Championship leader Franco Morbidelli topped the time sheets for the first time this weekend, ahead of Mattia Pasini and Takaaki Nakagami.

Alex Marquez managed to find some pace to take sixth, his best position in free practice this weekend since returning from injury. Thomas Luthi ended the session in ninth, only 0.3s off the pace of Morbidelli. In fact, the top four were separated by less than 0.1 of a second, one of the closest sessions we've seen this year. The top ninetten were covered by just under a second, with the likes of Brad Binder, Lorenzo Baldassari and Hafizh Syahrin outside of that gap.

Miguel Oliveira had a really good session, finishing in fifth. He's slowly creeping up towards a win, and it could well come this weekend if he keeps up this pace. The tricky conditions caught him out in Misano, and he'll be back with the burning passion to fight for his first Moto2 victory.

Top ten:

Franco Morbidelli, EG 0,0 Marc VDS - 1:54.200

Mattia Pasini, Italtrans Racing Team +0.010

Takaaki Nakagami, IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia +0.016

Sandro Cortese, Dynavolt Intact GP +0.095

Miguel Oliveira, Red Bull KTM Ajo +0.176

Alex Marquez, EG 0,0 Marc VDS +0.198

Simone Corsi, Speed Up Racing +0.208

Jorge Navarro, Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 +0.308

Thomas Luthi, CarXpert Interwetten +0.355

Francesco Bagnaia, Sky Racing Team VR46 +0.383