Sébastien Charpentier (motorcyclist)

{{short description|French motorcycle racer}}

{{Infobox motorcycle rider

| name = Sébastien Charpentier

| image = Sébastien Charpentier.jpg

| caption = Charpentier in 2013

| nationality = French

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1973|03|26}}

| birth_place = La Rochefoucauld, France

| Current team = Triumph BE1

| Bike number = 1

| SS Active years = 1998–2010

| SS Manufacturers = Honda, Triumph

| SS Championships = 2 ({{WorldSS|2005}}, {{WorldSS|2006}})

| SS Race Starts = 87

| SS Race Wins = 13

| SS Podiums = 23

| SS Poles = 22

| SS Fastest laps = 15

| SS Total Points = 703

| SS Last season = 2010

| SS Last position =

| website =

}}

Sébastien Charpentier (born 26 March 1973 in La Rochefoucauld, Charente) is a French motorcycle road racer. He is the first man to have won the Supersport World Championship in successive years, {{WorldSS|2005}} and {{WorldSS|2006}}.{{cite news | url=http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/sport/sportresults/World-Superbikes/2010/January/jan2010-charpentier-back-in-supersport-action/?R=EPI-121610 | title= Charpentier back in World Supersport action | author= Michael Guy | newspaper=Motorcycle News | date= 20 January 2010 | accessdate=23 January 2010 }} ("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.[http://www.castrol.com/castrol/genericarticle.do?categoryId=9002990&contentId=7005884 Sébastien Charpentier Profile], Castrol.com, Retrieved 23 January 2010. In 1997 he participated in the Supersport European Championship, and since 1998 he has participated in Supersport World Series (that became the Supersport World Championship in {{WorldSS|1999}}) with Honda. His 2006 title victory came after Yamaha Germany's Kevin Curtain crashed in the final round while looking set for the crown.[http://www.bmoto.net/archives/391 WSS 2006 – Sebastien Charpentier, World Champion] He opened 2006 with a victory in Qatar[http://www.askmedia.com.au/pages/archive/WSB_results_Qatar.html Supersport World Championship Race Results] and took three successive poles early in this season.[http://londonbikers.com/news/4850/charpentier-takes-third-consecutive-pole Top Tags: london products motorcycles offroad supermoto scooters motogp wsb bsb mx Charpentier Takes Third Consecutive Pole]

In 2000 he participated in the 24 Hours of Le Mans with William Costes and Sébastien Gimbert.{{cite magazine | url=http://www.superbike.co.uk/news/Sebastien_Charpentier_back_in_world_supersport_championship_on_Daytona_675_news_294026.html | title= Charpentier back in world supersport | author= Kenny Pryde | magazine=Superbike | date= 20 January 2010 | accessdate=23 January 2010 }}

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.{{cite news | url=http://www.motorcyclenews.com/MCN/sport/sportresults/mcn/2007/july/july16-22/july2007kenansofuogluprovisionalpoleforworldsupersport/ | title= Brno World Superbikes: Kenan Sofuoglu goes provisional pole for World Supersport | author= Sarah Carnell | newspaper=Motorcycle News | date= 20 July 2007 | accessdate=23 January 2010 }} ("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 Gino Rea and Maxime Berger.[http://www.superbike.co.uk/news/Sebastien_Charpentier_back_in_world_supersport_championship_on_Daytona_675_news_294026.html Charpentier back in world supersport]

For 2010 he returned to World Supersport racing with Triumph, but quit the team after just one unsuccessful race.[http://bikeracenews.com/2010/03/17/wss-sebastien-charpentier-leaves-the-supersport-world-championship/ Sebastien Charpentier leaves the Supersport World Championship] He then joined Daffix Racing BMW for the Endurance World Championship, swapping rides with countryman Matthieu Lagrive.[http://www.motoracinglive.com/2010/03/23/sebastien-charpentier-rejoint-le-team-daffix-racing-bmw-michelin/?lang=en Sébastien Charpentier joins Daffix Racing BMW Michelin]