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Foret Back With Kawasaki - And Loving It

Fabien Foret will return to the Kawasaki fold with the Lorenzini by Leoni Kawasaki World
Supersport squad in 2010.

The 2002 World Champion spoke to us about his joy at landing
such a strong ride and has every reason to be happy. The Frenchman is returning to the Kawasaki family, having won races twice before on Ninja machinery; at Misano in 2003 on a ZX-6RR run by the Kawasaki Racing Team, and at Phillip Island in 2007 on a ZX-6R, in the GIL Motorsport Kawasaki squad.

Fabien Foret: “I am very happy to have finalised a deal between Kawasaki, Lorenzini by Leoni and myself. I am sure we can manage a good job, and be one of the top runners. We will improve step-by-step, bike,team and rider. Our target is to be top five, maybe higher.  After only two winter tests we still have some things to do, but this is a great chance for me. We are not a full factory team, but that also means we do not have the same pressure, and we can concentrate on our season preparations.”

He continued, “I am very happy with Lorenzini by Leoni, they are a very professional Italian team, and in my opinion the bike is very good and suits me well. I have won races in WSS with Kawasaki two times in the past, and those are good memories. I think the Kawasaki is one of the best bikes in WSS now so my expectations are already high. I know Kawasaki has an official team in 2010, with Joan Lascorz and Katsuaki Fujiwara, but with my experience and fighting spirit, both my team and Kawasaki can expect to have good results from me as well.”