Sylvain Guintoli
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Sylvain Guintoli
Frence
Born: 1-Jun-82
Born June 1982. Joined Yamaha in 2007 and rode a YZR-M1 in the MotoGP with the Tech 3 Yamaha Team. In the GP in his native France, he acquitted himself well by keeping up with the leading group and obtained a ranking for the year of 16th. From 2001, he rode an Aprilia in the GP250 and began racing full-time. His ranking was 14th that year. In 2003 he was ranked 10th, 14th in 2004, 10th in 2005, and 9th in 2006 before obtaining a regular MotoGP slot in 2007. That year, his best was a 4th in the Japan GP, the best performance of anyone on the Yamaha team on the day.
Year | Class | Result & Pole position | Machine | ||||
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2007 | MotoGP | 16th | PP: 0 | 1st: 0 | 2nd: 0 | 3rd: 0 | YZR-M1(0WS4) |
*Results for years with a Yamaha factory team, riding a Yamaha factory machine or ranked 5th or higher riding a Yamaha production racer (World GP, World F750)