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Carl George Fogarty, (born 1 July 1965), often known as Foggy, and the son of former motorcycle racer George Fogarty,〔(Bonhams auctions, sale of ex-George Fogarty RG500 ) "''Bought new from Suzuki by George Fogarty (father of Carl), this RG500 MkII was raced by him during 1977 and 1978''" Retrieved 24 December 2014〕 is the most successful World Superbike racer of all time in terms of the number of championships and number of race wins. Retired from racing since 2000, he is renowned for his high corner speed riding style, combined with an aggressive competitiveness, which netted him 59 victories and four World Superbike Championships (1994, 1995, 1998 and 1999). His greatest success came with the factory Ducati team. He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1998 New Year Honours, and helped to develop the Petronas FP1 racing motorcycle campaigned in the early 2000s. He won the fourteenth series of ''I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!'' in 2014. ==World Superbikes== In he raced for Neil Tuxworth's Honda UK team in World Superbikes, finishing seventh overall. The team pulled out in 1992, and Fogarty nearly found himself without a ride after a promised deal failed to materialise. He did ultimately take his first WSBK win at Donington Park, and finished the championship ninth overall despite only completing a partial season. The season was the beginning of his era as a factory Ducati rider. He battled with Scott Russell for the title, winning 11 races to the American's five, but losing out on consistency (Russell came 2nd twelve times compared to Fogarty's two) to finish behind him. In two factors came together to build on the successes of the previous season. Fogarty was fit and hungry for the title, having been so close the previous season; but he would also be using the new Ducati 916. He missed the Hockenheim races with a broken wrist, but fought back to beat Russell and Aaron Slight to the crown. Winning six of the first eight races in helped him seal that title with 5 of the 24 races to spare, and he clinched it with three races remaining in 1999. In he raced for Tuxworth again, now with Honda factory support. Despite winning four races that season on the RC45, three more than team-mate Slight, and one more than Slight had managed over three seasons on the bike, Fogarty again struggled with consistency and finished fourth overall, 16 points behind second placed Slight and 38 points behind champion Troy Corser. In he returned to Ducati, finishing second overall to the Honda of John Kocinski. The season was his closest title – after a disappointing weekend at the Nürburgring he lay just sixth in the standings, but fought back to overhaul Corser and Slight in the final round. This was especially notable as his team (Ducati Performance), managed by Davide Tardozzi, was in its first year of WSBK competition. Fogarty was forced to retire from racing in 2000 after a racing incident at Phillip Island when he hit privateer Ducati rider Robert Ulm and crashed. He suffered multiple injuries, including a serious shoulder injury which failed to heal well-enough to allow him to race again. He was replaced in the factory Ducati team by Troy Bayliss. His first victory in any form of racing at Brands Hatch did not come until 1995. He had much greater success at Assen, winning all but one race there between 1995 and . 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Carl Fogarty」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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