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Live coverage of the Superpole Race from the 2025 French WorldSBK at Magny-Cours.
The 9th round of the 2025 World Superbike Championship is taking place today, with the Superpole Race scheduled at 11:00 local time at the French WorldSBK. Following that, Race 2 will start at 15:30 local time.
Toprak Razgatlioglu will begin the Superpole Race from pole position after setting an all-time lap record in yesterday’s Superpole session. He aims for his 10th win at Magny-Cours, surpassing Jonathan Rea’s total wins at the French track.
Nicolo Bulega, starting in second place, now trails Razgatlioglu by 31 points in the riders’ standings after finishing second yesterday, 8.5 seconds behind.
Sam Lowes, on the front row, seeks a strong performance today after a crash from fourth position yesterday, showcasing promising pace by joining Razgatlioglu in the 1:35s during Warm Up this morning.
Alex Lowes leads row two and eyes another podium finish today, following his podium yesterday, which would mark the first multiple-rostrum weekend for the new Bimota project.
Andrea Locatelli and Garrett Gerloff start from the back row due to their Superpole crashes but aim to reach the top nine to improve their starting positions for Race 2 after strong performances yesterday.
Both Michael van der Mark and Andrea Iannone were cleared to ride by the WorldSBK medical team after their crashes in Race 1, with Iannone finishing Warm Up in 20th and van der Mark in 14th.
