Sebastien Charpentier decides to end his career

As the curtain fell on the 2007 Supersport World Championship season last weekend at Magny-Cours, Sebastien Charpentier decided to put an end to his racing career…. French sport loses one of its precious representatives.

While the curtain fell on the 2007 season of the Supersport World Championship last weekend at Magny-Cours, Sebastien Charpentier decided to put an end to his racing career … French sport is losing one of its valuable representatives.

An announcement that we would be tempted to conditional as it appears so sudden and comes even as the double French world champion announced last Saturday to Site that he had signed with the Honda Althea team for the 2008 and 2009 seasons (read)…

Sebastien Charpentier could therefore throw in the towel at the end of a difficult season in which he recorded no victory, without even being on a podium … Headbutt or carefully considered decision ?

"It’s not a whim, it’s a thoughtful decision", assures Sebastien in an interview with our colleagues from Motorcycle Journal. "I didn’t steal my results or my titles (…), but I can’t stand the pressure of the race anymore"…

Unless there is a last minute change of mind, French motorcycle sport would therefore lose one of its most valuable representatives … After Stephane Chambon in 2006 – who, according to our information, could return to the French Supersport Championship -, the withdrawal by Sebastien Charpentier announces a change of generation in the Supersport category.

In 2008, the only chance for a title would then fall on the shoulders of Fabien Foret, who signed a two-year contract with Yamaha … while awaiting the arrival of the young wolves (Maxime Berger, Kenny and Freddy Foray, Sylvain Barrier, Greg Black, etc.) and confirmation at the most needed level of Mathieu Lagrive or Gregory Leblanc, the latter having shown with his ninth place at Magny-Cours that he was a born fighter (read).

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