Overview

• Toprak Razgatlioglu led FP1 with a 1:36.054, with closest rival Nicolo Bulega 0.226 seconds back.
• Alex Lowes was third for Bimota, with Andrea Iannone fourth, Axel Bassani fifth, and Xavi Vierge sixth.
• Andrea Locatelli and Jonathan Rea placed seventh and eighth for Yamaha, as Danilo Petrucci rode to ninth despite a recent hand injury and Alvaro Bautista took tenth.
• Tarran Mackenzie crashed at Turn 1, was reported okay, and got his bike back to the pits.
• Dry, stable conditions marked the opener at Round 11 of 12, where Razgatlioglu could clinch the title depending on the weekend points swing.