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With a very Silverstone-ish breezy and chilly opening to proceedings, the main contenders started strong, Jorge Navarro and Brad Binder switching places at the top, the duo joined and eventually overtaken by Pecco Bagnaia. The Italian put his Mahindra three tenths of a second ahead of the two challengers and over a second in front of fourth placed Bo Bendsneyder, a late surge from the rookie predicting another great weekend for the Dutch rider.
Jorge Martin added another Mahindra to the top five, while Fabio Quartararo had a more optimistic start to his weekend than last time around, finishing sixth, even though his track limits cancellation routine was still going strong.
Niccolo Antonelli seems to have recovered nicely from his collarbone injury to spend most of the session in the top seven, despite a fuelling oopsie halfway through FP1. Joan Mir, Fabio di Giannantonio and Enea Bastianini completed the top ten, with a low-key start from the Sky gang, their first rider being Andrea Migno in eighteenth position.
Results:
| Pos. | Num. | Rider | Bike | Time | Gap 1st | Prev. |
| 1 | 21 | Francesco BAGNAIA | Mahindra | 2'15.748 | ||
| 2 | 9 | Jorge NAVARRO | Honda | 2'16.062 | 0.314 | 0.314 |
| 3 | 41 | Brad BINDER | KTM | 2'16.114 | 0.366 | 0.052 |
| 4 | 64 | Bo BENDSNEYDER | KTM | 2'16.924 | 1.176 | 0.810 |
| 5 | 88 | Jorge MARTIN | Mahindra | 2'17.031 | 1.283 | 0.107 |
| 6 | 20 | Fabio QUARTARARO | KTM | 2'17.043 | 1.295 | 0.012 |
| 7 | 23 | Niccolò ANTONELLI | Honda | 2'17.264 | 1.516 | 0.221 |
| 8 | 36 | Joan MIR | KTM | 2'17.568 | 1.820 | 0.304 |
| 9 | 4 | Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO | Honda | 2'17.615 | 1.867 | 0.047 |
| 10 | 33 | Enea BASTIANINI | Honda | 2'17.835 | 2.087 | 0.220 |
| 11 | 19 | Gabriel RODRIGO | KTM | 2'17.885 | 2.137 | 0.050 |
| 12 | 65 | Philipp OETTL | KTM | 2'17.895 | 2.147 | 0.010 |
| 13 | 95 | Jules DANILO | Honda | 2'18.021 | 2.273 | 0.126 |
| 14 | 44 | Aron CANET | Honda | 2'18.310 | 2.562 | 0.289 |
| 15 | 84 | Jakub KORNFEIL | Honda | 2'18.326 | 2.578 | 0.016 |
| 16 | 12 | Albert ARENAS | Peugeot | 2'18.393 | 2.645 | 0.067 |
| 17 | 42 | Marcos RAMIREZ | Mahindra | 2'18.403 | 2.655 | 0.010 |
| 18 | 16 | Andrea MIGNO | KTM | 2'18.518 | 2.770 | 0.115 |
| 19 | 76 | Hiroki ONO | Honda | 2'18.658 | 2.910 | 0.140 |
| 20 | 11 | Livio LOI | Honda | 2'18.794 | 3.046 | 0.136 |
| 21 | 40 | Darryn BINDER | Mahindra | 2'19.078 | 3.330 | 0.284 |
| 22 | 24 | Tatsuki SUZUKI | Mahindra | 2'19.166 | 3.418 | 0.088 |
| 23 | 8 | Nicolo BULEGA | KTM | 2'19.206 | 3.458 | 0.040 |
| 24 | 53 | Marco BEZZECCHI | Mahindra | 2'19.226 | 3.478 | 0.020 |
| 25 | 55 | Andrea LOCATELLI | KTM | 2'19.354 | 3.606 | 0.128 |
| 26 | 58 | Juanfran GUEVARA | KTM | 2'19.364 | 3.616 | 0.010 |
| 27 | 17 | John MCPHEE | Peugeot | 2'19.365 | 3.617 | 0.001 |
| 28 | 62 | Stefano MANZI | Mahindra | 2'19.598 | 3.850 | 0.233 |
| 29 | 89 | Khairul Idham PAWI | Honda | 2'20.083 | 4.335 | 0.485 |
| 30 | 6 | Maria HERRERA | KTM | 2'20.254 | 4.506 | 0.171 |
| 31 | 7 | Adam NORRODIN | Honda | 2'21.093 | 5.345 | 0.839 |
| 32 | 3 | Fabio SPIRANELLI | Mahindra | 2'21.147 | 5.399 | 0.054 |
| 33 | 43 | Stefano VALTULINI | Mahindra | 2'21.534 | 5.786 | 0.387 |
| 34 | 77 | Lorenzo PETRARCA | Mahindra | 2'21.541 | 5.793 | 0.007 |
| 35 | 48 | Lorenzo DALLA PORTA | KTM | 2'21.548 | 5.800 | 0.007 |
