Pol Espargaró has been the fastest rider of MotoGP during the free practice one at Assen circuit in Netherlands. His Brother finished on second place followed by Lorenzo. Marc Márquez was fourth.
The session has started with a track output from Marc Márquez and Andrea Iannone at turn 9. But on the standings, Pol Espargaró was leading the session.
Then Márquez, Rossi and Smith had improved this lap time. With 7 minutes remaining and Marc Márquez leading the pace, some drops of rain had arrived at Assen circuit but it didn’t impeded Pol Espargaró to be the fastest of the session.
Results:
| Pos. | Num. | Rider | Nation | Team | Bike | Time | Gap 1st/Prev. |
| 1 | 44 | Pol ESPARGARO | SPA | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 1’34.530 | |
| 2 | 41 | Aleix ESPARGARO | SPA | NGM Forward Racing | Forward Yamaha | 1’34.719 | 0.189 / 0.189 |
| 3 | 99 | Jorge LORENZO | SPA | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 1’34.736 | 0.206 / 0.017 |
| 4 | 93 | Marc MARQUEZ | SPA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 1’34.770 | 0.240 / 0.034 |
| 5 | 38 | Bradley SMITH | GBR | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 1’34.915 | 0.385 / 0.145 |
| 6 | 46 | Valentino ROSSI | ITA | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 1’34.974 | 0.444 / 0.059 |
| 7 | 4 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | ITA | Ducati Team | Ducati | 1’35.069 | 0.539 / 0.095 |
| 8 | 26 | Dani PEDROSA | SPA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 1’35.187 | 0.657 / 0.118 |
| 9 | 19 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | SPA | GO&FUN Honda Gresini | Honda | 1’35.364 | 0.834 / 0.177 |
| 10 | 6 | Stefan BRADL | GER | LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 1’35.885 | 1.355 / 0.521 |
| 11 | 29 | Andrea IANNONE | ITA | Pramac Racing | Ducati | 1’35.888 | 1.358 / 0.003 |
| 12 | 5 | Colin EDWARDS | USA | NGM Forward Racing | Forward Yamaha | 1’36.269 | 1.739 / 0.381 |
| 13 | 35 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | GBR | Ducati Team | Ducati | 1’36.295 | 1.765 / 0.026 |
| 14 | 45 | Scott REDDING | GBR | GO&FUN Honda Gresini | Honda | 1’36.353 | 1.823 / 0.058 |
| 15 | 68 | Yonny HERNANDEZ | COL | Energy T.I. Pramac Racing | Ducati | 1’36.363 | 1.833 / 0.010 |
| 16 | 17 | Karel ABRAHAM | CZE | Cardion AB Motoracing | Honda | 1’36.375 | 1.845 / 0.012 |
| 17 | 7 | Hiroshi AOYAMA | JPN | Drive M7 Aspar | Honda | 1’36.521 | 1.991 / 0.146 |
| 18 | 23 | Broc PARKES | AUS | Paul Bird Motorsport | PBM | 1’37.209 | 2.679 / 0.688 |
| 19 | 69 | Nicky HAYDEN | USA | Drive M7 Aspar | Honda | 1’37.275 | 2.745 / 0.066 |
| 20 | 8 | Hector BARBERA | SPA | Avintia Racing | Avintia | 1’37.370 | 2.840 / 0.095 |
| 21 | 70 | Michael LAVERTY | GBR | Paul Bird Motorsport | PBM | 1’37.488 | 2.958 / 0.118 |
| 22 | 63 | Mike DI MEGLIO | FRA | Avintia Racing | Avintia | 1’37.498 | 2.968 / 0.010 |
| 23 | 9 | Danilo PETRUCCI | ITA | Octo IodaRacing Team | ART | 1’37.732 | 3.202 / 0.234 |