 Winning the final leg of the 1994 season at Philip Island, he became the youngest ever World Superbike race winner at the age of 19 years old, a record that was improved by 18-year-old Yuichi Takeda at Sugo in 1996.Gobert won that race at Phillip Island from Pole and is still (2018) the youngest rider (19 years, 7 months and 26 days) to do that.In his teens he was a successful motocross racer, winning national classes in Australia, before moving to road racing and winning the Australian domestic superbike championship.