Sylvain Guintoli
Sylvain Guintoli (born 24 June 1982 Montelimar, Drome, France ) is a French motorcycle racer.
Between 2000 and 2008 he went to the Motorcycle World Championship at the start. Sylvain Guintoli 2010 moved to the Superbike World Championship, where he takes on Ducati 2011.
- 2.1 In the World Motorcycle Championship
- 2.2 In the Superbike World Championship
- 3.1 External links
- 3.2 Notes and references
Career
Sylvain Guintoli began his career in 1994 with scooter races, he launched until 1998 in national 125 cc cups. As of 1999, the Frenchman went to the open French Motorcycle Championship, which he won in 2000 in the 250 cc class, at the start.
World Motorcycle Championship
2000 debuted Guintoli at the French Grand Prix in Le Mans as a wildcard rider in the 250cc class of the MotoGP World Championship, without, however, to see the checkered flag.
In the 2001 season Guintoli started on an Aprilia in the Equipe de France, a private team, permanently in the 250cc World Championship. In his first year as a regular pilot, he collected 44 points and came thus to the 14th World Cup ranking. His best result here was a very good fourth place at the Dutch TT.
In 2002, he was then obliged by Gauloises Yamaha Tech 3 team as a test driver. At the Grand Prix of Czech Republic Sylvain Guintoli then debuted on the 500 - cc two -stroke Yamaha in the MotoGP class, finished second in this race but only the last place.
For the 2003 season, the Frenchman moved back to the 250 cc class, and started for the team Campetella Racing turn on an Aprilia. At the Grand Prix of the Netherlands he reached the rank three so far only podium finish of his career. In the overall standings with 101 points Guintoli finished a very respectable for a private driver to tenth place. The following season was less successful, Sylvain Guintoli was charged with 42 counts 14 of the World Cup. In the years 2005 and 2006 he went back for the Equipe de France at the start and was the World Cup ranks ten or nine one.
Its consistently good performance on technically inferior private aircraft brought him in 2007 a place in the Dunlop Yamaha team in the MotoGP class, which Guintoli himself described as a " dream come true ", although he on there to hopelessly inferior Dunlop tires had to go to start. His teammate was the experienced Japanese Makoto Tamada, the Guintoli made clear in the shade. The first MotoGP season has been very eventful for Sylvain Guintoli. Especially in the practice sessions he attended end of the season often stir by letting raise soft qualifying tire and thus in some cases even World Champion Casey Stoner hit. At his home Grand Prix in Le Mans Guintoli led in the rain completely by surprise the first time a race, but crashed and finished tenth. In training for the U.S. Grand Prix at Laguna Seca he clashed under braking for the famous " Corkscrew " curve self-inflicted with Alex Hofmann, thereby drew upon severe injury to his left hand. His best result of the season scored Guintoli during rainy Grand Prix van Japan, where he finished fourth. With 50 points, the Frenchman reached the 16 World Cup ranking.
The 2008 season Sylvain Guintoli denied in the Alice Team, where he went to the start at Ducati. The Frenchman came in each of the 18 races to the finish and only once did not go into the points. His best finish was sixth place in the wet race at the Grand Prix of Germany at Sachsenring. With 67 meters Guintoli finished in 13th place overall and was clarified by his Spanish team-mate Toni Elías, who came to 92 meters, in the shade. His end of the season expiring contract with the Italian team was not renewed.
British Superbike Championship
In the 2009 season, Sylvain Guintoli raced in the British Superbike Championship in team Crescent Suzuki to Suzuki GSX -R 1000th At Brands Hatch, he won his first BSB start at all, his first race. In the second race he finished second. In the following two races at Oulton Park, the Frenchman won twice the third. In the lap of the first race of the third event, which was held at Donington Park, Guintoli collided with Joshua Brookes and broke his right tibia and fibula. He was then forced to omit the following six events. After his return Sylvain Guintoli succeeded no podium. He completed the overall standings with 147 points with an eighth place.
Superbike World Championship
For the 2010 season Sylvain Guintoli moved to the Superbike World Championship, where he went in the Suzuki factory team Alstare on the side of the British Leon Haslam at the start. While Haslam behind Max Biaggi vice-world champion, Frenchman finished the season as joint - seventh. He scored this in 25 of the 26 discharged runs, his best finishes were a total of three fourth places. Only a disqualification in the first round of his home race at Magny -Cours, as he ignored a drive through penalty which had been imposed in a harassment against him for truncated because it prevented a 100 percent yield points.
In the 2011 season will go on Guintoli Ducati 1098R in the newly formed Czech Liberty team at the start. His teammate will be the Czech Jakub Smrž.
Statistics
In the World Motorcycle Championship
In the Superbike World Championship
(As of end of season 2012)