Plus qu’une victoire, un triomphe pour Honda et Corentin Perolari au championnat de France Supersport 2024. David Reygondeau
Endurance and speed will be on the program, in 2025, for Corentin Perolari, born in Bagnols-sur-Cèze, with a Honda factory handlebar at world level!
When they reach the top, the Gard riders travel! While Grégory Aranda returned from Brazil, where he laid the foundations for his next season, Corentin Perolari packed his bag for Japan. The French Supersport champion returned after two days of driving to “tame” the Honda that he will ride in the 2025 World Endurance Championship.
The World Endurance Trophy in his sights
The native of Bagnols-sur-Cèze, residing in Pont-Saint-Esprit, has indeed set his sights on the world endurance trophy. In addition to a performance in the Supersport World Championship, for which he obtained a factory handlebar from Honda HRC! At the Atelier du Bistrot, which Corentin Perolari has made his HQ, people are jubilant.
From Minivert to the Supersport elite
A look at the champion's career is a must. It was on the motocross circuits that he took his first turns. From 2008 to 2011, he competed in the French Minivert championship, winning third place in 65cc.
200% Deposit Bonus up to €3,000 180% First Deposit Bonus up to $20,000The tarmac then replaced the dirt, with a victory in the French Cup in 125cc 4-stroke in 2012, then races in Spain from 2016 to 2018.
This is the prelude to two seasons in the Supersport World Championship (8th in 2019, 6th in 2020) with the GMT94 team and three seasons in the Endurance World Championship.
In 2023, the Gardois finished sixth in the French Superbike Championship and won the Challenger category. “I was then contacted by Honda, he explains. The brand offered me to return to 600cc Supersport. I accepted this leap into the unknown and I discovered a high-performance and very consistent bike. I felt comfortable riding it immediately.”
14 races, 8 victories
All that remains for the member of the MGB club in Alès is to gain momentum as the races go on. At the end of the championship, the result was conclusive: fourteen races, eight victories and more than a hundred points ahead of the pack of Yamahas that were chasing him.
A perfect season, completed by a fifth place in the World Endurance Championship and a few highlights, such as this first stint at the Bol d’Or, during a memorable neck-and-neck with Alan Techer, leading the race.
At Magny-Cours, the proof by seven
And then there was, last September, at Magny-Cours, this invitation to compete in the French round of the World Supersport Championship. A golden wild card for Honda and the regional rider, who will take a precious seventh place in the second race.
Tests in Japan and Jerez
“This year, I've reached a new level, he confides. Everything worked well. I benefited from Zarco's advice. My results and my race at Magny-Cours opened the doors for me to the 2025 season. In Japan, I tried the endurance bike, the Honda No. 5, which I will share with Alan Techer and the Japanese Taiga Hada. BMW, Yamaha, Kawasaki, Suzuki, there will be some great players facing us during the four rounds scheduled.”
In Superbike, twelve races await Corentin Perolari. The Australian opening next month is not on his agenda, he will start in Portugal at the end of March, alongside the Spanish Ana Carrasco, women's world champion, his teammate at Honda HRC. The official tests are scheduled in Jerez (Spain), on January 21 and 22.