Michael Van Der Mark continued to impress, topping the timing sheets for most of the first free practice session. In only his second weekend on board the World Supersport PATA Honda, he demonstrated that his third position at the opening race at Philip Island was, as suspected, not a fluke. Title favourites Kenan Sofuoglu and Sam Lowes continued where their fight they left off and eventually current world champion Sofuoglu took the top spot with his MAHI Kawasaki as the session wound down, over half a second faster than Michael Van Der Mark's lap, although Van Der Mark was able to close the gap to Sofuoglu to just over a tenth of a second at the flag. Kevin Coghlan posted impressive times, constantly in or near the top four all session, ending third ahead of Sam Lowes. Fabien Foret, second place man last year, and recipient of the Sofuoglu headbutt down the back straight, had a poor session but managed to get a lap in at the flag to end the session sixth fastest, behind Vladimir Ivavov.
Kawasakis took most of the top spots, with Lowes and Van Der Mark being the exceptions.
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