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World Superbike Magny-Cours
Magny-Cours WSBK: Rea continues unbeaten pole run
Kawasaki star Jonathan Rea extended his run of pole positions in the 2021 World Superbike season after beating title rival Toprak Razgatlioglu in qualifying at Magny-Cours.
Rachit Thukral
Edited: Sep 4, 2021, 11:43 AM
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Rea was the last leading rider to cross the finish line in the 15-minute shootout, lapping the circuit in 1m35.683s to pip Razgatlioglu’s factory Yamaha by 0.101s and clinch his eighth consecutive pole of the year.
With this result, the six-time world champion surpassed Ben Spies' record of scoring most pole positions in a row, while also claiming a landmark 100th pole for Kawasaki in WSBK.
Apart from Rea and Razgatlioglu, BMW’s Tom Sykes was the only other rider to break the 1m36s barrier in qualifying, his time of 1m35.919s securing him a front row start for the second round in a row.
Kawasaki’s Alex Lowes led qualifying with five minutes to go with a time of 1m36.025s, but was shuffled down to fourth as other riders made improvements late in the session.
Andrea Locatelli rounded out the top five on the second of the factory Yamahas, while Leon Haslam posted a time of 1m36.258s to put his factory Honda on the outside of the second row.
Fresh off securing a contract extension for 2022, Michael Ruben Rinaldi was the lead Ducati rider in seventh, 0.732s off the pace of Rea’s Kawasaki.
Title contender Scott Redding endured a difficult qualifying on the second of the works Ducatis after topping FP3 earlier this morning, finishing eighth and nearly a tenth behind his younger teammate.
The British rider, who will move to BMW next year replacing Sykes, trails Rea and Razgatlioglu by 38 points with six rounds to run.
Redding will be joined on the third row of the grid by his 2022 teammate Michael van der Mark, while Lucas Mahias was due to line up 10th for Puccetti Kawasaki but has been ruled out of the race by injuries sustained in a crash.
Both GoEleven Ducati’s Chaz Davies and GRT Yamaha’s Garrett Gerloff missed out on a spot inside the top 10, ending up 11th and 12th, while Alvaro Bautista was also surprisingly off the pace in 14th on the second Honda - 1.586s down on the pole time.
Magny-Cours WSBK - Qualifying results:
Cla # Rider Bike Time Gap 1 1 Jonathan Rea
Kawasaki 1'35.683 2 54 Toprak Razgatlioglu
Yamaha 1'35.784 0.101 3 66 Tom Sykes
BMW 1'35.919 0.236 4 22 Alex Lowes
Kawasaki 1'36.025 0.342 5 55 Andrea Locatelli
Yamaha 1'36.201 0.518 6 91 Leon Haslam
Honda 1'36.258 0.575 7 21 Michael Ruben Rinaldi
Ducati 1'36.415 0.732 8 45 Scott Redding
Ducati 1'36.485 0.802 9 60 Michael van der Mark
BMW 1'36.736 1.053 10 44 Lucas Mahias
Kawasaki 1'36.814 1.131 11 7 Chaz Davies
Ducati 1'36.871 1.188 12 31 Garrett Gerloff
Yamaha 1'36.926 1.243 13 47 Axel Bassani
Ducati 1'37.114 1.431 14 19 Alvaro Bautista
Honda 1'37.269 1.586 15 53 Tito Rabat
Ducati 1'37.719 2.036 16 23 Christophe Ponsson
Yamaha 1'37.860 2.177 17 32 Isaac Viñales
Kawasaki 1'37.970 2.287 18 3 Kohta Nozane
Yamaha 1'37.997 2.314 19 94 Jonas Folger
BMW 1'38.184 2.501 20 36 Leandro Mercado
Honda 1'38.357 2.674 21 84 Loris Cresson
Kawasaki 1'38.862 3.179 View full results
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