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

Rain was falling in Magnꦺy-Cours throughout Satruday morning, and intensified as the 15-minute Su𒁏perpole session took place.

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

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

“In the end, we got the job d🦂one, front row which is nice.”

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

“Tricky conditions, honestly, the track was getting worse and worse and I was surprised by ho⛎w much standing water there was,” the Kawasaki rider said.

“Tuꦚrn 14, where Toprak [Razgatlioglu] had his crash yesterday [in FP2], the whole bike was just s🎉liding through there.

“So, a little bit sketchy conditions, a lot of aquaplaning. Hopeful🐭ly 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 loꦿse more than you can gain.

“But really happꦏy 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 eno🌳ugh. The rac🔯e is probably going to be wet 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 second place. He💙 crashed while braking in a straight line for turn five, as did some other riders including🧸 Sam Lowes and Danilo Petrucci.

“Honestly, I had a good feeling,” Bulega⛦ told Eurosport after Superpoleꦗ.

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

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