[Stoner27]

pense pas qu'il pleut, ils tournaient en 1'43 pour la pole de l'année passée.

En tout cas, Charpentier est déja devant, bon signe pour la course. Mais Curtain reste pas loin, donc ça va vraiment être difficile.


Corser leads in France.


Troy Corser on the Alstare Corona Extra Suzuki put a difficult weekend at Imola behind him to lead first free practice at the final round of the Corona Extra Superbike World Championship in Magny-Cours.

Second fastest was Britain's James Toseland who is out to secure second place in the championship. The Winston Ten Kate Honda rider is just two points clear of Noriyuki Haga in the championship and he is determined to hold onto his position.

The Samurai of Slide, Haga was third fastest and he too has stated that he wants second place. The gloves will be off on Sunday to establish the runner up in the hotly contested Superbike Championship.

Newly crowned Champion, Troy Bayliss on the Xerox Ducati was fourth in the cool free practice session. He has never raced at the famous French circuit but fitted in a few laps on a scooter in preparation for his Superbike debut.

Another hard riding Aussie, Andrew Pitt rounded out the top five and will be in the hunt for another podium. Chris Walker who hasn't had his contract renewed with the PSG-1 Kawasaki team was running in sixth place.

Steve Martin was impressively fast on the Foggy Petronas FP1 running in eleventh place. This is the last race weekend for the team and Martin is set on giving them two strong race results. Last year at Magny-Cours, Martin got tangled up in the turn one smash which actually turned out to be a blessing in disguise. After the crash he was checked over only to discover a tumour in his kidney which lead to its removal.

Alex Barros who took his maiden World Superbike win last time out at Imola, was down in twentieth. He hasn't raced on this circuit since 1992, but his team feels the track should suit him and his Honda.

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