So far it is just a rumor that is circulating in the Italian and French media, but it seems that there is some tension between Sylvain Guintoli and his Effenbert Liberty team .
The 30-year old French rider is currently 8th in the World Superbike standings with 110 points that includes a win in race 1 at Assen, three podiums and a pole position so far this season, but apparently the team is not that happy with his results so far (even reigning World Champion Carlos Checa hasn’t been up to par with his Ducati) and even worse it seems that Guintoli’s pit crew has been axed.
The rider will be at next weekend’s Brno round (July 20-22) – the home race for the Czech team – but at the moment it is unknown how this difficult situation will pan out betwen Guintoli and Mario Bertuccio.
