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A particularly grey Saturday morning set the scene for the final practice session for the premier class and it was the same names at the front of the timesheets, just in a slightly different order. Alex Marquez returned to the top of the charts, spending all session in prime position, while Marc Marquez steadily closed in to trail his brother by eight hundredths of a second while continuing to set a solid pace on worn rubber.

The intermediate class completed their final practice outing in rather grey but dry conditions and it was a familiar picture at the top of the timing screens, with Jake Dixon hogging the limelight throughout FP2 and showing off solid race pace. Barry Baltus managed to close in to within a tenth of  a second of the leader late on, while Aron Canet got right back up to speed after an eventful Friday and climbed into third place on his final flying lap – two tenths behind Dixon. 

An overcast view welcomed the paddock on Saturday morning, but Matteo Bertelle seemed particularly happy with the conditions, as he took control of the final practice session early on, briefly allowed some rivals in the limelight, before attacking the lap record in the final couple of minutes of FP2. Bertelle’s record-worthy time was over seven tenths of a second faster than the closest rival and serves as excellent preparation for Q1 later on, as he failed to secure a Q2 place on Friday.