46 Facts About Sylvain Guintoli

Sylvain Guintoli was born on 24 June 1982 and is a French professional motorcycle racer and race analyst for television.

In 2024, Guintoli was contracted as a test rider, together with Bradley Smith, for the BMW Motorrad world superbike team, delivered by Shaun Muir Racing.

Sylvain Guintoli spent the early years of his career in 250cc Grand-Prix World Championship on private bikes.

Sylvain Guintoli was a 500cc 2 stroke test rider for Yamaha and made a single MotoGP start in 2002.

Sylvain Guintoli made his grand prix debut in the 250cc class for the Equipe du France, partnering Julian da Costa for the French GP, with a Honda.

Sylvain Guintoli retired during the first few laps with a mechanical issue.

Sylvain Guintoli joined the French team Equipe du France - Scrab GP with fellow Frenchman Randy de Puniet in 250 Grand-Prix.

Sylvain Guintoli finished 14th in the 250 World Championship with 44 points.

Sylvain Guintoli's best result was a 4th place at the Dutch grand prix.

Sylvain Guintoli raced his first MotoGP race at the Czech race for the French Yamaha Tech 3 team, having qualified 21st and finished 17th.

Sylvain Guintoli showed some good pace, fighting consistently for midpoints scoring positions.

Sylvain Guintoli finished his first race of the year, at Suzuka in 9th place.

Sylvain Guintoli started to get more competitive with a 6th and a 5th place at Mugello and Le Mans respectively.

Sylvain Guintoli then scored some other strong points, finishing in fourth place twice, at the Rio GP and at Valencia.

Sylvain Guintoli finished the year in 10th place with 104 points.

Sylvain Guintoli was partnered again by Franco Battaini and this time by Joan Olive.

Sylvain Guintoli finished the year in 14th place with 42 points, his best result being a 7th place at Barcelona.

Nothing changed from last year, with Sylvain Guintoli again finishing in midpoints scoring positions.

Sylvain Guintoli finished the season in 10th place, with 84 points.

Sylvain Guintoli outpaced his two teammates, with Leblanc who scored 6 points and Gines none.

Sylvain Guintoli was confirmed by the French team Equipe du France GP Scrab for 2006, with rookie Jules Cluzel as his partner.

Sylvain Guintoli finished the year in ninth position, scoring 96 points, with Cluzel 20th.

The Tech 3 team was one of the backmarkers and Sylvain Guintoli has scored solid lower-order points in 2007, always qualifying in front of his teammate Makoto Tamada and the Kawasakis.

Sylvain Guintoli shone in damp conditions at Le Mans, briefly leading before falling, but rejoining to finish 10th.

Sylvain Guintoli finished 4th at the Motegi GP, making this his best MotoGP finish, and Dunlop's best finish on an 800cc bike.

Sylvain Guintoli finished the season in sixteenth place, with 50 points, against Tamada's 38.

Sylvain Guintoli was officially snapped up by Luis d'Antin, to ride the Ducati Desmocedici in 2008 for Pramac d'Antin, now renamed as Alice Team, on Saturday 15 September.

Sylvain Guintoli had an average 2008 finishing 13th in the championship, with his best finish being a 6th in the German Grand Prix.

Sylvain 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.

Sylvain 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, Sylvain Guintoli was involved in a collision with Josh Brookes.

In 2017, Sylvain Guintoli returned to the British Superbike Championship riding a Suzuki.

Sylvain Guintoli skipped two rounds mid-season, having re-joined part-time the MotoGP class after six years to replace the injured Alex Rins, again for Suzuki.

Sylvain Guintoli then rode the final World Superbike Championship round of the 2009 season in Portimao finishing tenth in the second race.

Sylvain Guintoli 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 teammate Leon Haslam rode to a victory.

Sylvain Guintoli did not finish as high as fourth again until round nine, but had scored points in every race at this stage.

For 2011, Sylvain Guintoli has signed with Liberty Cz Group-backed Liberty Ducati, based in Prague, Czech Republic.

In 2012, Sylvain Guintoli achieved his and the team's first win at the third round of the season, in Assen.

Sylvain Guintoli joined the Aprilia factory team in 2013 as a replacement for Max Biaggi, taking one win and finishing third overall in the Championship behind Tom Sykes and Eugene Laverty.

Sylvain Guintoli 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.

Sylvain Guintoli is the first French World Superbike champion since Raymond Roche in 1990.

Sylvain Guintoli finished in front of his young Teammate Michael Van Der Mark in the Championship.

Sylvain Guintoli missed 10 races but came back to finish the season with a first podium for the squad in Doha, Qatar.

Sylvain Guintoli ended the season in front of his teammate Alex Lowes.

Sylvain Guintoli rode for Suzuki SERT Team in the final round Doha, Qatar.

Sylvain Guintoli raced for the factory Suzuki Yoshimura Team in the Suzuka 8H in 2017,2018 and 2019.