Guintoli's crash ban

French MotoGP rookie Sylvain Guintoli’s baptism of fire continued in Sepang today when Yamaha barred him from riding after two crashes on the first two days.

After a first day spill, the Tech 3 rider lost the front end at turn one yesterday.

And while he escaped unhurt from both crashes, he didn’t ride at all on the final day as team bosses and Yamaha agreed it was best for the former 250 privateer to sit it out.
 

There is concern that Guintoli’s confidence will be shattered before his first MotoGP race in Qatar on March 10, 2007 as he’s made three appearances for Yamaha now and crashed on each occasion.

He broke a collarbone before Christmas while testing a YZR-M1 990cc machine at the Paul Ricard circuit while attending a Dunlop tyre test.