SYLVAIN GUINTOLI
Age: 39, French Jacques of all trades
He’s a WSB and World Endurance champion, a BSB race winner and played a pivotal role in Suzuki’s MotoGP project as their test rider.
Talk about versatile, Sylvain Guintoli has raced in 250cc, MotoGP, BSB, WSB and World Endurance for multiple manufacturers. And it all started with scooter racing aged 12, guided into the biking world by his father who worked for a scooter mag.
Financial concerns almost ended his racing dreams, but winning a selection event for the French Federation’s own Équipe du France team got everything back on track.
“That was a career-saving moment,” he explains. “I would just have packed up otherwise. They provided everything and I was doing the French and European 250 championships. I even did…
