Sylvain Guintoli

Sylvain Guintoli
Nationality France French
Born (1982-06-24) 24 June 1982
Montélimar, France
Current team Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK Team
Bike number 50
Motorcycle racing career statistics
MotoGP World Championship
Active years2002, 2007–2008, 2011
ManufacturersYamaha, Ducati
Championships0
2011 championship positionNC (0 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
38 0 0 0 0 117
250cc World Championship
Active years2000–2001, 2003–2006
ManufacturersHonda
Aprilia
Championships0
2006 championship position9th (96 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
80 0 1 0 0 367
Superbike World Championship
Active years2009-2016
ManufacturersSuzuki, Ducati, Aprilia, Honda, Yamaha
Championships1
2015 championship position6th (218 pts)
Starts Wins Podiums Poles F. laps Points
162 9 41 4 12 1720.5

Sylvain Guintoli (born 24 June 1982 in Montélimar) is a French professional motorcycle racer. He spent the early years of his career in 250cc Grand-Prix World Championship on private bikes. He was a 500cc 2 stroke test rider for Yamaha and made a single MotoGP start in 2002. Best MotoGP rookie in 2007 for Yamaha, he raced for Ducati MotoGP in 2008. After a serious leg injury in 2009, he recovered and became World Superbike Champion in 2014 for Aprilia. He now races with the new Yamaha R1 in World Superbikes

Moto GP

Guintoli at the 2008 United States Grand Prix.

In 2007, he raced in the Moto GP class for the Tech 3 Yamaha team. He described the opportunity as a "dream come true",[1] but suffered a setback early in testing when he crashed and broke his collarbone, eliminating him from testing for several weeks.[2] He has scored solid lower-order points in 2007, but shone in damp conditions at Le Mans, briefly leading before falling, but rejoining to finish 10th. He finished 4th at the Motegi GP, making this his best MotoGP finish, and Dunlop's best finish on an 800cc bike. There were further regular lower-point finishes in 2007.

He was officially snapped up by Luis d'Antin, to ride the Ducati Desmocedici in 2008 for Pramac d'Antin, now renamed as Alice Team (replacing Alex Hofmann), on Saturday 15 September. Guintoli had an average 2008 finishing 13th in the championship, with his best finish being a 6th in the German Grand Prix. At the end of the season Alice Team did not renew Guintoli's contract and with no other seats free he was forced to leave Moto GP to find a ride.

British Superbike Championship

Guintoli then took a step down to the British Superbike Championship for the 2009 season, riding for the Worx Crescent Suzuki team as their sole rider.[3] Guintoli started his debut season in the British Superbike Championship impressively with a 1st and 2nd at the Brands Hatch Indy circuit. However, during the buildup to race 5 of the championship at Donington Park, Guintoli was involved in a collision with Josh Brookes. The incident left Guintoli with a broken tibia and fibia in his right leg, with him expected to miss several rounds.[4] Brookes initially claimed to have experienced a brake failure, and telemetry showed Brookes attempting to "pump" the brake, perhaps believing them to be faulty. However, telemetry showed that the brakes responded as expected for the speed Brookes was running at, which was racing rather than touring speed.[5] Guintoli was interviewed by Eurosport at the Mallory Park round, meaning he was present to see a further controversial incident involving Brookes.[6]

World Superbike Championship

Guintoli finished the 2010 season in seventh place, despite not finishing on the podium in any of the season's races.

After finishing the British Superbike Championship season with three fifth places at Oulton Park, Guintoli was signed up for another season with the Worx Crescent Suzuki squad.[7] But when Max Neukirchner suddenly left Suzuki to join Honda,[8] Guintoli was drafted in as his replacement for the 2010 season.[9] Guintoli then rode the final World Superbike Championship round of the 2009 season in Portimão finishing tenth in the second race.[10] He was competitive at the opening round, but was disappointed with his own performance at round two in Portugal, where he took a best finish of ninth on a bike that team-mate Leon Haslam rode to a victory.[11] He did not finish as high as fourth again until round nine, but had scored points in every race at this stage.[12] For 2011, Guintoli has signed with Liberty Cz Group-backed Liberty Ducati, based in Prague, Czech Republic. His teammate will be WSBK veteran and former Guandalini Ducati/Aprilia rider Jakub Smrz. In 2012, Guintoli achieved his and the team's first win at the third round of the season, in Assen. He will top the podium twice again over the course of the season, first at Silverstonne and then in the home-round at Magny Cours. As a result of the team withdrawal from the championship, he joined the Aprilia factory team in 2013 as a replacement for Max Biaggi,[13] taking one win and finishing third overall in the Championship behind Tom Sykes and Eugene Laverty. He retained his seat for the 2014 Superbike World Championship season, and started the season on a high note by winning Race 2 in the opening round at Phillip Island. Four more wins will follow during the course of the season, culminating in his championship-winning double win at the closing round in Losail.[14] Guintoli is the first French SBK champion since Raymond Roche in 1990. For the 2015 Superbike World Championship season, he joined Pata Honda World Superbike.[15]

Career statistics

All time
Series Years Active Races Poles Podiums Wins 2nd place 3rd place Fast Laps Titles
250cc 2000-06 80 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
Moto GP 2002, 2007–08, 2011 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
British Superbike Championship 2009 13 1 4 1 1 2 0 0
World Superbike Championship 2009− 129 4 40 9 18 13 12 1
Total 260 5 45 10 19 16 12 1

Grand Prix motorcycle racing

Races by year

(key)

Year Class Bike 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Pos. Pts
2000 250cc Honda RSA MAL JPN SPA FRA
Ret		 ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE POR VAL BRA PAC AUS NC 0
2001 250cc Aprilia JPN
15		 RSA
12		 SPA
Ret		 FRA
14		 ITA
Ret		 CAT
18		 NED
4		 GBR
7		 GER
Ret		 CZE
13		 POR
Ret		 VAL
16		 PAC
16		 AUS
Ret		 MAL
9		 BRA
11		 14th 44
2002 MotoGP Yamaha JPN RSA SPA FRA ITA CAT NED GBR GER CZE
17		 POR BRA PAC MAL AUS VAL NC 0
2003 250cc Aprilia JPN
10		 RSA
9		 SPA
Ret		 FRA
6		 ITA
5		 CAT
8		 NED
3		 GBR
Ret		 GER
Ret		 CZE
8		 POR
7		 BRA
4		 PAC
Ret		 MAL
DNS		 AUS
Ret		 VAL
4		 10th 101
2004 250cc Aprilia RSA
15		 SPA
Ret		 FRA
Ret		 ITA
13		 CAT
7		 NED
Ret		 BRA
12		 GER
10		 GBR
10		 CZE
Ret		 POR
Ret		 JPN
19		 QAT
11		 MAL
Ret		 AUS
8		 VAL
Ret		 14th 42
2005 250cc Aprilia SPA
Ret		 POR
8		 CHN
12		 FRA
9		 ITA
Ret		 CAT
8		 NED
12		 GBR
9		 GER
11		 CZE
10		 JPN
10		 MAL
9		 QAT
9		 AUS
10		 TUR
9		 VAL
14		 10th 84
2006 250cc Aprilia SPA
9		 QAT
6		 TUR
6		 CHN
12		 FRA
9		 ITA
11		 CAT
8		 NED
Ret		 GBR
8		 GER
10		 CZE
9		 MAL
7		 AUS
Ret		 JPN
Ret		 POR
8		 VAL
10		 9th 96
2007 MotoGP Yamaha QAT
15		 SPA
15		 TUR
15		 CHN
13		 FRA
10		 ITA
14		 CAT
14		 GBR
16		 NED
14		 GER
Ret		 USA
13		 CZE
13		 RSM
12		 POR
14		 JPN
4		 AUS
14		 MAL
19		 VAL
11		 16th 50
2008 MotoGP Ducati QAT
15		 SPA
16		 POR
15		 CHN
15		 FRA
13		 ITA
11		 CAT
13		 GBR
13		 NED
10		 GER
6		 USA
12		 CZE
12		 RSM
11		 IND
7		 JPN
14		 AUS
14		 MAL
13		 VAL
12		 13th 67
2011 MotoGP Ducati QAT SPA POR FRA CAT GBR NED ITA GER
17		 USA CZE IND RSM ARA JPN AUS MAL VAL NC 0

British Superbike Championship

Races by year

Yr Class Team BHI
England		 OUL
England		 DON
England		 THR
England		 SNE
England		 KNO
Scotland		 MAL
England		 BHGP
England		 CAD
England		 CRO
England		 SIL
England		 OUL
England		 Pos. Pts
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R3
2009 BSB Suzuki 1 2 3 3 DNS DNS 8 7 Ret 13 7 8 5 5 5 8th 147

Superbike World Championship

Races by year

Year Make 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Pos. Pts
R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2 R1 R2
2009 Suzuki AUS AUS QAT QAT SPA SPA NED NED ITA ITA RSA RSA USA USA SMR SMR GBR GBR CZE CZE GER GER ITA ITA FRA FRA POR
10		 POR
Ret		 33rd 6
2010 Suzuki AUS
6		 AUS
4		 POR
13		 POR
9		 SPA
9		 SPA
6		 NED
14		 NED
13		 ITA
10		 ITA
7		 RSA
10		 RSA
15		 USA
8		 USA
6		 SMR
5		 SMR
6		 CZE
6		 CZE
7		 GBR
12		 GBR
7		 GER
8		 GER
6		 ITA
9		 ITA
8		 FRA
DSQ		 FRA
4		 7th 197
2011 Ducati AUS
Ret		 AUS
DNS		 EUR
11		 EUR
11		 NED
Ret		 NED
10		 ITA
12		 ITA
7		 USA
3		 USA
7		 SMR
7		 SMR
7		 SPA
11		 SPA
11		 CZE
20		 CZE
9		 GBR
6		 GBR
6		 GER
6		 GER
2		 ITA
6		 ITA
7		 FRA
6		 FRA
5		 POR
2		 POR
5		 6th 210
2012 Ducati AUS
3		 AUS
Ret		 ITA
Ret		 ITA
11		 NED
1		 NED
2		 ITA
C		 ITA
Ret		 EUR
8		 EUR
5		 USA
12		 USA
10		 SMR
8		 SMR
Ret		 SPA
12		 SPA
13		 CZE CZE GBR
16		 GBR
1		 RUS
Ret		 RUS
11		 GER
6		 GER
10		 POR
3		 POR
4		 FRA
1		 FRA
3		 7th 213.5
2013 Aprilia AUS
1		 AUS
2		 SPA
2		 SPA
2		 NED
3		 NED
6		 ITA
4		 ITA
4		 GBR
3		 GBR
2		 POR
2		 POR
2		 ITA
Ret		 ITA
3		 RUS
6		 RUS
C		 GBR
4		 GBR
6		 GER
4		 GER
5		 TUR
4		 TUR
3		 USA
5		 USA
5		 FRA
2		 FRA
3		 SPA
4		 SPA
3		 3rd 402
2014 Aprilia AUS
3		 AUS
1		 SPA
6		 SPA
4		 NED
1		 NED
9		 ITA
5		 ITA
3		 GBR
7		 GBR
3		 MAL
2		 MAL
2		 SMR
5		 SMR
4		 POR
2		 POR
7		 USA
2		 USA
2		 SPA
2		 SPA
2		 FRA
1		 FRA
2		 QAT
1		 QAT
1		 1st 416
2015 Honda AUS
7		 AUS
5		 THA
5		 THA
6		 SPA
9		 SPA
Ret		 NED
8		 NED
7		 ITA
8		 ITA
Ret		 GBR
8		 GBR
8		 POR
5		 POR
6		 SMR
9		 SMR
9		 USA
7		 USA
Ret		 MAL
4		 MAL
4		 SPA
10		 SPA
9		 FRA
3		 FRA
6		 QAT
10		 QAT
5		 6th 218
2016 Yamaha AUS
6		 AUS
5		 THA
7		 THA
6		 SPA
9		 SPA
10		 NED
Ret		 NED
11		 ITA ITA MAL MAL GBR GBR ITA ITA USA USA ITA ITA GER GER FRA FRA SPA SPA QAT QAT 8th* 58*

References

  1. ↑ "Tech 3 Yamaha Completes 2007 MotoGP Line-Up With Sylvain Guintoli". RoadRacingWorld.com. Retrieved 20 November 2006.
  2. ↑ "Guintoli breaks collarbone". Eurosport.com. Retrieved 20 November 2006.
  3. ↑ "MotoGP's Guintoli confirmed with Suzuki.". Crash.net. Retrieved 11 October 2008.
  4. ↑ "Donington Park BSB: Honda brake failure caused Guintoli’s crash". MCN. Retrieved 25 March 2009.
  5. ↑ Suspended ban for Brookes after further investigation
  6. ↑ Brookes apologises for Mallory Mistake
  7. ↑ "Guintoli Signs With Worx Crescent Suzuki for 2010". London Bikers (Media Panther Ltd.). 2009-09-12. Retrieved 2010-03-31.
  8. ↑ Harley, Bryan (2009-10-14). "Ten Kate Honda Signs Max Neukirchner". Motorcycle USA (Motorcycle USA, LLC). Retrieved 2010-03-31.
  9. ↑ "Guintoli and Haslam Sign for Alstare Suzuki 2010". motorcycle.in.th (Motorcycle Thailand). 2009-10-13. Retrieved 2010-03-31.
  10. ↑ "Guintoli races to top-10 finish in Alstare debut". suzuki-racing.com (Suzuki). 2009-10-25. Retrieved 2010-03-31.
  11. ↑ "Guintoli criticises himself after Portimao problems". crash.net (Crash Media Group). 2010-03-30. Retrieved 2010-03-31.
  12. ↑ "Guintoli: Important to show I’m progressing". crash.net (Crash Media Group). 2010-08-10. Retrieved 2010-08-13.
  13. ↑ http://www.crash.net/wsbk/racer_bio/81/sylvain-guintoli.html
  14. ↑ http://www.cycleworld.com/2014/11/02/wsbk-aprilia-and-guintoli-2014-sbk-world-champions/
  15. ↑ "World Superbike Champion Sylvain Guintoli joins Pata Honda". worldsbk.com (Dorna WSBK). 3 November 2014. Retrieved 3 November 2014.

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