A red flag caused by Gabriele Ruiu's BMW engine blowing up with two-and-a-half minutes to go in the session settled the final grid for this afternoon's World Superbike race, leaving a host of riders on flying laps unable to improve with oil on the track.
That left Alvaro Bautista on pole, the Aruba.it Ducati rider having broken the lap record on his first run before crashing out on his second. Toprak Razgatlioglu was disappointed to have his second run brought to an early end, as he was one of the riders showing red sectors when the red flag came out, and likely on his way to improving his best time. The Pata Yamaha rider will start from second on the grid, ahead of Michael Ruben Rinaldi on the second Aruba.it Ducati.
The second row sees two more Ducatis entering the fray, Danilo Petrucci setting in fourth, and Axel Bassani in fifth, while Kawasaki's Jonathan Rea will start Race 1 from sixth.
Results:
| Pos | No. | Rider | Bike | Time | Gap |
| 1 | 1 | A. BAUTISTA | Ducati Panigale V4R | 1'33.017 | |
| 2 | 54 | T. RAZGATLIOGLU | Yamaha YZF R1 | 1'33.182 | 0.165 |
| 3 | 21 | M. RINALDI | Ducati Panigale V4R | 1'33.266 | 0.249 |
| 4 | 9 | D. PETRUCCI | Ducati Panigale V4R | 1'33.403 | 0.386 |
| 5 | 47 | A. BASSANI | Ducati Panigale V4R | 1'33.430 | 0.413 |
| 6 | 65 | J. REA | Kawasaki ZX-10RR | 1'33.578 | 0.561 |
| 7 | 77 | D. AEGERTER | Yamaha YZF R1 | 1'33.821 | 0.804 |
| 8 | 7 | I. LECUONA | Honda CBR1000 RR-R | 1'33.830 | 0.813 |
| 9 | 87 | R. GARDNER | Yamaha YZF R1 | 1'33.997 | 0.980 |
| 10 | 22 | A. LOWES | Kawasaki ZX-10RR | 1'34.016 | 0.999 |
| 11 | 55 | A. LOCATELLI | Yamaha YZF R1 | 1'34.065 | 1.048 |
| 12 | 45 | S. REDDING | BMW M1000 RR | 1'34.134 | 1.117 |
| 13 | 5 | P. OETTL | Ducati Panigale V4R | 1'34.264 | 1.247 |
| 14 | 31 | G. GERLOFF | BMW M1000 RR | 1'34.268 | 1.251 |
| 15 | 28 | B. RAY | Yamaha YZF R1 | 1'34.371 | 1.354 |
| 16 | 97 | X. VIERGE | Honda CBR1000 RR-R | 1'34.434 | 1.417 |
| 17 | 34 | L. BALDASSARRI | Yamaha YZF R1 | 1'34.446 | 1.429 |
| 18 | 66 | T. SYKES | BMW M1000 RR | 1'34.494 | 1.477 |
| 19 | 76 | L. BAZ | BMW M1000 RR | 1'34.522 | 1.505 |
| 20 | 35 | H. SYAHRIN | Honda CBR1000 RR-R | 1'35.247 | 2.230 |
| 21 | 16 | G. RUIU | BMW M1000 RR | 1'35.796 | 2.779 |
| 22 | 53 | T. RABAT | Kawasaki ZX-10RR | 1'36.025 | 3.008 |
| 23 | 32 | I. VINALES | Kawasaki ZX-10RR | 1'36.350 | 3.333 |
| 24 | 70 | L. VITALI | Kawasaki ZX-10RR | 1'36.630 | 3.613 |
| 25 | 88 | R. MIZUNO | Honda CBR1000 RR-R | 1'37.246 | 4.229 |
