Being the first dry session of the weekend, FP3 served as a shootout for the 10 Q2 spots.

Loris Baz kicked off the session with a 1m52.745s, but times quickly went down below 1m50s, first achieved by KTM wildcard Mika Kallio.

Marquez then took over, the Spaniard twice improving to lead the way with a 1m49.411s during the mid-session lull.

Kallio continued to impress by going as close as 0.033s, but then Marquez improved again by a tenth.

The Honda rider's lead was finally put to an end by chief title rival Andrea Dovizioso with seven minutes to go, only for Marquez to go six-tenths faster soon afterwards.

Marquez's effort of 1m48.252s ended up as the benchmark time of the session.

Ducati rider Dovizioso was also demoted by Yamaha's Maverick Vinales who, despite improving one more time, ended up more than three tenths slower than Marquez.

Dani Pedrosa jumped into third during the final minute on the second works Honda, as Aspar Ducati's Alvaro Bautista was just a tenth slower in fourth.

Kallio completed his impressive session in fifth, comfortably beating KTM regulars Pol Espargaro and Bradley Smith, who were 12th and 22nd respectively.

Dovizioso dropped down to sixth, followed by Aprilia's Aleix Espargaro, LCR Honda's Cal Crutchlow and Suzuki's Andrea Iannone, who crashed after the chequered flag fell at Turn 5.

While spending the majority of the session outside of the top 10, Valentino Rossi completed his first dry session of the weekend in 10th.

He beat Jorge Lorenzo to the final Q2 spot by 0.063s, the Ducati rider losing time early in the session after losing his knee slider.

Both Tech 3 Yamahas Johann Zarco and Jonas Folger crashed during the session and failed to make it to Q2. Folger appeared to have hit his neck during his high-side crash, and was taken to the medical centre for a scan.

Other riders to fall were Jack Miller at the first corner and Aprilia's Sam Lowes.

Practice results:

Pos.	#	Rider	Bike	Time	Gap
1	93	Marc Marquez	Honda	1'48.252
2	25	Maverick Viñales	Yamaha	1'48.562	0.310
3	26	Dani Pedrosa	Honda	1'48.683	0.431
4	19	Alvaro Bautista	Ducati	1'48.783	0.531
5	36	Mika Kallio	KTM	1'48.811	0.559
6	4	Andrea Dovizioso	Ducati	1'48.881	0.629
7	41	Aleix Espargaro	Aprilia	1'48.920	0.668
8	35	Cal Crutchlow	Honda	1'49.021	0.769
9	29	Andrea Iannone	Suzuki	1'49.139	0.887
10	46	Valentino Rossi	Yamaha	1'49.223	0.971
11	99	Jorge Lorenzo	Ducati	1'49.286	1.034
12	44	Pol Espargaro	KTM	1'49.300	1.048
13	9	Danilo Petrucci	Ducati	1'49.389	1.137
14	53	Tito Rabat	Honda	1'49.473	1.221
15	43	Jack Miller	Honda	1'49.523	1.271
16	45	Scott Redding	Ducati	1'49.553	1.301
17	8	Hector Barbera	Ducati	1'49.613	1.361
18	76	Loris Baz	Ducati	1'49.748	1.496
19	5	Johann Zarco	Yamaha	1'49.872	1.620
20	17	Karel Abraham	Ducati	1'50.133	1.881
21	42	Alex Rins	Suzuki	1'50.136	1.884
22	38	Bradley Smith	KTM	1'50.753	2.501
23	94	Jonas Folger	Yamaha	1'50.919	2.667
24	22	Sam Lowes	Aprilia	1'51.076	2.824