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GMT94 is a motorcycle team founded by Christophe Guyot.

The team is a triple winner of the FIM Endurance World Championship, a triple winner of the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and a double winner of the Bol d'Or endurance race. GMT94 is an official team of Yamaha Racing.

GMT94 achieved its first victory in 2000 : the Oschersleben (Germany) stage of the Endurance World Championship (EWC) with Christophe Guyot, Sébastien Scarnato and Nicolas Dussauge. The following year, these three riders were victorious in the 24 Hours of Le Mans.

2003 marked a turning point for GMT94. A meeting between Christophe Guyot and the late Jean-Claude Olivier, head of Yamaha Motor France, resulted in an association with Yamaha France. Until this point, GMT94 had been wholly independent.

2004 was the year that GMT94 gained its first endurance world title, thanks to David Checa, William Costes, Sébastien Gimbert and Christophe Guyot.

The arrival of Eric de Seynes at the helm of Yamaha France in 2010, then of Yamaha Europe in 2012, was another high point for GMT94. From being a support team for the constructor, GMT94 was appointed as the official Yamaha Racing team for the Endurance World Championship.

The team won its second EWC title in 2014 with David Checa, Kenny Foray and Mathieu Gines. A third championship was gained in 2017 with David Checa and Niccolò Canepa.

GMT94 has also won four French speed championships : Christophe Guyot (Superbike, 1998), Sébastien Gimbert (Superbike, 2009), Kenny Foray (Stock 1000, 2015) and David Checa (Suerbike, 2016).

The beginning
In 1989, Christophe Guyot, a school-teacher by profession, made his competitive debut at the age of 26 in the Promosport 350cc class, and then in the Promosport 750cc class. He won races in his first season, becoming “newcomer of the year” for Moto Journal.

In 1991, after quitting teaching, he created the Guyot Motorcycle Team 94 (GMT94) for which he was both rider and manager, supported by his wife Brigitte. The number 94, worn by the team's riders, reflects the official designation of the Val-de-Marne administrative region, south-east of Paris, where Christophe Guyot lives.

Through involvement with the World Superbike Championship, Christophe Guyot discovered the sport of Endurance racing. The first three years of GMT94 were difficult and Christophe Guyot struggled to achieve results. 1991 to 1993 was a period blighted by setbacks and injuries. During these three years, GMT94 failed to finish any endurance race, managing to obtain only one point during the Swedish leg of the 1993 Superbike World Championship.

Arrival of Michel Guerre
In 1994, GMT94 experienced its first major turning point. Christophe Guyot met Michel Guerre, a self-taught mechanics enthusiast, who became the team’s mechanic and bike tuner. Working to a very tight budget, Michel Guerre quickly managed to develop the bike and the results came in his first season with Christophe Guyot and the team finishing 6th in the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and 5th in the Bol d'Or. Propelled amongst the best EWC teams, the trajectory of GMT94 did not stop rising. Two young mechanics joined Michel Guerre in 1997: thanks to official encouragement to employ young people, Sébastien Carré (logistics manager) and Benoit Poupardin (chief mechanic) became two other pillars of GMT94.

First successes

Boosted by a team then composed of three mechanics, Christophe Guyot became France Superbike Champion in 1998.

In 1999, the team gained new impetus with the arrival of the tyre manufacturer Pirelli, previously unknown in the category. That year, GMT94 achieved its first pole position in the Endurance World Championship at Oschersleben (Germany), and its first podium finish at the EWC in Estoril (Portugal). The following year, GMT94 gained its first EWC stage victory (Oschersleben), followed by the first EWC runner-up title with Christophe Guyot, Sébastien Scarnato and Nicolas Dussauge. This was the start of a flow of victories and podiums. In 2001, the same three riders won one of the biggest events in motorcycling, the 24 Hours of Le Mans, and all without support from the bike constructor (Suzuki). GMT94 ended the season as EWC runner-up for the second successive year.

Partnership with Yamaha Racing and meeting with David Checa
2002 marked a second turning point for GMT94. During the Bol d'Or, Jean-Claude Olivier, then CEO of Yamaha France, proposed to Christophe Guyot that Yamaha join the GMT94 adventure. The team had been wholly independent since its debut. GMT94 saw its destiny change with the arrival of Yamaha Racing France in 2003.

This was also a pivotal year in which the rider David Checa was introduced to the team. Christophe Guyot, who had suffered a back injury in July 2003, called on the young Spanish rider to replace him at the 24 hours of Oschersleben, a race which GMT94 duly won. This association was further rewarded in 2004 with David Checa and riders William Costes, Sébastien Gimbert and Christophe Guyot gaining GMT94’s first World Endurance Championship title.

The arrival of David Checa also heralded a major change at the team. At the end of 2004, Christophe Guyot decided to stop racing and devote himself fully to his role as team manager.

Superbike World Championship

Between 2005 and 2009, GMT94 again participated in the Supersport World Championship, then in Superbike, which it had left at the end of 1993. GMT94 remained committed to the 24 Hours of Le Mans, which it won for the second time in 2005, and to the Bol d'Or, winning it for the first time in 2007. Results were not so good in the Superbike World Championship, although Sebastien Gimbert took the French title in 2009.

Eric de Seynes at the helm of Yamaha Europe

2010 was another significant year for GMT94 with the arrival of Eric de Seynes at the helm of Yamaha Europe. What followed eventually was a remarkable run of successes. The team returned to the Endurance World Championship, which it had left in 2004, and gained two world titles (2014 and 2017), and three runner-up positions (2013, 2015, 2016).

2017 was a highlight year with the team gaining four notable endurance victories, an achievement that had not been seen for the past 27 years. In addition to the EWC title, GMT94 won the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the Oschersleben 8 hours, the Slovakia 8 hours, and the Bol d'Or.

2018 marks the return of GMT94 in world speed competition. Mike Di Meglio will be involved in the World Supersport Championship, riding a Yamaha R6.

Training
Christophe Guyot and his riders also lead driving courses, as well as promoting the Carole circuit (93), the dedicated motorcycle circuit near Paris.

Work with schools
Christophe Guyot and his team visit middle and high schools (12) to address road safety issues, and also to offer training courses, guidance, and to lead various activities related to the world of motorcycling (13).

Road safety
CRS / Attitude Prevention (at the Carole circuit, 2017)

Christophe Guyot and GMT94 support the motorcycle safety education project run by the CRS (specialized police units) and Attitude Prévention (an initiative of French insurance companies). More than 20,000 high school students a year take part in the nationwide programme.

FFM affiliation
GMT94 is affiliated to the French Federation of Motorcycling (FFM – Fédération Française de Motocyclisme). GMT94 provides stewards and race officials with riding experience for the FFM licence.

Endurance World Championship (EWC)
3 world titles - 17 victories – 36 podiums – 12 pole positions