(1982-06-24) 24 June 1982 (age 41) Montélimar, France
Bike number
50
Motorcycle racing career statistics
MotoGP World Championship
Active years
2002, 2007–2008, 2017–2019
Manufacturers
Yamaha, Ducati, Suzuki
2019 championship position
25th (7 pts)
Starts
Wins
Podiums
Poles
F. laps
Points
48
0
0
0
0
125
250cc World Championship
Active years
2001, 2003–2006
Manufacturers
Aprilia
2006 championship position
9th (96 pts)
Starts
Wins
Podiums
Poles
F. laps
Points
80
0
1
0
0
367
Superbike World Championship
Active years
2009–2017
Manufacturers
Suzuki, Ducati, Aprilia, Honda, Yamaha, Kawasaki
Championships
1 (2014)
2017 championship position
18th (34 pts)
Starts
Wins
Podiums
Poles
F. laps
Points
170
9
42
4
12
1837.5
Sylvain Guintoli (born 24 June 1982) is a French professional motorcycle racer and race analyst for television.[1] He was FIM World Superbike Champion in 2014. Until the Suzuki MotoGP team's withdrawal from racing in 2022, he was contracted as their test and development rider, with occasional race entries as a wild card or replacement rider.[2][3][4]
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.[5]
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. For 2017, he competed in the British Superbike Championship with the then-new Suzuki GSX-R1000.
In 2021 he was the winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race on Suzuki together with Xavier Simeon and Gregg Black,[6] followed by the Bol d'Or and finally the Championship.[7] In 2022, he suffered a wrist injury preventing his entry into the Suzuka 8 Hours race and also as a replacement for Joan Mir in MotoGP.[8][9]
^Talented Sylvain Guintoli: Suzuki tester & TV expert speedweek.com, 31 July, 2021. Retrieved 19 November 2023
^MotoGP Silverstone: Guintoli to replace still-injured Mir bikesportnews, Retrieved 21 September 2019.
^Suzuki Racing Retrieved 21 September 2019
^Suzuki To Quit MotoGP Racing At The End of 2022 Cycle News, 14 July, 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2023
^WSB: Sylvain Guintoli and Bradley Smith join BMW test team Motorcycle News , 8 December 2023. Retrieved 24 February 2024
^"Results".
^2021 FIM EWC-Teams Ranking fimewc.com Retrieved 10 October 2021
^Suzuki's Guintoli to miss Suzuka 8 Hours due to injury 5 August 2022. Retrieved 30 August 2022
^Suzuki names unlikely Mir replacement for Misano MotoGP round msn.com, Retrieved 30 August 2022
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Tom Sykes won more races than SylvainGuintoli this season. With Sykes winning 8 and Melandri 6 compared to Guintoli's 5. A portion of the riders was...
Joan Mir missed the Austrian and British rounds. He was replaced by SylvainGuintoli at Silverstone. Mika Kallio replaced Johann Zarco following his early...
Tom Sykes won more races than SylvainGuintoli this season. With Sykes winning 8 and Melandri 6 compared to Guintoli's 5. Jonathan Rea became 2015 World...
in a crash in testing at Brno. He was replaced by Suzuki test rider SylvainGuintoli. Mir achieved a season-best finish of 5th place in Australia. He finished...
saw Dunlop concentrate on International road races whilst team mates SylvainGuintoli and Taylor Mackenzie campaigned in the British Superbikes and Richard...
March 2024. Goodwin, Graham (11 March 2024). "Steller Confirm Fielding and Guintoli For LMP3 Debut". Dailysportscar. Retrieved 11 March 2024. Goodwin, Graham...
Perry, hosting the coverage alongside former bike racers and pundits SylvainGuintoli, Michael Laverty, and Natalie Quirk. Commentary and reporting is provided...
Endurance Racing Team 133 Suzuki GSX-R 1000 Vincent Philippe Freddy Foray SylvainGuintoli Guillaume Dietrich Daisaku Sakai Bolliger Team Horst Saiger Roman Stamm...
2013 Tom Sykes Kawasaki ZX-10R P 9 4 5 Kawasaki Racing Team 2014 SylvainGuintoli Aprilia RSV4 1000 P 5 8 3 Aprilia Racing Team 2015 Jonathan Rea Kawasaki...
continued using the Ducati Desmosedici GP8 and Bridgestone tyres. SylvainGuintoli and Toni Elías were the team's riders, while the team was sponsored...
Retrieved 27 April 2017. Adam, Mitchell (4 May 2017). "Suzuki calls up SylvainGuintoli to replace Rins from Le Mans". Autosport. Motorsport Network. Retrieved...
Badovini. Baz then took second behind PATA Racing's Ducati, piloted by SylvainGuintoli in a shortened second race. Jakub Smrz took third, as nine riders went...
3 at Donington Park was also a disaster, as Brookes collided with SylvainGuintoli on the sighting lap on the way to the grid, causing a broken leg for...
sustained a soft tissue injury in his left hand in a collision with SylvainGuintoli and he was unable to compete during the remainder of the weekend. Chaz...
D 11 Joan Olivé All 21 Franco Battaini All 43 Radomil Rous 2–3 50 SylvainGuintoli All Equipe GP de France – Scrab Aprilia Aprilia RSV 250 D 12 Arnaud...
2011. Retrieved 17 October 2011. "Effenbert-Liberty Racing confirm SylvainGuintoli". Superbike World Championship. Infront Motor Sports. 19 October 2011...
only two French riders have been champions: Raymond Roche in 1990 and SylvainGuintoli in 2014. Ice hockey is a fairly popular sport in France, especially...
customer-specified race bike from the factory as a Max Biaggi replica. SylvainGuintoli won the 2014 Superbike World Championship season riding an RSV4 for...
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