Lorenzo Lanzi will be riding in his final event for Ducati Xerox this weekend, where he will seek to keep satellite Ducati rider, and Valencia race winner,
Ruben Xaus at bay in the fight for sixth in the standings.
Toseland's team-mate Roby Rolfo is a further 15 points behind Lanzi after he was forced to retire from the opener in Vallelunga. Rolfo is still looking for his first podium of the 2007 season as he seeks to secure a 2008 ride.
With a significant financial incentive up for grabs to the youngest rider to finish inside the top ten, ninth and tenth placed riders Max Neukirchner (Suzuki Germany) and
Michel Fabrizio (DFX Corse Honda) are now locked in a personal battle for supremacy for more reasons than just personal pride and team honour.
Although 134 points behind Neukirchner, Fabrizio - who will replace Lanzi next season - is the younger rider and thus if he continues in the top ten, he will take the prize money on the last day.
Fabrizio just has to have a better final day than PSG-1 Kawasaki's Laconi, who is only one point behind Fabrizio in 11th place as he enters his home round. It is not yet clear if 12th placed
Yukio Kagayama (Alstare Suzuki Corona Extra) will be able to ride at Magny-Cours, after injury ruled him out of the previous round, but he travels to the French track in any case.
Fonsi Nieto will be out to end his Kawasaki Superbike career on a high, and has hopes that a pair of top tens will not be beyond his grasp. Currently 13th behind Kagayama, Nieto heads Jakub Smrz (SC Caracchi Ducati) Vallelunga top ten talent Shinichi Nakatomi (Yamaha YZF Team) and the ever-combative
Karl Muggeridge (Alto Evolution Honda).
Muggeridge's team-mate Yoann Tiberio ends his first few races in WSBK with a home meeting, looking to secure points in both races, as he did at Vallelunga.
The 2007 title was long ago decided in the World Supersport championship, but should
Kenan Sofuoglu score the race win at Magny-Cours he would carve out his own little piece of history in the class.
