9-time World Rally Champion Sebastien Loeb is planning a return to motorcycle racing, as he will be attending the 2013 Scorpion Masters, a tournaments which will brings many other top-drawer names in motorsport for a premium racing event on November 30.
The Scorpion Masters will take place at the Paul Ricard circuit at Le Castellet, France and will have Loeb fighting for two-wheeled glory against many big guys.
This year's tournament sees Vincent Philippe, David Checa, Sam Lowes, Johann Zarco, Dominique Aegerter, Louis Rossi, Alan Techer, Kenny Foray, Jérémy Guarnoni, Lucas Mahias, Arnaud Vincent, Denis Bouan, Antoine Méo, Alex Salvini, Pierre-Alexandre Renet, Johnny Aubert, David Knight, Ivan Cervantes, Marc Bourgeois, Rodrig Thain, Frédéric Bolley, Yves Demaria, Serge Guidetty, Adrien Chareyre, Sylvain Bidart, Boris Chambon, Eddy Seel, Loris Gubian, Alex Ferrer, and Soheil Ayari, also a car driver.
An avid bike enthusiast, Sebastien Loeb last raced motorcycles back in 1990 and for the 2013 Scorpion Masters he has chosen 3 KTM bikes, with the 4th one to be announced soon.
The speed race will see Loeb aboard a KTM RC8, and he will be riding a KTM 450 EXC in the Supermoto one. For Enduro, Loeb's choice was a 250 EXC, while his Trial bike is yet to be decided upon.
Loeb's goal is to beat Ayari and get back at him for other "hard times" he gave Sebastien. Scorpion Exo also teamed with Yamaha for this event.
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