Kenan Sofuoglu (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR600RR) is aiming for nothing less than burning his name into the record books this weekend at the final round of the World Supersport Championship.

He has already scored a record-equalling seven race victories in 2007, and has won the title by a record margin, but at the 4.411km Magny-Cours circuit he will be going for an unprecedented eighth win in a single year. Of the 27 races Sofuoglu has started to date in his relatively short WSS career, he has won nine and scored a total of 18 podiums, all on Honda machinery. His championship lead of 123 points is easily a record for the class, and may even be extended again after the final WSS race of the year.

Sofuoglu has also helped Honda win the Manufacturers' Championship, and Honda has now provided machinery for the last six Riders' World Champions, all of whom came from the Ten Kate Honda stable. The roll of honour runs from Fabien Foret (2002), Chris Vermeulen (2003), Karl Muggeridge (2004), Sebastien Charpentier (2005 and 2006) to 23-year-old Sofuoglu.

This year Sebastien Charpentier (Hannspree Ten Kate Honda CBR600RR) has not reached the peaks that brought him his two titles in the recent past, but having set pole two pole position in the last three races, he is still a threat to any rider with ideas of victory at 'Seb's' home track on Sunday.

Katsuaki Fujiwara (Althea Honda Team CBR600RR) is still suffering from the left foot and ankle injury he sustained recently, but bravely fought to tenth at Vallelunga. He intends to defend his overall fourth place in the championship this weekend. His season has been blighted by injury and misfortune, often caused by other riders' interventions, but he is still nine points from the threat of fifth place rider, Massimo Roccoli.

Lorenzo Alfonsi (Althea Honda Team CBR600RR) is locked in a cutthroat fight for the last place inside the top ten, and despite being 14th in the rankings; he is only six points from tenth position.

Sofuoglu's feelings about the forthcoming race can be summed up by the fact that his previous ambition of scoring another win, after securing the championship at Brands Hatch, has now been modified to include winning a record making eighth race this weekend.

"After winning the race at Vallelunga I cannot wait to get to Magny Cours," said Sofuoglu. "I now have seven victories and I am so determined to get the last win of the season. I want to set the record of securing the most wins before I leave the series. I am so happy that I have been able to secure a sixth World Supersport Championship win for Ten Kate and Honda. I owe a lot to the team and to Honda. I have to give big thanks to all of the guys for their support and hard work this year. Now I just have to give them the final gift of an eighth race win this weekend."

History man Charpentier's season has not been anything like he imagined it could be, especially after he became the first rider to win two World Championships in the 600cc class. But at Magny-Cours, his love for the track and his home support may be the key to his first podium of the year.

"For sure, this season has been one of the most difficult of my career," said Charpentier. "It started badly with the injury at Donington and I haven't been able to pick it up. I have had some great results in qualifying and the team has been working incredibly hard to help me. I just hope that I can give them a good result this weekend. I love Magny Cours - it's my home circuit and I have done well there in the past, so let's see what happens on Sunday."

Fujiwara wants to make sure that he keeps his fourth place in the rankings, and his fighting qualities shine through in his unwillingness to admit that he cannot win the race and thus regain third in the series.

"I will be much better for the Magny-Cours race," said 'Kats'. "I have a lot to do to try and get back to third place in the championship but until the last race, last lap, last corner, I will be trying my best. I like Magny-Cours, it is a good track for me, and my injury will be better by then, as I can now do more exercise."

Alfonsi fell from a points scoring position at the previous race in Vallelunga but is determined to get back into contention for tenth this weekend.

"I'm really annoyed about the crash at Vallelunga because it was the spilled oil and not me that caused it," said Alfonsi. "So at the final round I will only be thinking of making back absolutely is many points as possible. I want to sign-off 2007 on a high note."