Sylvain Guintoli has been there and done it in almost every discipline of motorcycle racing, with GPs, BSB, and World Superbikes ticked off. In 2021 he won the Le Mans 24-hour and the Bol d'Or at the first attempt, on the way to winning that year's Endurance World Championship with Yoshimura Suzuki Endurance Racing Team.

He won the 2022 running of the Le Mans 24-hour, and afterwards spoke to Chris Moss about the experience, what it takes to win, how you race in the dark, the pain, the strain, and the jubilation that comes with victory.