Jonathan Rea couldn’t take part in last Sunday’s World Superbike round at Imola and may not be able to contest in this weekend’s final round of the season at Magny Cours.

Rea crashed during a very wet Superpole session and partially fracturing his left collarbone and his left scaphoid he tried to check out his physcial condition during warm-up practice, but 2 laps in, crashed again, and then made the wise decision not to race.

The Nothern Irishman through his Twitter page reported the extent of his injuries which are a ruptured ligament between scaphoid and lunar bones and a disclocation of the acromioclavicular joint in his shoulder.

The Ten Kate Honda man has yet to decide whether to race this Sunday, but he may show up in France to see if he can ride his CBR1000 RR despite his injuries and defend tooth and nail his 3rd place in the standings from Carlos Checa (Althea Ducati) who is just fourteen points from Rea.

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Leon Camier has decided not take part in final round of the 2010 World Superbike Championship that will be held this weekend at the Magny Cours circuit in France, after breaking his scaphoid during qualifying at Nurburgring.

Camier who also missed the Imola round after undergoing surgery to correct the fracture and is still doing rehabilitation and physiotherapy, prefers to sit out the next round to concentrate on full recovery before the start of winter testing.

“I’m obviously disappointed at not being able to race this weekend but I need to be sensible about the situation. I’d be taking a chance by coming back too early and risking further damage to the bone which could result in a long term problem, and it’s really not worth it. The team and I have made the decision together and agreed that it’s best to wait and focus now on our winter testing schedule.”

Camier, who last week signed a contract to continue with the factory Aprilia team next season, also talked about his WSBK rookie year: “It has been a real learning curve for me not only getting to grips with the bike, but also riding the circuits for the first time. I’ve loved working with the team and full credit to them for winning the Championship with Max. I’m obviously really pleased for both him and the team. I’m already looking forward to next season and can’t wait to get back on the bike. I intend to come back stronger than ever in 2011!”

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Ben Spies, who is just 3 points behind Noriyuki Haga in the WSBK standings, took his 10th Superpole at Magny-Cours this afternoon.

Spies put in a blistering 1:37.709 in the last stint, breaking the circuit lap record and was the only rider to go under the 1:38 mark. Second went to Jonathan Rea with his 1:38.191 ahead of third place Michel Fabrizio by just 0.005. Aprilia’s Max Biaggi will start fourth on the grid closing the front row.

Row two will be led by Noriyuki Haga in 5th, followed by Leon Haslam and Fonsi Nieto on the Ducati DFX Corse and Troy Corser on his BMW.

Another two satellite Ducati’s with Shane Byrne and Jakub Smrz rounded out the top 10.

Superpole Results after the jump.

Continue reading: WSBK Magny -Cours: Ben Spies rides away with Superpole

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Michel Fabrizio took this afternoon’s provisional pole at Magny Cours edging out Jonathan Rea for first place. Rea was followed by Noriyuki Haga and Ben Spies and all four riders were separated by less than 2 tenths of a second.

Carlos Checa was fifth, ahead of Troy Corser and Yukio Kagayama, who may be headed to the British Superbike Championship next year. Jakub Smrz and Fonsi Nieto on private Ducati’s finished eighth and ninth respectively, just ahead of Max Biaggi, who suffered a fall with his Aprilia early in the session and managed to finish in tenth place.

Leon Haslam was in 11th after being second in the first free practice, ahead of Karl Muggeridge who is subbing for Max Neukirchner in Alstare Suzuki.

Continue reading: WSBK Magny-Cours: Michel Fabrizio on Provisional Pole

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