Pebalap NGM Forward Racing, Aleix Espargaro, berhasil finis tercepat di sesi free practice 1 (FP1) GP Spanyol, Jumat (2/5) sore WIB. Aleix finis dengan catatan waktu terbaik di Sirkuit Jerez, yaitu 1 menit 39,357 detik.
Aleix mampu mengalahkan sejumlah pebalap dari kelas Factory dengan penampilan yang impresif. Tampil dengan ban extra soft, Aleix berhasil meraih catatan waktu terbaik di menit-menit akhir balapan.
Aleix finis di depan pebalap andalan tim Movistar Yamaha, Jorge Lorenzo. Juara dunia dua kali asal Spanyol itu finis dengan selisih sekitar 0,4 detik dari Aleix.
Marc Marquez yang dijagokan menjadi juara bersama Dani Pedrosa finis di urutan ketiga. Sementara Dani Pedrosa ada di posisi keempat dengan selisih 0,5 detik.
Hasil lengkap:
| Pos | Rider | Tim | Waktu | Selisih |
| 1. | Aleix Espargaro | Forward Yamaha | 1m39.357s | |
| 2. | Jorge Lorenzo | Yamaha | 1m39.714s | +0.357s |
| 3. | Marc Marquez | Honda | 1m39.849s | +0.492s |
| 4. | Dani Pedrosa | Honda | 1m39.860s | +0.503s |
| 5. | Valentino Rossi | Yamaha | 1m40.167s | +0.810s |
| 6. | Alvaro Bautista | Gresini Honda | 1m40.560s | +1.203s |
| 7. | Andrea Dovizioso | Ducati | 1m40.619s | +1.262s |
| 8. | Stefan Bradl | LCR Honda | 1m40.644s | +1.287s |
| 9. | Yonny Hernandez | PramacDucati | 1m40.686s | +1.329s |
| 10. | Bradley Smith | Tech 3 Yamaha | 1m40.758s | +1.401s |
| 11. | Nicky Hayden | Aspar Honda | 1m40.846s | +1.489s |
| 12. | Andrea Iannone | Pramac Ducati | 1m40.879s | +1.522s |
| 13. | Michele Pirro | Ducati | 1m40.924s | +1.567s |
| 14. | Hector Barbera | Avintia FTR-Kawasaki | 1m40.928s | +1.571s |
| 15. | Pol Espargaro | Tech 3 Yamaha | 1m41.002s | +1.645s |
| 16. | Hiroshi Aoyama | Aspar Honda | 1m41.183s | +1.826s |
| 17. | Colin Edwards | Forward Yamaha | 1m41.252s | +1.895s |
| 18. | Cal Crutchlow | Ducati | 1m41.364s | +2.007s |
| 19. | Scott Redding | Gresini Honda | 1m41.374s | +2.017s |
| 20. | Karel Abraham | Cardion Honda | 1m41.578s | +2.221s |
| 21. | Broc Parkes | PBM Aprilia | 1m42.171s | +2.814s |
| 22. | Danilo Petrucci | Ioda Aprilia | 1m42.188s | +2.831s |
| 23. | Mike di Meglio | Avintia FTR-Kawasaki | 1m42.346s | +2.989s |
| 24. | Michael Laverty | PBM Aprilia | 1m43.015s | +3.658s |
| Editor | : | Tulus Muliawan |
| Sumber | : | motogp |
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