FIM Supersport World Championship
Circuit de Nevers, Magny-Cours, France
October 3, 2015
Qualifying Results (wet conditions, all on Pirelli tires):
1. PJ JACOBSEN, USA (Honda CBR600RR), 2:00.197
2. Kenan SOFUOGLU, Turkey (Kawasaki ZX-6R), 2:00.237
3. Lucas MAHIAS, France (Yamaha YZF-R6), 2:01.549, crash
4. Kyle SMITH, UK (Honda CBR600RR), 2:02.310, crashed twice
5. Alex BALDOLINI, Italy (MV Agusta F3 675), 2:02.666
6. Gino REA, UK (Honda CBR600RR), 2:03.311, crash
7. Lorenzo ZANETTI, Italy (MV Agusta F3 675), 2:03.436, crash
8. Martin CARDENAS, Colombia (Honda CBR600RR), 2:03.498
9. Kevin MANFREDI, Italy (Honda CBR600RR), 2:04.222
10. Aiden WAGNER, Australia (Honda CBR600RR), 2:04.737, crash
More, from a press release issued by Dorna WSBK Press Office:
Jacobsen claims Magny-Cours pole on his final lap
WSS title contenders line-up side by side for what could be a Championship decider.
PJ Jacobsen (CORE Motorsport Thailand) kept the pressure on Champion elect Kenan Sofuoglu (Kawasaki Puccetti Racing) by leaving it until his final lap to steal the WSS Pole Position at Magny-Cours. Lucas Mahias (MG Competition) bounced back from an early session tumble to snatch the final spot on the front row of the grid after some great repair work by his team. Jacobsen will start a World Supersport race from pole for the second time this year; his maiden front-grid start was at Sepang two months ago.
Despite an early crash, Kyle Smith (Pata Honda World Supersport Team) was able to salvage a fourth-place start in the final moments of the session, before he tumbled off again. The Briton will be joined on the second row by Italian Alex Baldolini, aboard his privately entered Race Department ATK#25 MV Agusta, and compatriot Gino Rea (CIA Landlords Insurance Honda), who took an impressive sixth. Rea heavily damaged his bike in FP1 yesterday and missed the whole second free practice session as his team raced to fix the #4 CBR600RR.
Lorenzo Zanetti (MV Agusta Reparto Corse) finished seventh ahead of the CIA Landlords Insurance trio of Martin Cardenas, Kevin Manfredi and Aiden Wagner, who rounded out the top 10.
Wet track conditions heavily affected the qualifying proceedings as seventeen individual crashes were recorded during the 45 minutes of track-time available to the riders.