From the twelve rounds so far held, Hannspree Ten Kate Honda's Turkish star - who will graduate with the Dutch team to WSBK next season - has taken seven victories, placing him equal with the all-time season win record held by former Ten Kate rider
Karl Muggeridge.
Therefore, victory in Kenan's final WSS race will see Sofuoglu secure the accolade for himself.
"After winning the race at Vallelunga I cannot wait to get to Magny Cours. 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," he confirmed. "I am so happy that I have been able to secure a sixth World Supersport Championship win for Hannspree Ten Kate Honda. I owe a lot to the team and I have to give big thanks all of the guys for their support and hard work this year. Now I just have to give them a final gift of an eighth race win this weekend."
Team-mate and former double world champion Sébastien Charpentier secured a shock title victory in front of his home fans one year ago at Magny-Cours, but returns after a disappointing season.
"For sure, this season has been one of the most difficult of my career," confessed Sebastien, still to sign for 2008. "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."
"The main goals this weekend are for Kenan to break the record for the most wins in a season and for Sébastien to do well in front of his home crowd," confirmed team manager Ronald ten Kate. "However, we are still carrying out a lot of development on the CBR600RR ahead of 2008 and this will also be a focus at Magny Cours. Last year we saw a one-two podium finish from Sébastien and Kenan and it would be fantastic to see a repeat of this for the final round of 2007."
