Scott Redding qualified on the front row for the French Wor𝔍ldSBK, but made it clear afterwards that he was not enti⛄rely happy with the conditions the Superpole session went ahead in.

Rain was falling in Magny-Cours throughout Satruday mornin🦩g, and intensified as the 15-minute Superpole s༺ession took place.

“It was sketchy,” Redding told Eurosport after Superpole, “the water 𒀰started to stand quite early which I didn’t expect, and I had a couple of guys in front so the visibility was bad.

“We have to have a little chat with the safety commission because I was behind, I could see there was a lot of crashes, a lot o💖f standing water, you’re just kind of floating.

“In the end, we got the j🔯ob done, front row which is nice.”

Alex Lowes took pole position for the second time in his WorldSBK career, but also described the 🌳conditions as “tricky” and “sketchy” when speaking to Eurosport in parc ferme🍬.

“Tricky conditions, honestly, the track was getting worsꦉe and worse and I was surprised by how much standing water there🦹 was,” the Kawasaki rider said.

“Turn 14, where Toprak [Razgatlioglu] had his cras𒉰h yesterday [in FP2], the whole bike was just slidingꦍ through there.

“So, a little bit sketchy conditions, a lot of aquaplaning. Hopefully there’s a bit less water later [for ✨Race 1].

“But I know how 🐼to ride in the rain, I had enough practice when I was younger in England.

“But it’s still a dodgy session, you can sometimes lose more than you can🍰 gain.

“But realꦗly happy with the lap time, I knew after I did sort of a pretty good lap, I had a gauge behind Jonathan [Rea], that I wasn’t going to go loads faster without risking a lot.

“Luckily it was enough. The race is p🔯robably going to be we꧋t today, but let’s see what we can do.”

Nicolo Bulega will be between the two British riders on the front row for Race 1 in se🍷cond place. He crashed while braking in a straight line for turn five, as did som💝e other riders including Sam Lowes and Danilo Petrucci.

“Honestly, I had a good feeling,” Bulega told Eurosport after Superp🐟ole.

“I crashed, but I realised that I was on the floor later because it was a very fast crash and I 𒁃didn’t have time to understand that I was crashing. It was a very high-speedꦯ crash. Strange, because I was completely straight, so I don’t know. I saw Petrucci did the same as me, so I don’t know.

“But, anyway, front row, so I’m really 𝔉happy, and we will try to do a great weekend.”