It was Friday practice pacesetter Alex Lowes who led the timesheets early on in the 15-minute session, immediately lowering Razgatlioglu’s FP3 benchmark with a time of 1m36.544s.
Rea initially lapped the circuit in 1m36.615s before improving to a 1m36.559s behind Lowes, helping establish an early Kawasaki 1-2 at the head of the field.
