Johnny Aubert
Johnny Aubert ( born May 31, 1980 in Maubeuge ) is a French motocross and enduro athletes. In 2008 and 2009 he won the World Enduro Championship in the E2 class.
Sports career
In 1983, Johnny Aubert, who comes from a very loving family motorsport, his first motorcycle, an Italjet 50, a gift from his father. His uncle Jean -Jacques Bruno was a renowned French motocross rider. The family also includes Christian Limbourg and Arnaud Demeester.
The following year he ran his first motocross race. Since he grew up in northern France on the border with Belgium, he denied it was his race in Belgium. In 1992 he started for the first time in France. When " Minivert " in Saint Die he defeated in the first round Sebastien Tortelli and was second in the second race.
He was inducted into the team Hope French in 1993 and was factory rider of Yamaha Motor France. This year he was in the classes " Minivert " and " Cadet " by French masters. He also became world champion in the class ³ to 80 cm.
In 1994 he moved into the class up to 125 cc. Until his 14th birthday he could train only in Belgium because it was banned because of his age in France to him. Sporty The year was very successful and Aubert had repeatedly violated. In 1995, Johnny Aubert, KTM France and was third in the French Junior Championship. He also drove first race in the Elite Championship. In 1996 he won the French Junior Championship in motocross.
The following year he joined the Kawasaki team his uncle Jean- Jaques Bruno. Since he was often injured, he could not build on the results of previous years. It was not until the following year, 1998, he succeeded again retract victory with the support of Christian Lapraille. He became French champion in Supercross, winning three finals at the Indoor Motocross in Paris -Bercy. In the World Cup he was 22
By supporting Lapraille and Marc Casola he received a contract for Husqvarna for 1999. He was ³ This year the French title in the elite class to 125 cm. After a knee fracture he had to give up his ambitions in the World Cup. The year 2000 was not very successful due to lack of factory support and lack of motivation Aubert.
In 2001, Johnny Aubert to Yamaha short team. In the Motocross World Championship, he was in the class ³ to 250 cm eleventh. In the German Motocross Championship he fought his way to the runner-up and was in the German Supercross Championship fifth. The year 2002 and the year 2003, which he played with a 450 - cc four-stroke engine in the World Cup, were not very successful. He only reached the second place in the German Championship.
2004 Aubert moved to the United States and denied by Suzuki several races in the national championships " 125 AMA Supercross " and " 250 AMA Motocross ". However, due to visa problems he had to return to Europe at the end of the year. So he went from 2005 back in the team of Christian Lapraille and Marc Casola. In the winter, he was fourth in the Enduro du Touquet. Since previous injury not healed as expected, he could not start until later in the season. Due to the failures of the past few years his motivation for more motocross races had fallen. He therefore announced in July, the end of his career known.
In September of that year he was approached by the Enduro team "Yamaha UFO Corse ". After the first use in a run in Italy, he injured his ankle, but was the team boss Filippo Lamotte offered a contract for two years.
In the Indoor Enduro Championship in Genoa in 2006 he gave his debut and then finished second behind David Knight. At the very first world championship race in Sweden gestures He stood on the podium. In the middle of the season he led the overall standings. After a fall, the Italian run and a subsequent injury, he was at the end with three stage wins fourth in the overall standings.
In 2007, Johnny Aubert to build on the successes of the previous year. He won seven races, ending the year a third place in the overall standings. At the International Six Day Trial, he won the overall title. Also in 2008 he went with the Yamaha UFO Corse team in the E2 class. In addition to five stage victories in the World Championships, he also won the overall title.
2009 started Aubert at the world championship in the class E2 for the team KTM Fabio Farioli and defended the world title.
Private life
Johnny Aubert is married and has a son.