The opening MotoGP practice session for the Jerez Grand Prix weekend in Spain was impressively headed by 'Open' class rider Aleix Espargaro. The Spaniard reveled in glorious morning conditions and extracted every ounce of grip from his super-soft Bridgestone tyres to post a time of 1:39.357, some two tenths quicker than Jorge Lorenzo's race lap record from last year. Lorenzo ended the session in second place ahead of Marc Marquez, who amazingly has never taken victory at the Jerez circuit in any class of GP racing.
Dani Pedrosa made it an all-Spaniard top four finishing the session ahead of Valentino Rossi in fifth. Rossi is the most successful rider ever at Jerez with eight wins in total, six of those coming in the premier class, he would be looking to improve his pace with a view to grow that record come Sunday. Alvaro Bautista made it five Spaniards in the top six ahead of the Ducati of Andrea Dovizioso, Stefan Bradl, Yonny Hernandez and Bradley Smith completed the top ten. Andrea Iannone was the only rider to crash, late in the session, thankfully he walked away perfectly OK.
Full Results:
| Pos. | Num. | Rider | Bike | Time | Diff | Diff Prev |
| 1 | 41 | Aleix ESPARGARO | Forward Yamaha | 1'39.357 | ||
| 2 | 99 | Jorge LORENZO | Yamaha | 1'39.714 | 0.357 | 0.357 |
| 3 | 93 | Marc MARQUEZ | Honda | 1'39.849 | 0.492 | 0.135 |
| 4 | 26 | Dani PEDROSA | Honda | 1'39.860 | 0.503 | 0.011 |
| 5 | 46 | Valentino ROSSI | Yamaha | 1'40.167 | 0.810 | 0.307 |
| 6 | 19 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | Honda | 1'40.560 | 1.203 | 0.393 |
| 7 | 4 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | Ducati | 1'40.619 | 1.262 | 0.059 |
| 8 | 6 | Stefan BRADL | Honda | 1'40.644 | 1.287 | 0.025 |
| 9 | 68 | Yonny HERNANDEZ | Ducati | 1'40.686 | 1.329 | 0.042 |
| 10 | 38 | Bradley SMITH | Yamaha | 1'40.758 | 1.401 | 0.072 |
| 11 | 69 | Nicky HAYDEN | Honda | 1'40.846 | 1.489 | 0.088 |
| 12 | 29 | Andrea IANNONE | Ducati | 1'40.879 | 1.522 | 0.033 |
| 13 | 51 | Michele PIRRO | Ducati | 1'40.924 | 1.567 | 0.045 |
| 14 | 8 | Hector BARBERA | Avintia | 1'40.928 | 1.571 | 0.004 |
| 15 | 44 | Pol ESPARGARO | Yamaha | 1'41.002 | 1.645 | 0.074 |
| 16 | 7 | Hiroshi AOYAMA | Honda | 1'41.183 | 1.826 | 0.181 |
| 17 | 5 | Colin EDWARDS | Forward Yamaha | 1'41.252 | 1.895 | 0.069 |
| 18 | 35 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | Ducati | 1'41.364 | 2.007 | 0.112 |
| 19 | 45 | Scott REDDING | Honda | 1'41.374 | 2.017 | 0.010 |
| 20 | 17 | Karel ABRAHAM | Honda | 1'41.578 | 2.221 | 0.204 |
| 21 | 23 | Broc PARKES | PBM | 1'42.171 | 2.814 | 0.593 |
| 22 | 9 | Danilo PETRUCCI | ART | 1'42.188 | 2.831 | 0.017 |
| 23 | 63 | Mike DI MEGLIO | Avintia | 1'42.346 | 2.989 | 0.158 |
| 24 | 70 | Michael LAVERTY | PBM | 1'43.015 | 3.658 | 0.669 |
