Submitted by Zara Daniela on
Jerez was back to its baking hot self by the time the intermediate class hit the track and the familiar conditions saw familiar names at the top of the timesheets for FP1. Marco Bezzecchi led the way for the Sky squad all throughout the session and despite some red sectors here and there towards the end of practice, many riders failed to improve on their early times. Tetsuta Nagashima prepares his championship defence from second in FP1, four hundredths of a second ahead of Jorge Navarro.
The Italian duo of Lorenzo Baldassarri and Nicolo Bulega made significant progress since last weekend to join the top five, with Sam Lowes consistently towards the top in sixth. Luca Marini and Jorge Martin were slightly lower than a week ago but still safely towards the business end, while Stefano Manzi and rookie Aron Canet rounded out the top 10.
The Intact GP pair of Marcel Schrotter and Tom Luthi seemed to have had a sluggish restart in Jerez but despite being 12th and 13th on the timesheets, the duo was less than half a second off the lead, with nine tenths of a second covering the top 22.
Results:
| Pos | No. | Rider | Bike | Time | Diff | Prev |
| 1 | 72 | Marco Bezzecchi | Kalex | 1'41.525 | ||
| 2 | 45 | Tetsuta Nagashima | Kalex | 1'41.553 | 0.028 | 0.028 |
| 3 | 9 | Jorge Navarro | Speed Up | 1'41.590 | 0.065 | 0.037 |
| 4 | 7 | Lorenzo Baldassarri | Kalex | 1'41.678 | 0.153 | 0.088 |
| 5 | 11 | Nicolo Bulega | Kalex | 1'41.735 | 0.210 | 0.057 |
| 6 | 22 | Sam Lowes | Kalex | 1'41.750 | 0.225 | 0.015 |
| 7 | 10 | Luca Marini | Kalex | 1'41.755 | 0.230 | 0.005 |
| 8 | 88 | Jorge Martin | Kalex | 1'41.757 | 0.232 | 0.002 |
| 9 | 62 | Stefano Manzi | MV Agusta | 1'41.761 | 0.236 | 0.004 |
| 10 | 44 | Aron Canet | Speed Up | 1'41.890 | 0.365 | 0.129 |
| 11 | 35 | Somkiat Chantra | Kalex | 1'41.906 | 0.381 | 0.016 |
| 12 | 23 | Marcel Schrotter | Kalex | 1'41.934 | 0.409 | 0.028 |
| 13 | 12 | Thomas Luthi | Kalex | 1'42.018 | 0.493 | 0.084 |
| 14 | 16 | Joe Roberts | Kalex | 1'42.030 | 0.505 | 0.012 |
| 15 | 96 | Jake Dixon | Kalex | 1'42.042 | 0.517 | 0.012 |
| 16 | 42 | Marcos Ramirez | Kalex | 1'42.068 | 0.543 | 0.026 |
| 17 | 33 | Enea Bastianini | Kalex | 1'42.108 | 0.583 | 0.040 |
| 18 | 55 | Hafizh Syahrin | Speed Up | 1'42.130 | 0.605 | 0.022 |
| 19 | 57 | Edgar Pons | Kalex | 1'42.218 | 0.693 | 0.088 |
| 20 | 87 | Remy Gardner | Kalex | 1'42.299 | 0.774 | 0.081 |
| 21 | 21 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | Speed Up | 1'42.312 | 0.787 | 0.013 |
| 22 | 37 | Augusto Fernandez | Kalex | 1'42.411 | 0.886 | 0.099 |
| 23 | 27 | Andi Farid Izdihar | Kalex | 1'42.600 | 1.075 | 0.189 |
| 24 | 97 | Xavi Vierge | Kalex | 1'42.613 | 1.088 | 0.013 |
| 25 | 40 | Hector Garzo | Kalex | 1'42.807 | 1.282 | 0.194 |
| 26 | 19 | Lorenzo Dalla Porta | Kalex | 1'42.960 | 1.435 | 0.153 |
| 27 | 64 | Bo Bendsneyder | NTS | 1'43.204 | 1.679 | 0.244 |
| 28 | 99 | Kasma Daniel | Kalex | 1'43.308 | 1.783 | 0.104 |
| 29 | 24 | Simone Corsi | MV Agusta | 1'43.372 | 1.847 | 0.064 |
| 30 | 2 | Jesko Raffin | NTS | 1'43.863 | 2.338 | 0.491 |
