The Catalan rider set the fastest time, as usual, at the first free practice at Silverstone Circuit 2: 03,208, behind him are both Italian Ducati riders Andrea Dovizioso and Andrea Ianonne. To find the Yamaha riders Jorge Lorenzo and Valentino Rossi we have to go down to the seventh and eighth of the timetable
Marquez scored the first significant time of the session (2: 05 404).
30 minutes before the end of the first session Márquez sets a 2: 03721 and located almost a second Dovizioso who was second behind Stefan Bradl.
In the final 22 minutes it started to rain and Lorenzo was ninth ran out of chances to score a better time. All riders head for the pits but after some time returned to the track.
The session ended without rain and the drivers was able to improve their times, leaving Marquez in first position followed by the Ducati riders.
Regarding incidents, the British driver Michael Laverty had to retire due to a mechanical problem in his PBM Open.
| Pos. | Nº | Rider | Team | Motorbike | Diff | Gap | Laps | |
| 1 | 93 | Marc MARQUEZ | SPA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 2:03.208 | 16 | |
| 2 | 29 | Andrea IANNONE | ITA | Pramac Racing | Ducati | + 00,661 | + 00,661 | 15 |
| 3 | 4 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | ITA | Ducati Team | Ducati | + 00,183 | + 00,844 | 13 |
| 4 | 19 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | SPA | GO&FUN Honda Gresini | Honda | + 00,135 | + 00,979 | 14 |
| 5 | 41 | Aleix ESPARGARO | SPA | NGM Forward Racing | Forward Yamaha | + 00,025 | + 01,004 | 13 |
| 6 | 6 | Stefan BRADL | GER | LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | + 00,020 | + 01,024 | 17 |
| 7 | 99 | Jorge LORENZO | SPA | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | + 00,008 | + 01,032 | 14 |
| 8 | 46 | Valentino ROSSI | ITA | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | + 00,041 | + 01,073 | 15 |
| 9 | 68 | Yonny HERNANDEZ | COL | Energy T.I. Pramac Racing | Ducati | + 00,020 | + 01,093 | 16 |
| 10 | 26 | Dani PEDROSA | SPA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | + 00,037 | + 01,130 | 14 |
| 11 | 38 | Bradley SMITH | GBR | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | + 00,271 | + 01,401 | 16 |
| 12 | 44 | Pol ESPARGARO | SPA | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | + 00,019 | + 01,420 | 19 |
| 13 | 35 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | GBR | Ducati Team | Ducati | + 00,502 | + 01,922 | 15 |
| 14 | 45 | Scott REDDING | GBR | GO&FUN Honda Gresini | Honda | + 00,373 | + 02,295 | 16 |
| 15 | 17 | Karel ABRAHAM | CZE | Cardion AB Motoracing | Honda | + 00,582 | + 02,877 | 14 |
| 16 | 7 | Hiroshi AOYAMA | JPN | Drive M7 Aspar | Honda | + 00,165 | + 03,042 | 19 |
| 17 | 15 | Alex de ANGELIS | FRA | NGM Forward Racing | Forward Yamaha | + 00,083 | + 03,125 | 18 |
| 18 | 9 | Danilo PETRUCCI | ITA | Octo IodaRacing Team | ART | + 01,428 | + 04,553 | 15 |
| 19 | 2 | Leon CAMIER | GBR | Drive M7 Aspar | Honda | + 00,013 | + 04,566 | 16 |
| 20 | 8 | Hector BARBERA | SPA | Avintia Racing | Avintia | + 00,584 | + 05,150 | 16 |
| 21 | 63 | Mike DI MEGLIO | FRA | Avintia Racing | Avintia | + 00,698 | + 05,848 | 12 |
| 22 | 23 | Broc PARKES | AUS | Paul Bird Motorsport | PBM | + 00,986 | + 06,834 | 13 |
| 23 | 70 | Michael LAVERTY | GBR | Paul Bird Motorsport | PBM | + 02,711 | + 09,545 | 10 |