamaha TZR125
1994 - 11th, French 125cc Championship Honda RS125R
1995 - 4th, French 250cc Championship Honda RS250R
1996 - 5th, European 250cc Championship Honda RS250R / 1st, French 250cc Championship Honda RS250R
1997 - 6th, European 250cc Championship Honda RS250R / 1st, French 250cc Championship #1 Honda RS250R
1998 - 30th,

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#22 Honda NSR500V
1999 - 19th,

#22 Honda NSR500V
2000 - 22nd,

#22 Honda NSR500V / 22nd, 250cc World Championship Honda RS250R
2001 - French Supersport 600 Championship #22 Honda CBR600RR
2002 - 1st,

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/ 1st, Bol d'Or Suzuki GSX-R1000
2003 - 2nd,

/ 1st,

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/ 1st, Bol d'Or Suzuki GSX-R1000
2004 - 1st, Endurance FIM World Championship #94 Yamaha YZF-R1
2005 - 16th, Superbike World Championship #32 Yamaha YZF-R1
2006 - 19th, Superbike World Championship #16 Yamaha YZF-R1
2007 - 20th,

#194 Yamaha YZF-R6 / 7th, Endurance FIM World Championship #94 Yamaha YZF-R1
2008 - 29th, Superbike World Championship #194 Yamaha YZF-R1
2009 - 1st, French Superbike Championship #94 Yamaha YZF-R1
2010 - 2nd, French Superbike Championship #1

/ 9th, Endurance FIM World Championship #94 Yamaha YZF-R1
2011 - 1st, French Superbike Championship #7

/ 2nd, Endurance FIM World Championship #99

2012 - 2nd, French Superbike Championship #7

/ 2nd, Endurance FIM World Championship #99

2013 - 17th, CIV Superbike Championship #7

/ 12th, Endurance FIM World Championship #99

2014 - 2nd, French Superbike Championship #7 Honda CBR1000RR / 7th, Endurance FIM World Championship #111 Honda CBR1000RR
2015 - 3rd, French Superbike Championship #7 Honda CBR1000RR / 9th, Endurance FIM World Championship #111 Honda CBR1000RR
2016 - Endurance FIM World Championship #111 Honda CBR1000RR

External links

sebgimbert.com
Official website {{DEFAULTSORT:Gimbert, Sebastien 1977 births Living people Superbike World Championship riders 250cc World Championship riders 500cc World Championship riders French motorcycle racers Supersport World Championship riders People from Le Puy-en-Velay Sportspeople from Haute-Loire