Philipp Oettl (Sudmetal Schedl GP Racing) hit the ground running at the GoPro British Grand Prix to end the opening session of the weekend at the top of the timesheets, setting a 2:15.489 to be the only rider in the 2:15 bracket. Aron Canet (Estrella Galicia 0,0) was second in FP1, 0.558 behind the German with Championship leader Marco Bezzecchi (Redox PrustelGP) in third – 0.009 splitting the two.