Little action on track before midday due to the rain that fell overnight until early morning.
The action intensified around 13 p.m. Shortly before 14 p.m., it was Red who leads the hostilities in 2'00.556 aheadLorenzo. The two Yamaha riders are the only two at this moment under the 2'01 mark. Stoner signs the 3rd time just half a second behind Red and gets ahead Marquez, Iannone et Barbera.
The rain fell again at the start of the afternoon, further disrupting the progress of the session. We will have to wait until the end of the day to see the rankings panic. With a ground temperature of 37° (15°C lower than yesterday) Lorenzo first crossed the symbolic barrier of 2'00 in 1'59.966 then knocked out the competition a few minutes from the checkered flag with a 1'59.580 almost a second aheadRed.
Marquez also improves at the end of the session to 1.3s ahead Crutchlow which completes the list of drivers under 2'01. Stoner finally finished 5th of the day ahead of Pedrosa et Petrucci. Iannone,Redding et Casa Particular in Viñales finish the Top 10. Note the poor performance of Dovizioso, 13th time today at more than 2s. Baz finished 17th today, 19th overall.
| 1 | LORENZO, Jorge | Yamaha Motor Racing | 1:59.580 | 34 / 36 | ||||
| 2 | Rossi, Valentine | Yamaha Motor Racing | 2:00.556 | 0.976 | 13 / 38 | |||
| 3 | MARQUEZ, Marc | Repsol Honda Team | 2:00.883 | 1.303 | 44 / 45 | |||
| 4 | CRUTCHLOW, Cal | Honda LCR | 2:00.992 | 1.412 | 40 / 42 | |||
| 5 | STONER, Casey | Ducati Team | 2:01.070 | 1.490 | 30 / 30 | |||
| 6 | PEDROSA, Dani | Repsol Honda Team | 2:01.161 | 1.581 | 35 / 48 | |||
| 7 | PETRUCCI, Danilo | Octo Bow Yakhnich | 2:01.217 | 1.637 | 15 / 18 | |||
| 8 | IANNON, Andrew | Ducati Team | 2:01.223 | 1.643 | 17 / 38 | |||
| 9 | REDDING, Scott | Octo Bow Yakhnich | 2:01.229 | 1.649 | 40 / 42 | |||
| 10 | VIÑALES, Maverick | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | 2:01.244 | 1.664 | 49 / 51 | |||
| 11 | BARBERÁ, Héctor | Avintia Racing | 2:01.434 | 1.854 | 11 / 30 | |||
| 12 | ESPARGARÓ, Aleix | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | 2:01.623 | 2.043 | 7 / 44 | |||
| 13 | DOVIZIOSO, Andrew | Ducati Team | 2:01.675 | 2.095 | 18 / 34 | |||
| 14 | HERNANDEZ, Yonny | Aspar MotoGP Team | 2:01.774 | 2.194 | 20 / 40 | |||
| 15 | ESPARGARÓ, Pol | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | 2:01.870 | 2.290 | 26 / 44 | |||
| 16 | SMITH, Bradley | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | 2:01.918 | 2.338 | 49 / 65 | |||
| 17 | BAZ, Loris | Avintia Racing | 2:02.541 | 2.961 | 14 / 33 | |||
| 18 | BRADL, Stefan | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | 2:02.792 | 3.212 | 8 / 44 | |||
| 19 | NAKASUGA, Katsuyuki | Yamaha Test Team | 2:02.940 | 3.360 | 10 / 27 | |||
| 20 | RABAT, Tito | EG 0.0 Marc VDS | 2:03.012 | 3.432 | 49 / 57 | |||
| 21 | BAUTISTA, Álvaro | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | 2:03.183 | 3.603 | 16 / 46 | |||
| 22 | LAVERTY, Eugene | Aspar MotoGP Team | 2:03.519 | 3.939 | 16 / 25 |
