Carl Fogarty

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Carl Fogarty
MBE
Fogarty in April 2015 at Classics on the Quay
NationalityBritish
Born (1965-07-01) 1 July 1965 (age 58)
Blackburn, Lancashire, England
Websitewww.carlfogarty.com
Motorcycle racing career statistics
MotoGP World Championship
Active years19901993
ManufacturersCagiva, Honda
Championships0
1993 championship position23rd (13 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
8 0 0 0 0 37
Superbike World Championship
Active years19882000
ManufacturersDucati, Honda
Championships4 (1994, 1995, 1998, 1999)
2000 championship position26th (36 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
220 59 109 21 48 3020

Carl George Fogarty MBE (born 1 July 1965), often known as Foggy, is an English former motorcycle racer and one of the most successful World Superbike racers of all time. He also holds the second highest number of race wins at 59. He is the son of former motorcycle racer George Fogarty.[1] He retired in 2000. In 2011, Fogarty was named a FIM Legend for his motorcycling achievements.[2]

Fogarty was renowned for his high corner speed riding style, combined with an aggressive competitiveness, which brought him 59 victories and four World Superbike Championships (1994, 1995, 1998 and 1999). His greatest success came with the factory Ducati team. Fogarty helped to develop the Petronas FP1 racing motorcycle in the early 2000s.

He was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) in the 1998 New Year Honours.[3][4]

He won the 14th series of I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! in 2014 and was crowned 'King of the Jungle'.[5]

Superbike World Championship[edit]

In 1991, 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 1993 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 1994, 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 1995 helped him seal that title with 5 of the 24 races to spare, and he clinched it with three races remaining in 1999.

In 1996 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 1997 he returned to Ducati, finishing second overall to the Honda of John Kocinski.

The 1998 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 1999.

Other races[edit]

'Foggy' on his Yamaha at Creg-ny-Baa on the Isle of Man

His Isle of Man achievements started in the mid-1980s. He won the 1985 Lightweight Newcomers event at the Manx Grand Prix and went on to win three TT races. First was the 1989 production 750 race followed by the Formula 1 and Senior events in 1990. He made a total of 26 Isle of Man TT starts, breaking the lap record in 1992. His lap at 18 minutes, 18.8 seconds (123.61 mph) on a Yamaha 750 cc was not broken until seven years later by Jim Moodie from a standing start riding a Honda RC45 in 1999, taking the record to 124.45 mph.[6]

Early in his career he won the Formula One World Championship for bikes, which was gradually fading after the 1988 commencement of the World Superbike Championship. Fogarty won it three times, from 1988 to 1990. In 1990 it dropped below the six races required for the FIM to class it as a championship, rather than merely a cup; again, he won it.

He made several starts in Moto GP, filling in for Pierfrancesco Chili on an ROC bike for a while in 1990, with a best finish of sixth at the Swedish Grand Prix. He also contested the 500cc British Grand Prix several times. In 1992 he ran sixth before crashing on oil. In 1993 he qualified on the second row, and ran second early on after Alex Barros, Mick Doohan and Kevin Schwantz crashed on the first lap. He was set for third when he ran out of fuel, coasting over the line in fourth behind three Yamahas. He was entered again in 1994, but withdrew pre-race – citing a hand injury but later admitting that he felt the ride was uncompetitive.

In 1992, he teamed with Terry Rymer and Michael Simul to win the 24 Hours of Le Mans. Other wins included Bol d'Or. They went on to win the FIM Endurance World Championship for Kawasaki. Thus, along with his four World Superbike Championships, he holds an aggregate of five world championship titles.

Riding for Ducati, Fogarty finished second at the 1995 Daytona 200 in the United States. Scott Russell crashed during the first lap of the race but was able to remount and pass Fogarty for the win. Fogarty said that the pace car regrouping following the yellow flag allowed Russell to close the gap significantly.[7]

Fogarty won the Ulster Grand Prix F1 race in 1988 and then a year later he won the 'King of the Roads' senior race setting a new lap record in the process, a speed of 121.629 mph.[8]

In 1993, Fogarty won both superbike races at the North West 200 on board a Moto Cinelli Ducati 888. In race one he beat the Dunlop brothers (Robert in second, Joey third) and in race two, he was again ahead of Robert (second) and Phillip McCallen in third. He also set a new lap record of 122.491 mph.[9]

Fogarty rode a Harris Yamaha 500 GP bike in 1992 to victory in the Macau Grand Prix.[10]

Career stats[edit]

Season Series Title Pole Race Podium Win 2nd 3rd Full Laps Pts
19882000 World Superbike
4
21
220
109
59
33
17
48
3020

Post-racing[edit]

In 2002, Ducati released a special limited edition model (only 300 units were built) in his honour, the Monster S4 Fogarty.

In the same year, Fogarty founded the Foggy Petronas team in the World Superbike Championship (WSB). They entered with Carl's former team-mate Corser and James Haydon in 2003, but their three-cylinder Petronas FP1 was never truly competitive. In 2004 they achieved two third places (one for Corser and one for Chris Walker), but in this season there was little manufacturer support in WSB. Once several manufacturers returned for 2005, they were not competitive. Petronas ended the project at the end of 2006, leaving Foggy's racing future unclear. Having tried and failed to find sponsorship for a team running customer Ducatis in 2007, in May Fogarty confirmed the team's return in 2008 as the official MV Agusta team[11] – only to later pull the plug on his team's activities and put their assets up for sale.[12]

Fogarty was never a person to stray away from controversy in the WSB paddock, and even in retirement, he frequently voices his opinion (most often in the British motorcycle newspaper MCN) in which he often berates past rivals such as Troy Corser and Neil Hodgson. This attitude towards other racers has made him a love-or-hate personality in the motorcycling world.

In 2014, Fogarty won the fourteenth series of ITV' I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!. The final saw him challenged to eat a large cupful of live mealworms (which he managed in three mouthfuls), two fried tarantulas, three live cockroaches, ostrich anus and a camel's penis.[13][14]

In July 2016, Fogarty was awarded an Honorary Fellowship from the University of Central Lancashire.[15]

Personal life[edit]

Fogarty married Michaela in 1991.[16] They live in Mellor Blackburn Lancashire and have two children, including a daughter Claudia.[17][18]

Fogarty backed the Conservative Party in the 2019 United Kingdom general election.[19]

Fogarty has published two books: Foggy: The Explosive Autobiography (2001) and The World According To Foggy (2018).[20][21]

Charity work[edit]

Forgarty is patron of local charity North West Blood Bikes - Lancs & Lakes and will be opening their new headquarters in December 2017.[22]

Career statistics[edit]

Grand Prix motorcycle racing[edit]

Races by year[edit]

(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 Pos Pts
1986 250cc Yamaha ESP NAT GER AUT YUG NED BEL FRA GBR
11
SWE SMR NC 0
1990 500cc Honda JPN USA ESP NAT GER AUT YUG NED BEL FRA GBR
Ret
SWE
6
CZE
10
HUN
8
AUS 18th 24
1992 500cc Harris-Yamaha JPN AUS MAL ESP ITA EUR GER NED HUN FRA GBR
Ret
BRA RSA NC 0
1993 500cc Cagiva AUS MAL JPN ESP AUT GER NED EUR RSM GBR
4
CZE ITA USA FIM 23rd 13

Superbike World Championship[edit]

Races by year[edit]

(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 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
1988 Honda GBR
Ret
GBR
DNS
HUN
HUN
GER
GER
AUT
AUT
JPN
JPN
FRA
FRA
POR
POR
AUS
AUS
NZL
NZL
NC 0
1989 Honda GBR
7
GBR
13
HUN
HUN
CAN
CAN
USA
USA
AUT
AUT
FRA
FRA
JPN
JPN
GER
GER
ITA
ITA
AUS
AUS
NZL
NZL
44th 12
1990 Honda ESP
14
ESP
Ret
GBR
6
GBR
6
HUN
HUN
GER
GER
CAN
CAN
USA
USA
AUT
AUT
JPN
JPN
FRA
Ret
FRA
8
ITA
ITA
MAS
MAS
AUS
AUS
NZL
NZL
19th 30
1991 Honda GBR
Ret
GBR
9
ESP
9
ESP
8
CAN
CAN
USA
11
USA
11
AUT
AUT
SMR
7
SMR
8
SWE
4
SWE
4
JPN
11
JPN
8
MAS
8
MAS
7
GER
9
GER
10
FRA
6
FRA
7
ITA
7
ITA
Ret
AUS
AUS
7th 146
1992 Ducati ESP
12
ESP
10
GBR
Ret
GBR
1
GER
20
GER
11
BEL
Ret
BEL
8
ESP
5
ESP
Ret
AUT
6
AUT
7
ITA
7
ITA
4
MAS
MAS
JPN
JPN
NED
4
NED
2
ITA
Ret
ITA
Ret
AUS
7
AUS
Ret
NZL
NZL
9th 134
1993 Ducati GBR
Ret
GBR
GER
3
GER
7
ESP
1
ESP
1
SMR
5
SMR
3
AUT
4
AUT
4
CZE
1
CZE
2
SWE
1
SWE
1
MAS
1
MAS
1
JPN
1
JPN
24
NED
1
NED
1
ITA
4
ITA
4
GBR
2
GBR
Ret
POR
Ret
POR
1
2nd 349.5
1994 Ducati GBR
1
GBR
2
GER
GER
SMR
Ret
SMR
5
ESP
1
ESP
1
AUT
1
AUT
1
INA
Ret
INA
1
JPN
4
JPN
2
NED
1
NED
1
ITA
2
ITA
1
GBR
14
GBR
5
AUS
1
AUS
2
1st 305
1995 Ducati GER
1
GER
1
SMR
2
SMR
2
GBR
1
GBR
1
ITA
1
ITA
2
ESP
2
ESP
1
AUT
1
AUT
2
USA
5
USA
7
GBR
1
GBR
1
JPN
Ret
JPN
1
NED
1
NED
1
INA
1
INA
Ret
AUS
4
AUS
2
1st 478
1996 Honda SMR
7
SMR
6
GBR
8
GBR
7
GER
5
GER
1
ITA
1
ITA
3
CZE
2
CZE
3
USA
8
USA
4
GBR
5
GBR
Ret
INA
2
INA
3
JPN
8
JPN
4
NED
1
NED
1
ESP
5
ESP
7
AUS
4
AUS
6
4th 331
1997 Ducati AUS
2
AUS
4
SMR
3
SMR
3
GBR
2
GBR
1
GER
4
GER
1
ITA
3
ITA
4
USA
2
USA
2
GBR
Ret
GBR
1
AUT
1
AUT
Ret
NED
2
NED
1
ESP
Ret
ESP
Ret
JPN
13
JPN
Ret
INA
3
INA
1
2nd 358
1998 Ducati AUS
1
AUS
3
GBR
7
GBR
3
ITA
6
ITA
2
ESP
9
ESP
1
GER
13
GER
13
SMR
4
SMR
3
RSA
2
RSA
2
USA
5
USA
Ret
GBR
4
GBR
2
AUT
3
AUT
2
NED
2
NED
1
JPN
3
JPN
4
1st 351.5
1999 Ducati RSA
1
RSA
1
AUS
2
AUS
2
GBR
1
GBR
2
ESP
3
ESP
3
ITA
1
ITA
1
GER
1
GER
15
SMR
1
SMR
1
USA
5
USA
4
GBR
19
GBR
4
AUT
2
AUT
4
NED
1
NED
1
GER
1
GER
2
JPN
2
JPN
5
1st 489
2000 Ducati RSA
3
RSA
Ret
AUS
2
AUS
Ret
JPN
JPN
GBR
GBR
ITA
ITA
GER
GER
SMR
SMR
ESP
ESP
USA
USA
GBR
GBR
NED
NED
GER
GER
GBR
GBR
26th 36

References[edit]

  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ "FIM Legends" (PDF). fim-live.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2 October 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2020.
  3. ^ United Kingdom list: "No. 54993". The London Gazette (1st supplement). 30 December 1997. p. 17.
  4. ^ "Carl Fogarty on I'm A Celebrity 2014: Everything you need to know". Independent.co.uk. 11 November 2014.
  5. ^ "Carl Fogarty wins I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! - BBC Newsbeat". BBC News. 12 August 2014.
  6. ^ "Carl Fogarty - Competitors - Isle of Man TT Official Website". www.iomtt.com.
  7. ^ "Motorcycle Hall of Fame: Scott Russell". Archived from the original on 16 December 2005. Retrieved 2006-03-16.
  8. ^ "It's sure to be Fogarty at Ulster Grand Prix". Belfasttelegraph – via www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk.
  9. ^ "Red Riders – Red Torpedo". blog.redtorpedo.com. Archived from the original on 21 December 2014. Retrieved 21 August 2013.
  10. ^ "Macau Grand Prix History". Devitt. 12 April 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  11. ^ "Fogarty team confirms 2008 return". BBC News. 2 May 2007. Retrieved 28 April 2010.
  12. ^ James, Spiro (1 October 2007). "Fogarty closes shop after lack of sponsor interest". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 8 March 2008.
  13. ^ "Carl Fogarty wins I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here! - BBC Newsbeat". BBC News. 12 August 2014 – via BBC.
  14. ^ "I'm a Celebrity 2014: Carl 'Foggy' Fogarty is crowned King of the Jungle, Jake Quickenden comes second". Daily Mirror. 7 December 2014. Retrieved 12 December 2014.
  15. ^ Greenacre, Simon (18 July 2016). "Carl Fogarty given academic award". Visordown. Retrieved 24 June 2023.
  16. ^ England and Wales marriages Retrieved 21 December 2014
  17. ^ England and Wales census Retrieved 21 December 2014
  18. ^ Joyrider crashed stolen car into former world superbike champion Carl Fogarty's home Mirror, 16 July 2014. Retrieved 21 December 2014
  19. ^ FOGGY MBE [@carlfogarty] (12 December 2019). "Time to vote then.?!!🤔 .Boris for me..😈 He's far from perfect but having that tit corbyn in power scares me more than having to race the TT in the pissing rain with slick tyres on.?!!!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  20. ^ Foggy: The Explosive Autobiography. CollinsWillow. ISBN 9780002189613.
  21. ^ The World According To Foggy. Headline. ISBN 9781472252432.
  22. ^ "Preparations underway for opening of new home : Northwest Blood Bikes Lancashire & Lakes". nwbb-lancs.org.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by TT Formula One World Champion
1988–1990
Succeeded by
None
Preceded by Macau Motorcycle Grand Prix Winner
1992
Succeeded by
Preceded by World Superbike Champion
1994–1995
Succeeded by
Preceded by World Superbike Champion
1998–1999
Succeeded by
Preceded by I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!
Winner & King of the Jungle

2014
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