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After the official announcement of his retirement a few months later, Carl returned to that same place and faced the press. It was a cold autumn Brands Hatch, October 2000 and during the press conference Carl explained the reason for his decision and that "part 2 of his life", as he called it, was about to start. His loss to the sport would be enormous and everyone knew it. Carl, typically, played the situation down and, for the first time in many years, appeared relaxed with the press. It seemed only now that the enormity of Carl's career achievements were becoming apparent. During that same October weekend, Paolo Flammini, the president of SBK International, presented Carl with an award for "Life Time Achievements" and for his "Contribution to World Superbike Racing".
The entire weekend had a strange air of finality about it and the question left on the lips of the world press and, indeed, every Foggy fan was: "what happens now?" They didn't have to wait long to realize that Carl would be swamped with offers. The show would go on.
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