Sylvain Barrier

Sylvain Barrier
Sylvain Barrier
	Barrier in 2014
Nationality	French
Born	20 October 1988 (age 35); Oyonnax, France
Current team	Brixx Performance
Bike number	20
Motorcycle racing career statistics
Superbike World Championship
Active years	2013–2016, 2019–2020
Manufacturers	BMW, Kawasaki, Ducati
Championships	0
2020 championship position	20th (12 pts)

Sylvain Barrier (born 20 October 1988 in Oyonnax) is a French motorcycle racer. He has won the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup twice, winning the title in 2012, and again in 2013.^[1]^[2]

Career edit

He has raced in the FIM Superstock 1000 Cup since 2008, mostly in a BMW machinery finishing 6th in 2010 with two podiums, 4th in 2011 with a 1 win and 4 podiums, and champion in 2012 and 2013, he previously raced in the European Superstock 600 championship in 2006 and 2007. In his first season in the FIM Superstock 1000 Championship in 2008 he finished 16th, and in 2009 he finished 5th both years aboard a Yamaha. He made his Superbike World Championship debut^[3] in the Jerez circuit finishing 12th in Race 1, and 13th in Race 2, scoring 7 points during the weekend, however also turned the last race for the BMW factory team, as BMW Motorrad announced his withdrawal as an official team in July.^[4]

In 2018 he competed in the British Superbike Championship aboard a BMW S1000RR.

Career statistics edit

Superbike World Championship edit

Races by year edit

(key) (Races in bold indicate pole position; races in italics indicate fastest lap)

Year	Bike	1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		12		13		14		Pos	Pts
Year	Bike	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	R1	R2	Pos	Pts
2013	BMW	AUS	AUS	SPA	SPA	NED	NED	ITA	ITA	GBR	GBR	POR	POR	ITA	ITA	RUS	RUS	GBR	GBR	GER	GER	TUR	TUR	USA	USA	FRA	FRA	SPA 12	SPA 13	31st	7
2014	BMW	AUS	AUS	SPA	SPA	NED	NED	ITA	ITA	GBR	GBR	MAL	MAL	SMR 15	SMR 11	POR 10	POR 11	USA 12	USA DNS	SPA 10	SPA 11	FRA 10	FRA Ret	QAT 14	QAT Ret					15th	40
2015	BMW	AUS 15	AUS 12	THA 14	THA 13	SPA	SPA	NED	NED	ITA	ITA	GBR	GBR	POR	POR	SMR	SMR	USA	USA	MAL	MAL	SPA	SPA	FRA	FRA	QAT	QAT			28th	10
2016	Kawasaki	AUS 15	AUS 15	THA 16	THA 17	SPA 16	SPA Ret	NED	NED	ITA	ITA	MAL	MAL	GBR	GBR	ITA	ITA	USA	USA	GER	GER	FRA	FRA	SPA	SPA	QAT	QAT			32nd	2

Year	Bike	1			2			3			4			5			6			7			8			9			10			11			12			13			Pos.	Pts
Year	Bike	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	R1	SR	R2	Pos.	Pts
2019	Ducati	AUS	AUS	AUS	THA	THA	THA	SPA	SPA	SPA	NED	NED	NED	ITA	ITA	ITA	SPA	SPA	SPA	ITA	ITA	ITA	GBR	GBR	GBR	USA	USA	USA	POR 17	POR 18	POR 18	FRA 17	FRA 18	FRA 13	ARG	ARG	ARG	QAT	QAT	QAT	26th	3
2020	Ducati	AUS	AUS	AUS	SPA 16	SPA 21	SPA Ret	POR 18	POR 16	POR 15	SPA 12	SPA 18	SPA 16	SPA Ret	SPA 19	SPA Ret	SPA 18	SPA 15	SPA Ret	FRA 13	FRA 13	FRA 12	POR DNS	POR DNS	POR DNS																20th	12

References edit

^ WorldSBK.com. "Guarnoni wins, Barrier retains title". 6 October 2013. Retrieved on 10 October 2013
^ "Wójcik Racing Team with exciting new line-up for 24 Heures Motos". Wójcik Racing Team. 10 June 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
^ WorldSBK.com. "WSBK debut for Sylvain Barrier with BMW at Jerez". 10 October 2013. Retrieved on 25 October 2013
^ Crash.net. "BMW announces WSBK withdrawal". 24 July 2013. Retrieved on 25 October 2013

External links edit

Sylvain Barrier at WorldSBK.com
Sylvain Barrier on Twitter

[1] WorldSBK.com. "Guarnoni wins, Barrier retains title". 6 October 2013. Retrieved on 10 October 2013

[2] "Wójcik Racing Team with exciting new line-up for 24 Heures Motos". Wójcik Racing Team. 10 June 2021. Retrieved 2 May 2023.

[3] WorldSBK.com. "WSBK debut for Sylvain Barrier with BMW at Jerez". 10 October 2013. Retrieved on 25 October 2013

[4] Crash.net. "BMW announces WSBK withdrawal". 24 July 2013. Retrieved on 25 October 2013

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