Scott Redding certified on the entrance row for the French WorldSBK, however made it clear afterwards that he was not completely pleased with the circumstances the Superpole session went forward in.
Rain was falling in Magny-Cours all through Satruday morning, and intensified because the 15-minute Superpole session came about.
“It was sketchy,” Redding advised Eurosport after Superpole, “the water began to face fairly early which I didn’t count on, and I had a few guys in entrance so the visibility was dangerous.
“We now have to have just a little chat with the protection fee as a result of I used to be behind, I may see there was lots of crashes, lots of standing water, you’re simply form of floating.
“Ultimately, we acquired the job carried out, entrance row which is good.”
Alex Lowes took pole place for the second time in his WorldSBK profession, but additionally described the circumstances as “difficult” and “sketchy” when talking to Eurosport in parc ferme.
“Difficult circumstances, actually, the observe was getting worse and worse and I used to be shocked by how a lot standing water there was,” the Kawasaki rider mentioned.
“Flip 14, the place Toprak [Razgatlioglu] had his crash yesterday [in FP2], the entire bike was simply sliding via there.
“So, just a little bit sketchy circumstances, lots of aquaplaning. Hopefully there’s a bit much less water later [for Race 1].
“However I understand how to journey within the rain, I had sufficient follow once I was youthful in England.
“However it’s nonetheless a dodgy session, you may generally lose greater than you may acquire.
“However actually pleased with the lap time, I knew after I did kind of a fairly good lap, I had a gauge behind Jonathan [Rea], that I wasn’t going to go masses sooner with out risking so much.
“Fortunately it was sufficient. The race might be going to be moist at the moment, however let’s see what we will do.”
Nicolo Bulega might be between the 2 British riders on the entrance row for Race 1 in second place. He crashed whereas braking in a straight line for flip 5, as did another riders together with Sam Lowes and Danilo Petrucci.
“Truthfully, I had a superb feeling,” Bulega advised Eurosport after Superpole.
“I crashed, however I realised that I used to be on the ground later as a result of it was a really quick crash and I didn’t have time to know that I used to be crashing. It was a really high-speed crash. Unusual, as a result of I used to be utterly straight, so I don’t know. I noticed Petrucci did the identical as me, so I don’t know.
“However, anyway, entrance row, so I’m actually pleased, and we’ll attempt to do a terrific weekend.”
