Anthony Gobert

Anthony Gobert (born 5 March 1975 in Greenacre, New South Wales, Australia) is a former professional motorcycle road racer, nicknamed The Go Show.[1] He was a rider of immense promise and talent who had his career derailed by a personal struggle with drug abuse. Winning the final leg of the 1994 season at Philip Island, he became the youngest ever World Superbike race winner at the age of 19 years old, a record that was improved by 18-year-old Yuichi Takeda at Sugo in 1996. Gobert won that race at Phillip Island from Pole and is still (2018) the youngest rider (19 years, 7 months and 26 days) to do that.

Anthony Gobert
NationalityAustralia
Born (1975-03-05) 5 March 1975
Greenacre, New South Wales, Australia
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Grand Prix motorcycle racing
Active years1997, 2000
Team(s)Suzuki, Modenas
Championships0
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
10 0 0 0 0 45
Superbike World Championship
Active years1994-1996, 1999-2000, 2006
ManufacturersHonda, Kawasaki, Bimota, Yamaha, Suzuki
2006 championship positionN/C
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
57 8 16 2 2 504
Supersport World Championship
Active years2006
ManufacturersYamaha
2006 championship position35th (4 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
2 0 0 0 0 3

Superbikes/Supersport

In his teens he was a successful motocross racer, winning national classes in Australia, before moving to road racing and winning the Australian domestic superbike championship. He first earned international notice as a wild card at his home Superbike World Championship round at Philip Island in 1994, taking pole position, a win and a third place. Racing full-time in the championship for Muzzy Kawasaki in 1995, he became team leader after Scott Russell's abrupt departure and finished 4th overall, winning races at Laguna Seca and Philip Island.[2] He was 8th in 1996, with 3 wins and 3 other podiums, after missing much of the season through injury.

For 1998 and 1999 he competed in the AMA Superbike Championship on a Vance & Hines Ducati, with some success, including a win as a WSBK wildcard at Laguna Seca.[3] A win in the second race was within reach, until an unforced crash at the final turn, onto the main straight. The second race was won by his teammate Ben Bostrom.

For 2000 he returned to WSBK on a Bimota SB8R. With the race number 501, he won a wet race at Philip Island and generally did better than expected on the machine, before the team folded, due to lack of financial backing. Bimota named the SB8K Gobert bike after him. Three British Superbike meetings (substituting for Steve Hislop at Team Virgin Mobile Yamaha) followed in late 2000.

For 2001 he was back in the AMA championship with Yamaha, spending two years racing the YZF R7 in the superbike class and the YZF R6 in the supersport class respectively. This was followed with a brief dalliance with Ducati in 2003. After some time back in the Australian Superbike series he did two rounds of Supersport World Championship at the start of 2006, replacing the injured David Checa.[4] In 2006, he raced at the Valencia Superbike World Championship round (making him the first rider to have wildcard rides in three different countries), alongside some rounds of Spain's Superbike series. For 2007 he returned to Australia Superbikes on a Kawasaki.

Grand Prix

He went to the 500cc World Championship in 1997 with the Lucky Strike Suzuki replacing Scott Russell as the number one rider, but was dismissed in mid-season after failing a drug test.

A 500cc one-off at Donington Park for Kenny Roberts' KR3 Modenas Team followed in late 2000.

Career results

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Class Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Pos. Pts
1997 500cc Suzuki MAL
DNS
JPN SPA ITA
13
AUT
7
FRA
10
NED
13
IMO
10
GER
9
BRA
10
GBR
Ret
CZE
12
CAT INA AUS 15th 44
1999 500cc MuZ Weber MAL JPN SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE IMO VAL AUS
Ret
RSA
18
BRA
10
ARG
DNS
25th 6
2000 500cc Modenas RSA MAL JPN SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GBR
15
GER CZE POR VAL BRA PAC AUS 29th 1

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Pos. Pts
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
1994 Honda GBR GBR GER GER ITA ITA SPA SPA AUT AUT INA INA JPN
8
JPN
6
NED NED SMR SMR EUR EUR 17th 53
Kawasaki AUS
3
AUS
1
1995 Kawasaki GER
16
GER
Ret
SMR
6
SMR
16
GBR
10
GBR
Ret
ITA
Ret
ITA
12
SPA
7
SPA
DNS
AUT
2
AUT
3
USA
1
USA
2
EUR
3
EUR
5
JPN
5
JPN
9
NED
9
NED
7
INA
4
INA
4
AUS
Ret
AUS
1
4th 222
1996 Kawasaki SMR
5
SMR
DSQ
GBR
3
GBR
3
GER
6
GER
Ret
ITA
Ret
ITA
10
CZE
Ret
CZE
19
USA
Ret
USA
1
EUR
2
EUR
4
INA
DNS
INA
DNS
JPN JPN NED NED SPA SPA AUS
1
AUS
1
8th 167
1999 Ducati RSA RSA AUS AUS GBR GBR SPA SPA ITA ITA GER GER SMR SMR USA
1
USA
Ret
EUR EUR AUT AUT NED NED GER GER JPN JPN 24th 25
2000 Bimota RSA
Ret
RSA
11
AUS
1
AUS
9
JPN
Ret
JPN
Ret
GBR GBR ITA
22
ITA
Ret
GER
Ret
GER
Ret
SMR SMR SPA SPA USA USA EUR EUR NED NED GER GER 25th 37
Yamaha GBR
Ret
GBR
Ret
2002 Yamaha SPA SPA AUS AUS RSA RSA JPN JPN ITA ITA GBR GBR GER GER SMR SMR USA
DNS
USA
DNS
GBR GBR GER GER NED NED ITA ITA NC 0
2006 Suzuki QAT QAT AUS AUS SPA
DNS
SPA
DNS
ITA ITA EUR EUR SMR SMR CZE CZE GBR GBR NED NED GER GER ITA ITA FRA FRA NC 0

Races by year

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position, races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Pos. Pts
2006 Yamaha QAT
12
AUS
Ret
SPA ITA EUR SMR CZE GBR NED GER ITA FRA 35th 4

Personal life

According to a report in the Courier Mail,[5] the 33-year-old Gobert was charged with two counts of stealing after taking two $20 bills from the hand of a 70-year-old man at a Coles supermarket in Surfers Paradise on 13 May 2008 and stealing a woman's purse the following day. He was granted bail on condition that he surrender his passport, report to police five times a week and not enter central Surfers Paradise.

In June 2019 Gobert was reported to have been involved in an altercation at a restaurant. Afterwards he was followed home by number of individuals whom he'd earlier fought with. They forced their way into Gobert's home and beat him with batons. He was beaten so badly that doctors could not recognise him, and was also robbed; after he regained consciousness hospital staff were able to internet-search his background and contacted relatives.[1]

References

Career details from mcnews

Preceded by
Troy Corser
Australian Superbike Champion
1994
Succeeded by
Kirk McCarthy
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