Anthony Gobert

Anthony Stephen Gobert (5 March 1975 – 17 January 2024) was an Australian professional motorcycle road racer, nicknamed The Go Show. Winning the final leg of the 1994 season at Phillip Island, he became the youngest ever World Superbike race winner at the age of 19 years old, a record that was broken by 18-year-old Yuichi Takeda at Sugo in 1996.

Superbikes/Supersport In his teens, Gobert 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 (WSBK) round at Phillip Island in , taking pole position, a win and a third place. He was eighth in , with three wins and three other podiums, after missing much of the season through injury.

For 1998 and 1999, Gobert competed in the AMA Superbike Championship on a Vance & Hines Ducati, including a win as a WSBK wildcard at Laguna Seca.

For , Gobert returned to WSBK on a Bimota SB8R. With the race number 501, he won a wet race at Phillip 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, Gobert 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. In , 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.

Gobert raced for MuZ Weber at the end of 1999 season

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

Personal life According to a report in The Courier-Mail, the 33-year-old Gobert was charged with two counts of stealing after taking two $20 notes 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 a number of individuals whom he had earlier fought with. They forced their way into Gobert's home, robbed him, and beat him with baseball bats. He was beaten beyond recognition. Hospital staff were only able to identify him after he had regained consciousness.

Death In January 2024, news agencies reported that Gobert had been receiving end-of-life care on the Gold Coast, Queensland, for an undisclosed illness. He died on 17 January, at the age of 48.

Career results Grand Prix motorcycle racing 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 1997 500cc Suzuki MALDNS JPN SPA ITA13 AUT7 FRA10 NED13 IMO10 GER9 BRA10 GBRRet CZE12 CAT INA AUS 15th 44 1999 500cc MuZ Weber MAL JPN SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE IMO VAL AUSRet RSA18 BRA10 ARGDNS 25th 6 2000 500cc Modenas RSA MAL JPN SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GBR15 GER CZE POR VAL BRA PAC AUS 29th 1

Superbike World Championship

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 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 JPN8 JPN6 NED NED SMR SMR EUR EUR 17th 53 Kawasaki AUS3 AUS1 1995 Kawasaki GER16 GERRet SMR6 SMR16 GBR10 GBRRet ITARet ITA12 SPA7 SPADNS AUT2 AUT3 USA1 USA2 EUR3 EUR5 JPN5 JPN9 NED9 NED7 INA4 INA4 AUSRet AUS1 4th 222 1996 Kawasaki SMR5 SMRDSQ GBR3 GBR3 GER6 GERRet ITARet ITA10 CZERet CZE19 USARet USA1 EUR2 EUR4 INADNS INADNS JPN JPN NED NED SPA SPA AUS1 AUS1 8th 167 1999 Ducati RSA RSA AUS AUS GBR GBR SPA SPA ITA ITA GER GER SMR SMR USA1 USARet EUR EUR AUT AUT NED NED GER GER JPN JPN 24th 25 2000 Bimota RSARet RSA11 AUS1 AUS9 JPNRet JPNRet GBR GBR ITA22 ITARet GERRet GERRet SMR SMR SPA SPA USA USA EUR EUR NED NED GER GER 25th 37 Yamaha GBRRet GBRRet 2002 Yamaha SPA SPA AUS AUS RSA RSA JPN JPN ITA ITA GBR GBR GER GER SMR SMR USADNS USADNS GBR GBR GER GER NED NED ITA ITA NC 0 2006 Suzuki QAT QAT AUS AUS SPADNS SPADNS ITA ITA EUR EUR SMR SMR CZE CZE GBR GBR NED NED GER GER ITA ITA FRA FRA NC 0

AMA Superstock Championship By year

Supersport World Championship

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 Pts 2006 Yamaha QAT12 AUSRet SPA ITA EUR SMR CZE GBR NED GER ITA FRA 35th 4