In advance of the first World Superbike race, several riders (Bradley Ray, Lorenzo Baldassarri, Andrea Locatelli and Xavi Vierge) were sent to the back of the grid for riding slowly on the racing line in the Superpole qualifying session. Twenty one laps of the French circuit were planned, with a first-time pole sitter and uncharacteristically hot weather with track specialists off the front row hoping to add a bit of spice to the opening laps, but a delay on the starting grid forced the race to drop one lap to twenty. There are three good overtaking spots around the track, turns one, five and thirteen.
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