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The GMT94 is a motorbike racing team founded by the former rider Christophe Guyot.
Three-time World Endurance champion, three-time 24 Heures Motos winner and double Bol d'or winner, the GMT94 moved on to the World Supersport Championship in 2018[1] and will devote itself entirely to it from 2019 onwards. The GMT94 is now an official Yamaha Factory Racing team in World Supersport and World Superbike championships.
It was in 2000 that GMT94 scored its first victory in the motorbike endurance world championship with Christophe Guyot, Sébastien Scarnato and Nicolas Dussauge. The same three riders went on to win including the 24 heures du Mans in 2001[2]. 2003 marks the first turning point for GMT94. 100% private from the outset, the meeting between Christophe Guyot and Jean-Claude Olivier led to a partnership with Yamaha France.
2004 will be the year of GMT94's first world title[3], with David Checa, William Costes, Sébastien Gimbert and Christophe Guyot.
The arrival of Éric de Seynes at the head of Yamaha France in 2010, and then Yamaha Europe in 2012, will be GMT94's high point. From its status as a support team, GMT94 became the official Yamaha Racing team for the Endurance World Championship.
A second World Championship title will follow in 2014 with David Checa, Kenny Foray and Mathieu Gines.[4]. Then a third in 2017 with David Checa, Mike Di Meglio et Niccolò Canepa[5].
The GMT94 also holds four French speed championship titles with Christophe Guyot (Superbike in 1998), Sébastien Gimbert (Superbike in 2009), Kenny Foray (Stock 1000 in 2015) and David Checa (SBK in 2016).
After three world championship titles, Christophe Guyot's team has set itself the challenge of competing in the Supersport World Championship (600cm3) in 2018, to prepare for its arrival in the sport's premier production category: the Superbike World Championship (1000cm3). In 2019, GMT94 became the first motorbike racing team in history to score world speed wins (all with Jules Cluzel), following on from its World Endurance Championship victories.
2023 marks 20 years of collaboration with Yamaha. The President of Yamaha Europe brought the team together in March 2023 to celebrate the event. It was also in 2023 that GMT94 made its debut in the World Superbike Championship with the 2022 World Supersport runner-up, Lorenzo Baldassarri[6]. The Val de Marne team is also extending its commitment to World Supersport with the double French Supersport champion Valentin Debise[7], to give French motorbike sport a chance to reach the highest level.
History
editDebuts
editIn 1989, Christophe Guyot, teacher by profession, made his racing debut at the age of 26 in the 350cc Promosport class, followed by the 750cc Promosport class. A race winner in his first season, the rider became Moto Journal's revelation of the year.
In 1991, after leaving teaching, he decided to create the Guyot Motorcycle Team 94 (GMT94), where he would initially be both rider and manager, supported by his wife Brigitte. The number 94, still worn by the team's riders today, takes its name from the Val-de-Marne department where Christophe Guyot lives.[8].
Initially competing in the World Superbike Championship, Christophe Guyot discovered Endurance racing at the same time. The first three years of GMT94 were difficult and Christophe Guyot struggled to achieve results. From 1991 to 1993, the team suffered a succession of failures and injuries. During these three years, GMT94 failed to finish a single endurance race and only added a single point to its record at the Swedish event.[9] of the Superbike World Championship in 1993[10].
Arrival of Michel Guerre
editThe first major turning point for GMT94 came in 1994. Christophe Guyot meets Michel Guerre[11], a self-taught mechanics enthusiast, who became his mechanic and tuner. With a tight budget, Michel Guerre managed to develop the bike and the results came in the first year, when Christophe Guyot and his team finished 6th of the 24 Heures Motos and 5th of the Bol d'or. Sébastien Carré (logistics manager) and Benoit Poupardin (chief mechanic) have become two other cornerstones of GMT94.[12].
First successes
editChristophe Guyot became French Superbike champion in 1998.
In 1999, the team made a fresh start with the arrival of Italian tyre manufacturer Pirelli. This year, the GMT94 takes his first pole position in the Endurance World Championship in Oschersleben (Germany) and its first podium in Estoril (Portugal). The following year came the first world championship victory. Again at Oschersleben. The first runner-up in the Endurance World Championship with Christophe Guyot, Sébastien Scarnato and Nicolas Dussauge led the GMT94 to more victories and podiums. In 2001, the same trio won the 24 Heures Motos. Never before has a private team, led by its rider and without any support from the brand (Suzuki) won the biggest event in motorbike sport.[2]. The GMT94 will finish runner-up in the Endurance World Championship for the second year in a row..
Partnership with Yamaha Racing and meeting with David Checa
edit2002 will be the second turning point of the GMT94. During the Bol d’or, Jean-Claude Olivier, then CEO of Yamaha France, asked Christophe Guyot to join the GMT94 adventure. A 100% independent team from the outset, GMT94 saw its destiny change with the arrival of Yamaha Racing France[13]
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in 2003. It was also a crucial year for Christophe Guyot, who met the rider David Checa. After injuring his back in July 2003, he called on the Spanish rider to replace him in the 24H of Oschersleben that GMT94 will win. In 2004, this association was rewarded with the title of endurance world champion with the riders David Checa, William Costes, Sébastien Gimbert and Christophe Guyot. With the arrival of the young Spaniard, the baton was passed. Indeed, at the end of 2004, Christophe Guyot decided to stop racing to devote himself to his role as team manager.
World Supersport (600 cm3) and World Superbike Championships (1000 cm3)
editBetween 2005 and 2009, the GMT94 revives in Supersport thenSuperbike after leaving at the end of 1993[14]. Christophe Guyot's team remains entered in the 24 Heures Motos that it wins for the second time in 2005 and in the Bol d'or, that it wins in 2007. Superbike results are not on the cardseven if Sébastien Gimbert offers the title of French champion in 2009[15].
2018 marks GMT94's return to world speed. It was a difficult start with Mike Di Meglio who decided to quit the project after the first two rounds (Australia and Thailand) and no points scored. The young Corentin Perolari (19) was then entered, still with the number 94, in the Supersport World Championship aboard a Yamaha R6. Race after race, his progress led him to finish in the top 6 in the last 3 races of his first season. He was joined by Jules Cluzel (number 16) the following year.
For the 2019 season, Jules Cluzel, Corentin Perolari and GMT94 form a true symbiosis. Jules Cluzel will be competing for the world title throughout the season. With 3 wins and 6 podiums, Jules Cluzel had to ride with a right-hand gearstick[16], due to the arthrodesis in his left ankle. He lost precious points due to a false neutral at Imola, which resulted in a crash, and another at Magny Cours which saw him drop from the lead of the race to 6th place. In his first year with this unique system, he finished third in the world championship behind Frederico Caricasulo and Randy Krummenacher.
Thanks to the many points scored by Jules Cluzel and Corentin Perolarin, the GMT94 is runner-up in the 2019 Supersport World Championship.
In 2020, Jules Cluzel will repeat his podium finish in the World Supersport Championship. The French rider will bring home the 50th podium in the history of GMT94[17].
Jules Cluzel will win four more races for GMT94 in 2021 after a start to the season marked by accidents that took away any chance of a title.
2022 will mark the end of the career of Jules Cluzel, who has announced his retirement after 4 years with GMT94.[18]. His last podium, at Magny Cours, will go down as one of the high points in the history of Jules Cluzel and GMT94.
2023 will see the arrival of the double French champion Valentin Debise[7] in the World Supersport Championship with the number 94 Yamaha R6. And the runner-up in the 2022 World Supersport Championship Lorenzo Baldassarri will ride the Yamaha R1 in the World Superbike Championship.
Éric de Seynes in charge of Yamaha Europe
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2010 will mark another turning point with the arrival of Éric de Seynes at the helm of Yamaha. The team returned to the Endurance World Championship, which it had left in 2004. This was followed by three runner-up world championship titles in 2013/2015/2016 and two world titles in 2014 and 2017.[19]. In this year 2017, the GMT94 wins the 24 Heures Motos, the 8 H d’Oschersleben, the 8 H de Slovaquie and the Bol d’or.
Riding courses
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Christophe Guyot and his riders also provide riding courses and promote the circuit Carole (France, 93), the only circuit entirely devoted to motorcycling.
Working with secondary schools
editChristophe Guyot and his team also visit secondary schools[20] to talk about road safety issues, as well as offering training courses, career guidance and various activities linked to the world of motorcycling[21].
Road safety
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Involved in education, safety and road safety, Christophe Guyot and the GMT94 are the sponsors of the CRS/Attitude Prévention track, which welcomes more than twenty thousand secondary school students every year.[22].
Prize list
editSupersport World Championship (WSSP)
edit7 wins - 26 podiums - 5 pole positions
| Year | Results |
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| 2022 | 10th of the World Champship
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| 2021 | 4th of the World Champship
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| 2020 | 3rd of the World Championship in the teams standings
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| 2019 | World runner-up in the team standings
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| 2018 |
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