Jonathan Rea on his Honda Ten Kate lead the first session of free practice at the Magny–Cours track, followed by Leon Haslam on a sister Honda.
Rea set a hot lap of 1.
39.
984 taking the top stop.
Third went to Noriyuki Haga who was a little more than three tenths of a second from Rea.
Fourth to Rea’s team mate Carlos Checa.
Fonsie Nieto on the Ducati DFX Corse was the most surprising during this session having lead the most of the later part of the practice, finished fifth.
Michel Fabrizio was sixth, followed by Ben Spies who’ll be heading to MotoGP next year and Max Biaggi, was eighth.
All eyes were on wildcard rider, BSB Champion Leon Camier who was debuting on the Aprilia RSV4-Factory.
The English rider was 17th after his first hour on the bike.
First free practice results after the jump.
01 Rea Jonathan – HANNspree Ten Kate Honda – Honda CBR1000RR -1′39.
98402 Haslam Leon – Stiggy Racing Honda – Honda CBR1000RR -1′40.
21303 Haga Noriyuki – Ducati Xerox Team – Ducati 1098R -1′40.
22204 Checa Carlos – HANNspree Ten Kate Honda – Honda CBR1000RR -1′40.
24305 Nieto Fonsi – DFX Corse – Ducati 1098R -1′40.
27906 Fabrizio Michel – Ducati Xerox Team – Ducati 1098R -1′40.
36907 Spies Ben – Yamaha WSB – Yamaha YZF R1 -1′40.
39208 Biaggi Max – Aprilia Racing – Aprilia RSV4 Factory -1′40.
70109 Corser Troy – BMW Motorrad Motorsport – BMW S1000 RR -1′40.
73610 Byrne Shane – Sterilgarda – Ducati 1098R -’40.
80211 Kiyonari Ryuichi – Ten Kate Honda Racing – Honda CBR1000RR -1′40.
80312 Sykes Tom – Yamaha WSB – Yamaha YZF R1 -1′40.
86713 Kagayama Yukio – Suzuki Alstare BRUX – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 -1′40.
87514 Smrz Jakub – Guandalini Racing – Ducati 1098R -1′40.
89315 Muggeridge Karl – Suzuki Alstare BRUX – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 -1′41.
02216 Salom David – Team Pedercini – Kawasaki ZX 10R -1′41.
37617 Camier Leon – Aprilia Racing – Aprilia RSV4 Factory -1′41.
42818 Parkes Broc – Kawasaki World Superbike R.
T.
– Kawasaki ZX 10R -1′41.
71319 Checa David – Yamaha France GMT 94 Ipone – Yamaha YZF R1 -1′41.
87120 Baiocco Matteo – Guandalini Racing – Ducati 1098R -1′41.
89121 Xaus Ruben – BMW Motorrad Motorsport – BMW S1000 RR -1′41.
93922 Scassa Luca – Team Pedercini – Kawasaki ZX 10R -1′41.
94923 Morais Sheridan – Kawasaki World Superbike R.
T.
– Kawasaki ZX 10R -1′43.
09824 Iannuzzo Vittorio – Squadra Corse Italia – Honda CBR1000RR -1′43.
48025 Resch Roland – TKR Suzuki Switzerland – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 K9 -1′43.
58926 Gentile Flavio – Honda Althea Racing – Honda CBR1000RR -1′43.
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