Lowes was only 0.176 seconds slower than Roberts and, with such fine margins, there were bound to be some upsets. Ai Ogura (Idemitsu Honda Team Asia) and Augusto Fernandez (Red Bull KTM Ajo) rounded out the top 14 and are therefore straight into Q2, but the same cannot be said for the man who has the edge on Ogura at the top of the World Championship points table thanks to a tie-break. Celestino Vietti (Mooney VR46 Racing Team) was already on the bubble when he improved his time, to 1:44.508, but not his position with five minutes to go, then was out of his seat at Turn 3 on the following lap. Vietti was back to 15th once Manuel Gonzalez (Yamaha VR46 Master Camp Team) jumped ahead of him, and that was where he remained, meaning he is going into Q1.

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