Sylvain Guintoli

Infobox MotoGP rider
Name = Sylvain Guintoli
Nationality = flagicon|France French
Birthdate = birth date and age|1982|06|24
Birthplace = Montélimar, France
Website = [http://www.sylvainguintoli.com/ sylvainguintoli.com]
Bike number = 50
Current team = Alice Team
Championships = 0
Race Starts = 100
Race Wins = 0
Podiums = 1
Poles = 0
Fastest laps = 0
Points = 418
Last season = 2008
Last position = 17th (18 pts) - In Progress

Sylvain Guintoli (born 24 June 1982 in Montélimar, France, currently living in Leicester, England), is a professional motorcycle racer. He made a single MotoGP start in 2002, but has spent most of his career in the 250cc World Championship on private bikes.

In 2007, he raced in the MotoGP class for the Tech 3 Yamaha team. He described the opportunity as a "dream come true"cite web
url = http://www.roadracingworld.com/news/article/?article=27511
title = Tech 3 Yamaha Completes 2007 MotoGP Line-Up With Sylvain Guintoli
accessdate = 20 November
accessyear = 2006
publisher = RoadRacingWorld.com] , but suffered a setback early in testing when he crashed and broke his collarbone, eliminating him from testing for several weekscite web
url = http://www.eurosport.co.uk/motorcycling/test/2006/sport_sto1009823.shtml
title = Guintoli breaks collarbone
accessdate = 20 November
accessyear = 2006
publisher = Eurosport.com] . 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 Hofmann), on Saturday 15th September.

Guintoli will step down to the British Superbike Championship for the 2009 season and will ride for Crescent Suzuki. [cite web
url = http://www.crash.net/motorsport/bsb/news/170314-0/motogp%27s_guintoli_confirmed_with_suzuki.html
title = MotoGP's Guintoli confirmed with Suzuki.
accessdate = 11 October
accessyear = 2008
publisher = Crash.net]

Career statistics

Races by year

() (Races in bold indicate pole position) (Races in "italics" indicate fastest lap)

References

External links

* [http://www.sylvainguintoli.com/ sylvainguintoli.com] Official website