This afternoon’s QP1 at Magny–Cours saw privateer Lorenzo Lanzi on the DFX Corse Ducati take the top spot on the time charts.
Lanzi fresh from last week’s podium in race 2 at Imola put in a best lap of 1′38.
856 which put him in front of Michel Fabrizio on the factory Ducati.
Third went to World Champion Max Biaggi followed by an excellent Luca Scassa who lead most of the session with his Supersonic Ducati, finishing in fourth and making it an all Italian provisional front row in a very tight session.
Cal Crutchlow closed out the first qualifying session with a fifth place despite a crash.
Noriyuki Haga, who also crashed, laid down the sixth best time, while newly confirmed Troy Corser (BMW) and Carlos Checa (Athea Ducati) were seventh and eighth respectively, with the Spaniard who won both races at Imola, making a decent jump forward from the earlier free practice.
Tom Sykes was ninth ahead of Leon Haslam in 10th.
Other crashers included James Toseland and Roger Lee Hayden.
Jonathan Rea was only 15th and will undergo another physical to check out his broken scaphoid.
WSBK Magny–Cours QP1 Results:01- Lorenzo Lanzi – DFX Corse – Ducati 1198 – 1′38.
85602- Michel Fabrizio – Ducati Xerox Team – Ducati 1198 – + 0.
07103- Max Biaggi – Aprilia Alitalia Racing – Aprilia RSV4 Factory – + 0.
11604- Luca Scassa – Supersonic Racing Team – Ducati 1198 – + 0.
14405- Cal Crutchlow – Yamaha Sterilgarda Team – Yamaha YZF R1 – + 0.
20206- Noriyuki Haga – Ducati Xerox Team – Ducati 1198 – + 0.
23507- Troy Corser – BMW Motorrad Motorsport – BMW S1000RR – + 0.
26308- Carlos Checa – Althea Racing – Ducati 1198 – + 0.
28209- Tom Sykes – Kawasaki Racing Team – Kawasaki ZX 10R – + 0.
35110- Leon Haslam – Team Suzuki Alstare – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – + 0.
38211- Jakub Smrz – Team Pata B&G Racing – Aprilia RSV4 Factory – + 0.
40412- James Toseland – Yamaha Sterilgarda Team – Yamaha YZF R1 – + 0.
50413- Shane Byrne – Althea Racing – Ducati 1198 – + 0.
51414- Sylvain Guintoli – Team Suzuki Alstare – Suzuki GSX-R 1000 – + 0.
57515- Jonathan Rea – HANNspree Ten Kate Honda – Honda CBR 1000RR – + 0.
59816- Ruben Xaus – BMW Motorrad Motorsport – BMW S1000RR – + 0.
71017- Max Neukirchner – HANNspree Ten Kate Honda – Honda CBR 1000RR – + 1.
84818- Matteo Baiocco – Team Pedercini – Kawasaki ZX 10R – + 2.
63219- Ian Lowry – Kawasaki Racing Team – Kawasaki ZX 10R – + 2.
79520- Roger Hayden – Team Pedercini – Kawasaki ZX 10R – + 2.
81321- Fabrizio Lai – ECHO CRS Honda – Honda CBR 1000RR – + 3.
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