French WorldSBK Warm Up Results: Bautista fastest in the damp
Full results from Warm Up at the French World Superbike round at Magny-Cours.
Alvaro Bautista, 2024 French WorldSBK. Credit: Gold and Goose.
© Gold & Goose
Alvaro Bautista topped a wet Warm Up session for WorldSBK in Magny-Cours, ahead of the Superpole Race and Race 2 coming up later today.
Only 10 riders set lap times on a track that was drying throughout, not dissimilarly to Saturday morning's FP3 session.
There was no Jonathan Rea in Warm Up after he was declared unfit following his Race 1 crash.
Nicolo Bulega and Bradley Ray both took part, having been declared fit on Sunday morning following their own respective Race 1 falls.
| 2024 WorldSBK Championship | French Round | Circuit Nevers Magny-Cours | Warm Up Result | Rd 8/13 | |||||
| Pos | Rider | Nat. | WorldSBK Team | Superbike | Timing |
| 1 | Alvaro Bautista | ESP | Aruba.it Racing Ducati | Ducati Panigale V4 R | 1:52.742 |
| 2 | Danilo Petrucci | ITA | Barni Spark Racing | Ducati Panigale V4 R | 1:53.183 |
| 3 | Tarran Mackenzie | GBR | Petronas MIE Racing Team | Honda CBR1000RR-R | 1:54.390 |
| 4 | Michael Ruben Rinaldi | ITA | Motocorsa Racing | Ducati Panigale V4 R | 1:54.491 |
| 5 | Sam Lowes | GBR | Marc VDS Racing Team | Ducati Panigale V4 R | 1:54.705 |
| 6 | Alessandro Delbianco | ITA | GYTR GRT Yamaha | Yamaha R1 | 1:55.025 |
| 7 | Remy Gardner | AUS | GYTR GRT Yamaha | Yamaha R1 | 1:55.341 |
| 8 | Philipp Oettl | GER | GMT94 Yamaha | Yamaha R1 | 1:57.101 |
| 9 | Ivo Lopes | POR | Petronas MIE Racing Team | Honda CBR1000RR-R | 1:59.888 |
| 10 | Nicolo Bulega | ITA | Aruba.it Racing Ducati | Ducati Panigale V4 R | 2:00.408 |
| 11 | Tito Rabat | ESP | Puccetti Racing | Kawasaki ZX-10RR | No Time Set |
| 12 | Bradley Ray | GBR | Motoxracing Yamaha | Yamaha R1 | No Time Set |
| 13 | Alex Lowes | GBR | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki ZX-10RR | No Time Set |
| 14 | Michael van der Mark | NED | ROKiT BMW Motorrad | BMW M 1000 RR | No Time Set |
| 15 | Andrea Locatelli | ITA | Pata Prometeon Yamaha | Yamaha R1 | No Time Set |
| 16 | Xavi Vierge | ESP | Team HRC | Honda CBR1000RR-R | No Time Set |
| 17 | Iker Lecuona | ESP | Team HRC | Honda CBR1000RR-R | No Time Set |
| 18 | Andrea Iannone | ITA | Team Go Eleven | Ducati Panigale V4 R | No Time Set |
| 20 | Scott Redding | GBR | Bonovo Action BMW | BMW M 1000 RR | No Time Set |
| 20 | Garrett Gerloff | USA | Bonovo Action BMW | BMW M 1000 RR | No Time Set |
| 21 | Axel Bassani | ITA | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki ZX-10RR | No Time Set |
Journalist
Alex joined the Crash.net team in August of 2024 having covered consumer and racing motorcycle news at Visordown for two years.
