Overview
- Toprak Razgatlioglu defeated Nicolo Bulega by 3.712 seconds over 10 laps, with Alex Lowes taking third to complete the Superpole Race podium.
- Danilo Petrucci finished fourth for Barni Ducati, while Michael van der Mark claimed fifth for BMW to match his best result of the season.
- Sam Lowes crashed, Alvaro Bautista retired following a sequence involving Andrea Iannone and Jonathan Rea, and Ryan Vickers also failed to finish.
- Race direction is investigating the Iannone–Rea–Bautista incident, with Superpole results setting the starting order for this afternoon’s Race 2 and awarding championship points.
- Earlier Warm-Up saw Razgatlioglu fastest with a 1:35.671; updated standings list him on 444 points, 34 ahead of Bulega before Race 2.