FAST FACTS: shorthand notebook and key numbers for WorldSBK at Magny-Cours
Four rounds left in the 2025 season as the title fight heats up after WorldSBK’s August break, with the action resuming at Magny-Cours
The MOTUL FIM Superbike World Championship resumes after a well-deserved break throughout August at the historic Circuit de Nevers Magny-Cours. The French Round hosts Round 9 of the 2025 season as the fight between Toprak Razgatlioglu (ROKiT BMW Motorrad WorldSBK Team) and Nicolo Bulega (Aruba.it Racing - Ducati) heats up, and, to get you ready, we’ve gathered the key numbers from our last visit to Magny-Cours.
2024 race winners:
- Michael van der Mark (BMW: Race 1)
- Nicolo Bulega (Ducati: Superpole Race, Race 2)
Last three pole-sitters at Magny-Cours:
- 2024: Alex Lowes (Kawasaki) 1’51.946s
- 2023: Garrett Gerloff (BMW) 1’35.453s
- 2022: Jonathan Rea (Kawasaki) 1’36.124s
Manufacturer podium places (and wins) accumulated from all races at Magny-Cours:
- Ducati: 55 (21)
- Kawasaki: 35 (14)
- Yamaha: 32 (11)
- Aprilia: 11 (3)
- Honda: 10 (2)
- Suzuki: 7
- BMW: 4 (1)
Key gaps from Magny-Cours 2024:
- Front row covered by: 0.853s
- 1 second in Superpole covered… the top 3: 0.853s
- Closest race gap between 1st and 2nd: 0.115s (Bulega 1st, Alex Lowes 2nd, Superpole Race)
- Closest race podium: 3.677s (Bulega 1st, Alex Lowes 2nd, Petrucci 3rd, Superpole Race)
- Closest Magny-Cours podium of all-time: 0.412s (Toseland 1st, Haga 2nd, Corser 3rd, Race 1, 2006)
Manufacturer top speeds at Magny-Cours, 2024:
- Ducati: Alvaro Bautista – 300kph, Free Practice 1
- BMW: Toprak Razgatlioglu – 299.2kph, Free Practice 2
- Honda: Xavi Vierge – 298.3kph, Free Practice 2
- Kawasaki: Alex Lowes – 294.3kph, Free Practice 1
- Yamaha: Andrea Locatelli – 293.5kph, Race 2
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