Sebastien Gimbert trains young people in motorcycle speed with Race Experience School

Aware of its weaknesses, France is moving to introduce young people to motorcycle speed and to take over from the cracks trained in the powerful Spanish and Italian sectors.. Some renowned French drivers are also taking matters into their own hands, such as Sebastien Gimbert.

The French Motorcycling Federation (FFM) has understood this well: future speed champions must be detected and trained from an early age to be on par with their Spanish and Italian rivals, hence the establishment of the interesting. But the Fede is not the only one working towards this goal: renowned pilots are also involved, such as his school or even Sebastien Gimbert with his Race Experience School, another pilot structure dedicated to children..

The official Honda Endurance rider has developed different formulas for young people aged 6 to 16, ranging from the 30-minute discovery session to full courses of one or two days. "Race Experience School offers formulas adapted to all levels, highlighting a pedagogy focused on the pleasure of driving a real racing motorcycle", explains Sebastien Gimbert, whose course has started – too much? – late in Grands Prix in 1998 (directly in GP 500 at 21 years old after only two freelancing in 250cc!) undoubtedly inspired this approach in favor of youngsters.

Introduce children to motorcycles and develop the performance of the most enthusiastic

Among the commitments put forward by its speed school, the fun aspect and the safety of the students are particularly highlighted: "to ensure that children have fun by discovering the pleasures and emotions that driving a motorcycle generates with optimal safety ", details this structure logically supported by Honda and in which also works Freddy Foray, teammate of Sebastien Gimbert on the official CBR1000RR (, by the way). 

"Our second commitment is to make every effort to ensure that these discovery sessions or courses are useful, both for driving a two-wheeler on the road, and for developing the performance of children who would like to compete or who are already doing it ", promises Race Experience School, whose instructors are state graduates.

The Race Experience School is based on the Paul Ricard circuit in Le Castellet (83) and plans to travel to 17 other approved French tracks, depending on demand. Its prices range from € 50 per "Discovery" session (motorcycle, equipment and on-board camera provided), to € 490 per day for driving courses (motorcycle and equipment provided). Participating in these courses with your motorcycle and personal equipment is also possible, subject to their compliance, the price then going down to 210 € / day.

The 2017 Race Experience School calendar will be unveiled "at the end of January", predicts. In the meantime, find the video below of the first sessions led by Sebastien Gimbert and his team on the Inter Racing Kart circuit in Frejus (83)… 

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