Pirelli French Round Race 1

Date & Time
Sat 3rd October 2020 2:00pm Local
Sat 3rd October 2020 12:00pm UTC

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League
SBK

Season
2020

Round
Round 7

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Location

Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours

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Description

First race in the WorldSBK category at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours. The famous French circuit is the penultimate round of the season and it may be the opportunity Scott Redding needs to score points.

Race 1 for the MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship, with wet conditions greeting the 21 riders for the opening race of the Pirelli French Round at the Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours as Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki Racing Team WorldSBK) claimed his 10th victory of the 2020 season.
Rea and Baz duelled it out for victory with Rea coming out on top by around three seconds, Baz took his third podium of the year - and a first WorldSBK podium on home soil, he was followed by Alex Lowes who despite being a distant ten seconds off the front notched up his first podium since the Australian season opener back in February/March.

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Result List

01	Jonathan Rea	Bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team	38'13.222
02	Loris Baz	Ten Kate Racing	+3.342
03	Alex Lowes	Bimota by Kawasaki Racing Team	+9.707
04	Chaz Davies	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati	+14.045
05	Scott Redding	Aruba.it Racing – Ducati	+16.427
06	Toprak Razgatlioglu	Pata Maxus Yamaha	+16.976
07	Michael Ruben Rinaldi	Team Goeleven	+23.253
08	Xavi Fores	Kawasaki WorldSBK Team	27.173
09	Michael van der Mark	Pata Maxus Yamaha	28.706
10	Leandro Mercado	Motocorsa Racing	32.034