Sete Gibernau

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Sete Gibernau

Manuel "Sete" Gibernau Bulto (born December 15, 1972 in Barcelona ) is a Spanish motorcycle racer .

Career

Beginnings

Even in his childhood, Sete Gibernau spent a lot of time with motorcycles. His grandfather Don Paco Bultò was the founder of the Spanish motorcycle brand Bultaco . The Spaniard was discovered when he shone at the Spanish Gilera Cup and the Spanish road championship .

At the Spanish Grand Prix in 1992 Gibernau made his debut in the 250 cc class in the motorcycle world championship .

500 cc and MotoGP class

From 1996 he started regularly in the Grand Prix circus. From 1997 to 2002 Gibernau drove, first in the 500 cc and later in the MotoGP class, rather unsuccessfully for Yamaha , Honda and Suzuki - in over 100 races he achieved six podium positions.

In the 2001 season he won his first Grand Prix race in the MotoGP class at the Valencia Grand Prix at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo .

The Spaniard's breakthrough came in 2003 when he switched from Suzuki back to Honda. 2003 and 2004 Gibernau was each runner-up behind Valentino Rossi ; In 2004 he was able to keep the World Cup open until the end. In both years Gibernau won four races, twelve more podium places jumped out for the Honda driver in this period.

At the opening race in Jerez in 2005 , Sete Gibernau fought for victory with Valentino Rossi until the last lap, in the last corner he was finally pushed into the gravel trap by the Italian in a questionable action, but was able to continue and finish the race in second. The season was then very mixed (no win, four second places, seventh overall place in the World Cup) and with many bankruptcies and bad luck, but also with an unusually high number of personal mistakes. Gibernau then decided to switch from Honda to Ducati for the 2006 season .

Gibernaus Ducati after the serious accident in Barcelona in 2006

Even with his new employer, the great success did not come. After a self-inflicted, serious fall in his home race, the Grand Prix of Catalonia on the Circuit de Catalunya , in which he carried away his teammate Loris Capirossi and thus robbed him of the chance of the world title, Gibernau had to pause several races with a broken collarbone . After that he found it difficult to get back to the old rhythm. At the penultimate round of the season, the Portuguese Grand Prix , Gibernau was again involved in a crash caused by Australian Casey Stoner . He injured himself again and was unable to compete in the last race in Valencia. After the season, Sete Gibernau turned down several contract offers, including from Ducati and Kawasaki , and was then replaced at Ducati by Casey Stoner. In November 2006 Gibernau announced his retirement from active motorcycle racing.

Return to MotoGP

In the course of the 2008 season the rumors increased that Sete Gibernau was negotiating a return to the MotoGP class. This assumption was supported by successful test drives on the MotoGP Ducati and the disappointing results of Marco Melandri in the Ducati works team. However, Gibernau did not return to the Grand Prix circus during the season .

In the 2009 season , Sete Gibernau returned to the MotoGP class. The Spaniard drove a Ducati Desmosedici GP9 in the Spanish Onde 2000 team, which rose from the 125 cm³ class . On July 13, 2009, the team withdrew from the race with immediate effect due to financial difficulties. Gibernau thus became unemployed.

Statistics in the motorcycle world championship

  • 1992 - 250 cc class - Yamaha - 1 start (27th place GP of Spain), 0 points
  • 1993 - 250 cm³ class - Yamaha - 1 start (failure of the FIM GP), 0 points
  • 1994 - 250 cc class - Yamaha - 1 start (21st place European GP), 0 points
  • 1995 - 250 cc class - Honda - 1 start (failure of the European GP), 0 points
  • 1996 - 250 cm³ class - Yamaha - 15 starts, 20 points, 22nd place in the World Championship
  • 1997 - 500 cm³ class - Yamaha - 15 starts, 56 points, 13th place in the World Championship
  • 1998 - 500 cm³ class - Honda - 14 starts, 72 points, 11th place in the World Championship (1 podium)
  • 1999 - 500 cc class - Honda - 15 starts, 165 points, 5th place in the World Championship (4 podiums, 2 fastest laps)
  • 2000 - 500 cm³ class - Honda - 16 starts, 72 points, 15th place in the World Championship (1 pole position)
  • 2001 - 500 cc class - Suzuki - 16 starts, 119 points, 9th place in the World Championship (1 victory, 1 podium, 1 fastest lap)
  • 2002 - MotoGP class - Suzuki - 16 starts, 51 points, 16th place in the World Championship
  • 2003 - MotoGP class - Honda - 16 starts, 277 points, 2nd place in the World Championship (4 wins, 10 podiums, 1 pole position, 1 fastest lap)
  • 2004 - MotoGP class - Honda - 16 starts, 257 points, 2nd place in the World Championship (4 wins, 10 podiums, 5 pole positions, 3 fastest laps)
  • 2005 - MotoGP class - Honda - 17 starts, 150 points, 7th place in the World Championship (4 podiums, 5 pole positions, 1 fastest lap)
  • 2006 - MotoGP class - Ducati - 13 starts, 95 points, 13th place in the World Championship (1 pole position)
  • 2009 - MotoGP class - Ducati - 6 starts, 12 points, 19th place in the World Championship
  • Total: 179 starts, 1346 points, 9 wins, 30 podiums, 13 pole positions , 8 fastest race laps

References

Web links

Commons : Sete Gibernau  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Johannes Orasche: What happens to Melandri? www.motorsport-total.com, July 17, 2008, accessed October 29, 2008 .
  2. ↑ Johannes Orasche: Ducati: Successful test with Gibernau. www.motorsport-total.com, July 30, 2008, accessed October 29, 2008 .
  3. ↑ Johannes Orasche: Gibernau and Ducati: What is the problem? www.motorsport-total.com, August 4, 2008, accessed October 29, 2008 .
  4. ^ Roman Wittemeier: Gibernau deal with Ducati in dry cloth. www.motorsport-total.com, October 18, 2008, accessed October 29, 2008 .
  5. ↑ Britta Weddige: Team withdraws: out for Gibernau. www.motorsport-total.com, July 13, 2009, accessed on July 16, 2009 .
personal data
SURNAME Gibernau, Sete
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Gibernau Bultó, Manuel (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Spanish motorcycle racer
DATE OF BIRTH December 15, 1972
PLACE OF BIRTH Barcelona