A few weeks on from the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship’s sunset showdown at Portimao, it’s time for the Motul French Round at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours. Ahead of the action heating up on track, check out the key numbers from previous visits to Magny-Cours so you have all the information you need…
2023 race winners:
- Toprak Razgatlioglu (Yamaha: Race 1, Tissot Superpole Race)
- Alvaro Bautista (Ducati: Race 2)
Last three pole-sitters at Magny-Cours:
- 2023: Garrett Gerloff (BMW) 1’35.453s
- 2022: Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki) 1’36.124s
- 2021: Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki) 1’35.683s
Manufacturer podium places (and wins) accumulated from all races at Magny-Cours:
- Ducati: 49 (19)
- Kawasaki: 34 (14)
- Yamaha: 32 (11)
- Aprilia: 11 (3)
- Honda: 10 (2)
- Suzuki: 7
- BMW: 4
Key gaps from Magny-Cours 2023:
- Front row covered by: 0.367s
- 1 second in Superpole covered… the top 10: 0.764s
- Closest race gap between 1st and 2nd: 0.970s (Razgatlioglu 1st, Bautista 2nd, Superpole Race)
- Closest race podium: 2.503s (Razgatlioglu 1st, Bautista 2nd, Rea 3rd, Superpole Race, 2023)
- Closest Magny-Cours podium of all-time: 0.412s (Toseland 1st, Haga 2nd, Corser 3rd, Race 1, 2006)
Manufacturer top speeds at Magny-Cours, 2023:
- Yamaha: Toprak Razgatlioglu – 298.3kph, Superpole
- Honda: Iker Lecuona, Xavi Vierge – 298.3kph, Free Practice 3
- BMW: Scott Redding – 296.7kph, Superpole
- Ducati: Alvaro Bautista – 296.7kph, Superpole
- Kawasaki: Alex Lowes – 294.2.7kph, Free Practice 1
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Source: WorldSBK.com