Ben Spies, who is just 3 points behind Noriyuki Haga in the WSBK standings, took his 10th Superpole at Magny–Cours this afternoon.
Spies put in a blistering 1:37.
709 in the last stint, breaking the circuit lap record and was the only rider to go under the 1:38 mark.
Second went to Jonathan Rea with his 1:38.
191 ahead of third place Michel Fabrizio by just 0.
005.
Aprilia’s Max Biaggi will start fourth on the grid closing the front row.
Row two will be led by Noriyuki Haga in 5th, followed by Leon Haslam and Fonsi Nieto on the Ducati DFX Corse and Troy Corser on his BMW.
Another two satellite Ducati’s with Shane Byrne and Jakub Smrz rounded out the top 10.
Superpole Results after the jump.
WSBK Magny–Cours Superpole Results:1 19 Spies B.
(USA) Yamaha YZF R1 1′37.
7092 65 Rea J.
(GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1′38.
1913 84 Fabrizio M.
(ITA) Ducati 1098R 1′38.
1964 3 Biaggi M.
(ITA) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1′38.
2355 41 Haga N.
(JPN) Ducati 1098R 1′38.
3656 91 Haslam L.
(GBR) Honda CBR1000RR 1′38.
6257 10 Nieto F.
(ESP) Ducati 1098R 1′38.
6708 11 Corser T.
(AUS) BMW S1000 RR 1′39.
1149 67 Byrne S.
(GBR) Ducati 1098R 1′38.
83110 96 Smrz J.
(CZE) Ducati 1098R 1′38.
84411 31 Muggeridge K.
(AUS) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1′38.
85112 7 Checa C.
(ESP) Honda CBR1000RR 1′38.
92413 71 Kagayama Y.
(JPN) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1′39.
14814 66 Sykes T.
(GBR) Yamaha YZF R1 1′39.
36115 111 Xaus R.
(ESP) BMW S1000 RR 1′39.
44416 22 Camier L.
(GBR) Aprilia RSV4 Factory 1′39.
70317 9 Kiyonari R.
(JPN) Honda CBR1000RR 1′39.
81618 15 Baiocco M.
(ITA) Ducati 1098R 1′39.
86819 23 Parkes B.
(AUS) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′39.
90520 25 Salom D.
(ESP) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′40.
53421 94 Checa D.
(ESP) Yamaha YZF R1 1′40.
41822 99 Scassa L.
(ITA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′40.
49523 132 Morais S.
(RSA) Kawasaki ZX 10R 1′40.
66924 88 Resch R.
(AUT) Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 1′41.
00725 40 Gentile F.
(ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 1′41.
49526 77 Iannuzzo V.
(ITA) Honda CBR1000RR 1′41.
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