SYLVAIN GUINTOLI, THE 2014 World Superbike champion, took a podium finish on his car racing debut at Snetterton last weekend.
Guintoli, who also rode for Yamaha and Ducati in MotoGP in 2007-08, was seventh in Sunday’s opening Radical Challenge race before retiring from the second. But the Frenchman and Radical test driver James Abbott saved their best until last, finishing second in the third race.
“I really enjoyed it, a totally new experience for me,” said Guintoli, who is currently fifth in WSB. “I had done some track days in a Radical SR3, so it was logical that I should race one. “I have to learn because I made a good start [and went from] 14th to sixth, but with the cold tyres I crashed on the first lap [of…