French World Superbike FP3 Results: Rinaldi fastest in damp final practice
Full results from FP3 at🅺 the French World Superbike round at Magny-Cours.

Michael Ruben Rinaldi topped✃ WorldSBK FP3 in Magny-Cours in a session that began da♕mp and never completely dried out.
Conditions in ಞFP3 were very awkward, with only Danilo Petrucci and Michael Ruben RInaldi having set a 🍸lap time with two minutes remaining in the 30-minute session.
Rain through Saturday morni꧙ng had left the track damp, but by the end a few riders were able to head out on slicks, although times were nowhere near the 1:36s of Friday afternoon.
Rinaldi ended up topping the sessio♚n on a 1:47.985, and w𓃲ith rain falling again as the chequered flag came out there were only seven riders who set lap times in this largely unrepresentative practice.
The rain to♚wards the very end, though, could be indicative of the kind of conditions we might expect in Su🐭perpole later this morning.
2024 WorldSBK Championship | French Round | Circuit Nevers Magny-Cours | FP3 Result | Rd 8/13 | |||||
Pos | Rider | Nat. | WorldSBK Team | Superbike | Timing |
1 | Michael Ruben Rinaldi | ITA | Motocorsa Racing | Ducati Panigale V4 R | 1:47.985 |
2 | Danilo Petrucci | ITA | Barni Spark Racing | Ducati Panigale V4 R | 1:48.112 |
3 | Remy Gardner | AUS | GYTR GRT Yamaha | Yamaha R1 | 1:51.577 |
4 | Nicolo Bulega | ITA | Aruba.it Racing Ducati | Ducati Panigale V4 R | 1:51.711 |
5 | Alessandro Delbianco | ITA | GYTR GRT Yamaha | Yamaha R1 | 1:56.551 |
6 | Ivo Lopes | POR | Petronas MIE Racing Team | Honda CBR1000RR-R | 2:01.709 |
7 | Garrett Gerloff | USA | Bonovo Action BMW | BMW M 1000 RR | 2:09.784 |
8 | Michael van der Mark | NED | ROKiT BMW Motorrad | BMW M 1000 RR | No Time Set |
9 | Philipp Oettl | GER | GMT94 Yamaha | Yamaha R1 | No Time Set |
10 | Tito Rabat | ESP | Puccetti Racing | Kawasaki ZX-10RR | No Time Set |
11 | Andrea Iannone | ITA | Team Go Eleven | Ducati Panigale V4 R | No Time Set |
12 | Bradley Ray | GBR | Motoxracing Yamaha | Yamaha R1 | No Time Set |
13 | Alex Lowes | GBR | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki ZX-10RR | No Time Set |
14 | Tarran Mackenzie | GBR | Petronas MIE Racing Team | Honda CBR1000RR-R | No Time Set |
15 | Andrea Locatelli | ITA | Pata Prometeon Yamaha | Yamaha R1 | No Time Set |
16 | Axel Bassani | ITA | Kawasaki Racing Team | Kawasaki ZX-10RR | No Time Set |
17 | Alvaro Bautista | ESP | Aruba.it Racing Ducati | Ducati Panigale V4 R | No Time Set |
17 | Sam Lowes | GBR | Marc VDS Racing Team | Ducati Panigale V4 R | No Time Set |
19 | Iker Lecuona | ESP | Team HRC | Honda CBR1000RR-R | No Time Set |
20 | Scott Redding | GBR | Bonovo Action BMW | BMW M 1000 RR | No Time Set |
21 | Jonathan Rea | GBR | Pata Prometeon Yamaha | Yamaha R1 | No Time Set |
22 | Xavi Vierge | ESP | Team HRC | Honda CBR1000RR-R | No Time Set |

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