The Guyot Motorcycling Team was founded in 1992 by Christophe Guyot - himself a former rider and passionate sportsman - with the aim of making motorcycle racing more accessible to the young people of France. In 2003, the team linked up with Yamaha France to become a more professional concern and has since gone from strength to strength. Now known as the Yamaha GMT94 team, the squad operates a strategy focused on two very different race classes – road and endurance racing.

2008 sees the team move up into the World Superbike Championship having contested in the World Supersport Championship for a number of years. In addition to this, the team continues to enter the two most demanding Endurance races in the world on the Yamaha YZF-R1 – the Le Mans 24hrs and the Bol d’Or 24hrs. In 2007 the team won the Bol d’Or for the first time in style with a five lap lead.

As well as contesting the Le Mans and Bol d’Or races with British rider Steve Plater, David Checa and Sébastien Gimbert will be returning to the WSB Championship, where they have both raced previously, with the Yamaha GMT94 team.