Submitted by Zara Daniela on
The reasonably sunny conditions changed track conditions throughout the session to allow a swap to slicks, but the surface was still pretty damp and tricky to navigate for the intermediate class. It was all change in the final couple for flying laps, when Augusto Fernandez picked up the lead with two minutes left of the session and kept it to the chequered flag, fending off championship leader Remy Gardner. Xavi Vierge in third ended the day within a tenth of a second of the lead, followed by teammate Jake Dixon, who was almost half a second behind.
Celestino Vietti climbed up to fifth on the familiar playground but was over a second slower than Fernandez and a tenth quicker than Sam Lowes and Ai Ogura. Raul Fernandez seemed to be struggling a bit more in the changing conditions but used his final couple of flying laps well to claim 8th place and joined the top 10 for the first time in the session. Somkiat Chantra and Fermín Aldeguer completed the top 10, ahead of Stefano Manzi, whose session ended in an unlucky tangle with Joe Roberts at turn 3.
After an underwhelming FP1, Marcos Ramirez climbed up to 12th, while Tom Luthi and Aron Canet stayed inside the provisional top 14. The likes of Marco Bezzecchi and early session leader Jorge Navarro ended up over two seconds off top spot and hoping for improved conditions in FP3.
Results:
| Pos | No. | Rider | Bike | Time | Diff | Prev |
| 1 | 37 | Augusto Fernandez | Kalex | 1'40.930 | ||
| 2 | 87 | Remy Gardner | Kalex | 1'41.006 | 0.076 | 0.076 |
| 3 | 97 | Xavi Vierge | Kalex | 1'41.012 | 0.082 | 0.006 |
| 4 | 96 | Jake Dixon | Kalex | 1'41.446 | 0.516 | 0.434 |
| 5 | 13 | Celestino Vietti | Kalex | 1'42.153 | 1.223 | 0.707 |
| 6 | 22 | Sam Lowes | Kalex | 1'42.326 | 1.396 | 0.173 |
| 7 | 79 | Ai Ogura | Kalex | 1'42.330 | 1.400 | 0.004 |
| 8 | 25 | Raul Fernandez | Kalex | 1'42.387 | 1.457 | 0.057 |
| 9 | 35 | Somkiat Chantra | Kalex | 1'42.421 | 1.491 | 0.034 |
| 10 | 54 | Fermín Aldeguer | Boscoscuro | 1'42.693 | 1.763 | 0.272 |
| 11 | 62 | Stefano Manzi | Kalex | 1'43.051 | 2.121 | 0.358 |
| 12 | 42 | Marcos Ramirez | Kalex | 1'43.096 | 2.166 | 0.045 |
| 13 | 12 | Thomas Luthi | Kalex | 1'43.115 | 2.185 | 0.019 |
| 14 | 44 | Aron Canet | Boscoscuro | 1'43.348 | 2.418 | 0.233 |
| 15 | 72 | Marco Bezzecchi | Kalex | 1'43.366 | 2.436 | 0.018 |
| 16 | 24 | Simone Corsi | MV Agusta | 1'43.482 | 2.552 | 0.116 |
| 17 | 75 | Albert Arenas | Boscoscuro | 1'43.631 | 2.701 | 0.149 |
| 18 | 9 | Jorge Navarro | Boscoscuro | 1'43.679 | 2.749 | 0.048 |
| 19 | 64 | Bo Bendsneyder | Kalex | 1'43.771 | 2.841 | 0.092 |
| 20 | 14 | Tony Arbolino | Kalex | 1'43.852 | 2.922 | 0.081 |
| 21 | 6 | Cameron Beaubier | Kalex | 1'43.940 | 3.010 | 0.088 |
| 22 | 23 | Marcel Schrotter | Kalex | 1'43.982 | 3.052 | 0.042 |
| 23 | 40 | Hector Garzo | Kalex | 1'44.020 | 3.090 | 0.038 |
| 24 | 7 | Lorenzo Baldassarri | MV Agusta | 1'44.180 | 3.250 | 0.160 |
| 25 | 21 | Fabio Di Giannantonio | Kalex | 1'44.218 | 3.288 | 0.038 |
| 26 | 27 | Mattia Casadei | Kalex | 1'44.444 | 3.514 | 0.226 |
| 27 | 10 | Tommaso Marcon | NTS | 1'44.565 | 3.635 | 0.121 |
| 28 | 11 | Nicolò Bulega | Kalex | 1'44.725 | 3.795 | 0.160 |
| 29 | 16 | Joe Roberts | Kalex | 1'44.861 | 3.931 | 0.136 |
| 30 | 70 | Barry Baltus | NTS | 1'46.332 | 5.402 | 1.471 |
