Heavy rain and construction work around the circuit situated on Indonesia’s Lombok Island left the track, which was being visited by MotoGP for the first time, absolutely filthy.
The session was stopped just over an hour in because of the poor track conditions, with a lengthy clean-up operation taking place for around 90 minutes before action resumed.
A delegation of riders also held a meeting with Race Direction and FIM safety officer Franco Uncini to discuss the issues, but lap times eventually improved as the day wore on, albeit with an extra 45 minutes being added to the clock to make up for the stoppage.
Suzuki’s Alex Rins was the first to complete a lap on wet tyres, with Pramac Ducati rider Johann Zarco fastest ahead of the stoppage with a 1m44.830s.
As the track cleared up, riders were able to switch from wets to slicks and lap times improved.
However, only Espargaro on the radically revised RC213V was able to get underneath the existing World Superbike lap record of…
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