The best time achieved on Friday in Group A was the work of Dion Otten (MTM Racing Team) in 2'01.290, followed by Galang Hendra Pratama (Semakin Di Depan Biblion Motoxracing), Nick Kalinin (400 Nutec – RT Motorsports by SKM – Kawasaki) and Ana Carrasco (Kawasaki Provec WorldSSP300). In Group B, Mika Perez (Scuderia Maranga Racing) set the best time in 2'11.158 ahead of Adrien Quinet (TGP Racing) and Victor Steeman (Freudenberg KTM Junior Team).
On Saturday morning during FP3, Nick Kalinin dominated Group A in the dry in 1'56.042, ahead of Manuel Bastianelli and Ana Carrasco. In Group B, the advantage went to Mika Perez, ahead of Adrien Quinet, Victor Steeman and Hugo de Cancellis.
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From the start of the Group A Superpole, the falls began in the first lap with Frenchman Sylvain Markarian. There were 27 on Friday for this category.
Ana Carrasco initially took the lead in 2'11.875. Dion Otten, the fastest the day before, was second at 2.5.
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With 10 minutes to go, Enzo de la Vega was in second position behind the reigning World Champion, 1.2 behind the Spaniard. Nick Kalinin snatched this second place shortly after, 0.3 behind Carrasco.
Filippo Rovelli took the lead 4 minutes from the checkered flag, 0.1 ahead of Galang Hendra Pratama and 0.2 ahead of Ana Carrasco. The advantage went to Nick Kalinin in 2'08.333.
At the end of the session, the best performance was to the credit of Ana Carrasco with a super time of 2'06.866, 0.2 ahead of Galang Hendra Pratama and 0.9 ahead of Filippo Rovelli. Enzo de la Véga was 6th, Kyrian Hartmann 22nd and Grégory Carbonnel 23rd.
Superpole Group A results:
During the Group B Superpole, the track was less wet.
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Mika Perez immediately set a time of 2'06.912, that is to say almost faster than Ana Carrasco in Group A. This is the disadvantage of separating the drivers in two, but with 59 competitors it is not There wasn't really a choice (except in endurance, with for example 56 crews at the last Bol d'Or).
Perez set the best time in 2'05.552.
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Andy Verdoïa took the lead in 2'05.407 with 8 minutes remaining, soon overtaken by Scott Deroue in 2'04.367. Then Perez moved into second at 0.090. Verdoïa took first place again in 2'04.213, then Deroue was ahead of him in 2'03.546.
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Andy Verdoïa set an excellent time of 2'02.620, while Mika Perez fell quite violently, but without serious consequences.
Checkered flag falls 🏁
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Scott Deroue improved to 2'01.155, which allowed him to win the Superpole. He preceded Andy Verdoïa and Jeffrey Buis in this Group B. Hugo de Cancellis was 17th and Adrien Quinet 19th.
Superpole Group B results:
Reference times:
Test record: 1'54.034 by Scott Deroue (Kawasaki) in 2018
Lap record: 1'54.561 by Mika Perez (Kawasaki) in 2018
Combined classification of the two groups:
Provisional ranking of the World Championship:
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