Outstanding guests for the closing round of the first ParkinGO Series season: the quadruple World Endurance champion Matthieu Lagrive and former 250 GP European champion Ivan Clementi will race on the Street Triple 675 in the seventh round of the Triumph challenge, held at the French track of Magny-Cours. The two riders will battle with Fabrizio Perotti, who has already won the title in the previous round.

Their presence increases the level of the competition, which has been very interesting from the very first qualifying session. The provisional pole position went, surprisingly, to Ivan Clementi, who two years ago was a ParkinGO Triumph BE1 Racing rider in World Supersport. The experienced Italian proved he still has a very good clean riding style, which allowed him to beat Matthieu Lagrive, who took part in the WSS until the previous round for the ParkinGo team and was prevented from racing due to regulations as he is participating in World Endurance on the same track. Fabrizio Perotti finished just a few tenths behind them. The young Italian will try to take the lead back tomorrow morning, but his main goal is to prepare the race.

Another Frenchman, David Dumain, finished in front row, followed by Giuliano Rovelli, who returned after his Nurburgring injury, and Toni Salom. Eddy Bouvier and Samuela de Nardi also qualified in the second row.

Ivan Clementi - 1st: "I'm pleased I got invited for the last round of the Triumph ParkinGO European Series. I was surprised at the features of this naked bike, I posted some really interesting times. I'll probably battle with Lagrive and Perotti for the pole, but I think I can still slightly improve my time".

Matthieu Lagrive - 2nd: "I wanted to end my season at Triumph with a win, I thought it would be easier, but both Clementi and Perotti were very fast and I think they will be the same in the next two days. It will be a tough battle".

Qualifying 1st Session:

1 18 Clementi I. (ITA) Street Triple R 1'49.276
2 14 Lagrive M. (FRA) Street Triple R 1'49.804
3 43 Perotti F. (ITA) Street Triple R 1'50.119
4 91 Dumain D. (FRA) Street Triple R 1'51.771
5 23 Rovelli G. (ITA) Street Triple R 1'51.836
6 25 Salom T. (ESP) Street Triple R 1'52.063
7 69 Bouvier E. (FRA) Street Triple R 1'53.183
8 84 De Nardi S. (ITA) Street Triple R 1'54.426
9 93 Mariage F. (FRA) Street Triple R 1'59.101
10 73 Rovelli P. (ITA) Street Triple R 1'59.104
11 19 Nicastro C. (ITA) Street Triple R 1'59.327
12 7 Blumetti P. (ITA) Street Triple R 1'59.820
13 9 Annoni E. (ITA) Street Triple R 1'59.839
14 72 Ghedini G. (ITA) Street Triple R 2'08.352
15 1 Anaclerio R. (ITA) Street Triple R 2'09.280