Sete Gibernau
Manuel " Sete " Gibernau Bulto (* December 15, 1972 in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain ) is a Spanish motorcycle racer.
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Career
Already in his childhood Sete Gibernau spent much time with motorcycles. His grandfather Don Paco BULTO was the founder of the Spanish motorcycle brand Bultaco. Was discovered by the Spaniards, as he excelled at the Spanish Gilera Cup and in the Spanish road championship.
At the Grand Prix of Spain 1992 Gibernau debuted in the 250 cc class in the motorcycle world championship.
500 cc - and MotoGP
From 1996 he began regularly at the Grand Prix circus. From 1997 to 2002 drove Gibernau, first in the 500 - cm ³ - and later in the MotoGP class, rather unsuccessfully for Yamaha, Honda and Suzuki - in over 100 races he came up with six podium finishes.
In the 2001 season he won the Grand Prix of Valencia at the Circuit Ricardo Tormo in the MotoGP class his first Grand Prix.
The breakthrough came in 2003 with the Spaniard joining from Suzuki back to Honda. 2003 and 2004 respectively Gibernau was runner-up behind Valentino Rossi; In 2004, he was able to keep the championship open until the end. In both years, Gibernau won four races for themselves, twelve podiums jumped for the Honda Pilot in this period out.
At the opening race at Jerez in 2005 fought Sete Gibernau with Valentino Rossi until the last lap for the win in the final corner he was finally transported from the Italians in a questionable action into the gravel, but was able to continue and finish the race in second. The season was then very mixed ( no win, four second place, seventh World Cup overall ) and with many failures and bad luck, but also with unusually many intrinsic flaws. Thereupon Gibernau decided, for the season 2006 Honda switch to Ducati.
The great success, did not want to set too with his new employer. After a self-inflicted, serious fall at his home race, the Grand Prix of Catalunya at Circuit de Catalunya, where he thereby deprived the chance to win the world title team-mate Loris Capirossi aroused the and this, Gibernau had to deal with a broken collarbone sidelined several races. Then he found difficult to return to the old rhythm. At the penultimate race of the season, the Grand Prix of Portugal Gibernau was again involved in a crash that was caused by Australian Casey Stoner. He injured his again and could not compete in the final race in Valencia. After the season, Sete Gibernau rejected several contract offers, including Ducati and Kawasaki, from and was subsequently replaced by Casey Stoner at Ducati. In November 2006, Gibernau announced his retirement from motorcycle racing.
Return to MotoGP
In the course of the 2008 season, the rumors that Sete Gibernau is negotiating a return to the MotoGP class were increasing. This assumption was supported by successful test runs on the Ducati MotoGP and the disappointing results of Marco Melandri in the Ducati factory team. However, it was during the season not to return Gibernau in the Grand Prix circus.
In the 2009 season Sete Gibernau returned to the MotoGP class. The Spaniard drove the Spanish Onde 2000 team that rose from the 125 cc class, a Ducati Desmosedici GP9. On 13 July 2009, the team moved due to financial difficulties with immediate effect from the racing back. Gibernau was so unemployed.