Magny-Cours World Superbike Superpole results: Gerloff claims maiden pole

Results from Superpole, round nine of the 2023 World Superbike championship at Magny-Cours, France.

09 Sep 2023

Garrett Gerloff, BMW WorldSBK Magny-Cours 2023

As the opening lap times came in it was Jonathan Rea who led the way ahead of Barni Ducati rider Danilo Petrucci.

Alvaro Bautista looked set to knock the six-time world champion off top spot but had to slow down due to a crash for Remy Gardner in front of him.

The Australian made a swift return to pit lane while Rea improved his time even further by setting a sub 1m 36s lap.

Fastest in the first three sectors, Bautista had to settle for P4 on his first representative lap after losing time in the final part of the lap.

A stunning time from Gerloff with the qualifying tyre fitted saw him leapfrog Rea by over five tenths, which was also enough for a new lap record.

Challenging Gerloff throughout the entire lap, Bautista got close to the American’s lap time but was unable to better the BMW rider.

2023 World Superbike Magny-Cours, France - Superpole Results
Pos	Rider	Nat	Team	Time
1	Garrett Gerloff	USA	Bonovo Action BMW	1:35.453s
2	Alvaro Bautista	SPA	Aruba.It Racing Ducati	+0.059s
3	Michael Ruben Rinaldi	ITA	Aruba.It Racing Ducati	+0.367s
4	Toprak Razgatlioglu	TUR	Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK	+0.415s
5	Jonathan Rea	GBR	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK	+0.506s
6	Loris Baz	FRA	Bonovo Action BMW	+0.551s
7	Andrea Locatelli	ITA	Pata Yamaha Prometeon WorldSBK	+0.625s
8	Alex Lowes	GBR	Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK	+0.632s
9	Danilo Petrucci	ITA	Barni Spark Racing Team	+0.649s
10	Scott Redding	GBR	ROKIT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team	+0.764s
11	Philipp Oettl	GER	GoEleven Ducati	+1.040s
12	Dominique Aegerter	SWI	GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team	+1.104s
13	Michael Van Der Mark	NED	ROKIT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team	+1.143s
14	Iker Lecuona	SPA	Team HRC WorldSBK	+1.214s
15	Remy Gardner	AUS	GYTR GRT Yamaha WorldSBK Team	+1.253s
16	Xavi Vierge	SPA	Team HRC WorldSBK	+1.257s
17	Bradley Ray	GBR	Motoxracing Yamaha WorldSBK Team	+1.508s
18	Lucas Mahias	FRA	Puccetti Kawasaki	+1.783s
19	Axel Bassani	ITA	Motocorsa Ducati	+1.931s
20	Lorenzo Baldassarri	ITA	GMT94 Yamaha	+1.960s
21	Hannes Soomer	EST	PETRONAS MIE Racing HONDA Racing	+2.239s
22	Hafizh Syahrin	MAL	PETRONAS MIE Racing HONDA Racing	+2.679s
23	Isaac Vinales	SPA	TPR by Vinales Racing	+2.757s
24	Oliver Konig	CZE	Orelac Racing Kawasaki	+3.598s

Magny-Cours WorldSBK record

Fastest lap - Jonathan Rea GBR Kawasaki Racing Team 1:36.374s

2022 Race Winners

Race 1 - Alvaro Bautista SPA Aruba.it Ducati

Superpole Race - Toprak Razgatlioglu TUR Pata Yamaha

Race 2 - Toprak Razgatlioglu TUR Pata Yamaha

After missing all of FP3 with a mechanical issue, Axel Bassani, who is the favourite to replace Jonathan Rea at Kawasaki managed to take part in Superpole.

Magny-Cours weekend schedule (UK time)

Friday

Free Practice 1 - 09:30-10:15

Free Practice 2 - 14:00-14:45

Saturday

Free Practice 3 - 08:00-08:30

Superpole - 10:10-10:25

Race 1 - 13:00

Sunday

Warm-up - 08:00-08:15

Superpole Race - 10:00

Race 2 - 14:15

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