Sylvain Guintoli

Sylvain Jean-Baptiste Guintoli is a French professional motorcycle racer and television race analyst, born on 24 June 1982, who was the Superbike World Champion in 2014 riding an Aprilia RSV4. He won the FIM Endurance World Championship twice with Suzuki, in 2010 and 2021, and in 2021 won the 24 Hours of Le Mans endurance race with Xavier Siméon and Gregg Black, followed by the Bol d'Or. He began in the 250cc Grand Prix class on private bikes from 2000, made a single MotoGP start in 2002 for Yamaha Tech 3, and had a full-time MotoGP seat with Yamaha in 2007, winning rookie of the year by default. He rode for Ducati in 2008, finishing 13th, then moved to World Superbike after a serious leg injury. Until 2022 he was Suzuki's MotoGP test and development rider, and in 2024 became a BMW WorldSBK test rider.