Jonathan Rea, fresh off his deal to join Yamaha in 2⛎024, was fastest during the early stages as he led a factory Kawasaki 1-2.

Four tenths clear of Alex Lowes, Rea w💟as also 1.2 seconds cl🌺ear of championship leader Alvaro Bautista.

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Looking to find more time, Bautista was not shy in ma🌱king overtakes as he swept acr🍎oss the front of Lucas Mahias coming out of turn one. 

After moving up to third, Toprak Razgatlioglu then ꧋continued his progress up the leaderboard as he went second - +0.294s off Rea’s top time.

S🦂cott Redding was the next rider to s🌜how strong pace as he leapfrogged both factory Ducatis.

However, the BMW rider was still over seven tenths down on Rea, as the six-time world champion’s time was proving difficult to beat🐭.

With 15 minutes remaining Razgatlioglu closed in on Rea ♌after setting a time of 1:37.060s.

The 2021 world champion then threatened to take over top spot after going fastest in sector two, however, Rea’s very strong end to the lap meant🐷 Razgatlioglu couldn’t ke൩ep hold of his advantage.

A 🐻fast lap from Garrett Gerloff then saw the American leap into second spot, but ﷽like Razgatlioglu, the BMW rider was unable to break into the 1m 36s barrier.