A clean start for everyone saw Martin keep his lead from pole – just ahead of P2 starter Philipp Oettl (Südmetall Schedl GP Racing). Bo Bendsneyder was 3rd in to the first corner, but during the first lap lost some spots, and was 6th going in to the last corner, to lose out in slipstreaming to the start finish line where he was in twelfth. Niccolo Antonelli (Red Bull KTM Ajo) and Mir moved up behind the lead duo, with Fenati down in P8 as a lead group of more than ten riders tucked in behind the battle for the lead. In lap 4 Bo is knocked off by Loi in turn six. He manages to get back into the race but there’s no chance of getting back into the points. With 12 laps to go, McPhee made it to the fight with Mir, Andrea Migno (Sky Racing Team VR46), Martin and Oettl at the front. After some more scuffling for the field, the last laps came down to a battle between Mir, McPhee, Martin, Aron Canet (EG 0,0) – and veteran last lap overtaker Fenati. After hitting the front and pushing hard to keep a small gap, Mir crossed the line clear to take a stunning second win – with McPhee defending an impressive P2 on the debut of the British Talent Team. Polesitter Jorge Martin completed the podium after a calm slice back through the front group over the final laps. Canet, Fenati, Migno, Antonelli, Fabio DiGiannantonio (Del Conca Gresini Moto3), Marcos Ramirez (Platinum Bay Real Estate) and Adam Norrodin (SIC Racing Team) kept it clean after impressive pace throughout to stay in the freight train, completing the top ten following the battle for the podium. The fastest rookie first time out was 2016 Red Bull Rookies Cup winner and former Asia Talent Cup victor Ayumu Sasaki (SIC Racing Team), taking an impressive P11 on his full-time debut – despite being forced to evade another incident only a handful of laps before the end. Some surprises further down the field saw EG 0,0’s Enea Bastianini and Sky Racing Team VR46 rider Nicolo Bulega fighting over P16, with Bastianini then forced wide on the penultimate lap. Bulega came home in P14, with Bastianini just outside the points in P16. Juanfran Guevara (RBA BOE Racing Team) and Oettl also crashed out with 6 laps to go.
Race results:
| POS | Rider | TEAM | Time |
| 1 | Joan MIR | Leopard Racing | 38’27.364 |
| 2 | John MCPHEE | British Talent Team | +0.135 |
| 3 | Jorge MARTIN | Del Conca Gresini Moto3 | +0.218 |
| 4 | Aron CANET | Estrella Galicia 0,0 | +0.252 |
| 5 | Romano FENATI | Marinelli Rivacold Snipers | +0.453 |
| 6 | Andrea MIGNO | SKY Racing Team VR46 | +0.579 |
| 7 | Niccolò ANTONELLI | Red Bull KTM Ajo | +0.661 |
| 8 | Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO | Del Conca Gresini Moto3 | +0.878 |
| 9 | Marcos RAMIREZ | Platinum Bay Real Estate | 1.693 |
| 10 | Adam NORRODIN | SIC Racing Team | 7.904 |
| 11 | Ayumu SASAKI | SIC Racing Team | 12.221 |
| 12 | Livio LOI | Leopard Racing | 16.748 |
| 13 | Darryn BINDER | Platinum Bay Real Estate | 16.786 |
| 14 | Nicolo BULEGA | SKY Racing Team VR46 | 16.821 |
| 15 | Tatsuki SUZUKI | SIC58 Squadra Corse | 16.832 |
| 16 | Enea BASTIANINI | Estrella Galicia 0,0 | 16.943 |
| 17 | Jules DANILO | Marinelli Rivacold Snipers | 27.583 |
| 18 | Nakarin ATIRATPHUVAPAT | Honda Team Asia | 27.638 |
| 19 | Kaito TOBA | Honda Team Asia | 27.641 |
| 20 | Jakub KORNFEIL | Peugeot MC Saxoprint | 28.034 |
| 21 | Maria HERRERA | AGR Team | 28.150 |
| 22 | Manuel PAGLIANI | CIP | 28.379 |
| 23 | Lorenzo DALLA PORTA | MAHINDRA MOTARD Aspar | 28.388 |
| 24 | Tony ARBOLINO | SIC58 Squadra Corse | 29.520 |
| 25 | Marco BEZZECCHI | CIP | 54.344 |
| 26 | Bo BENDSNEYDER | Red Bull KTM Ajo | +1’09.769 |
| Not Classified: | |||
| Patrik PULKKINEN | Peugeot MC Saxoprint | 4 Laps | |
| Juanfran GUEVARA | RBA BOE Racing Team | 6 Laps | |
| Philipp OETTL | Südmetall Schedl GP Racing | 6 Laps | |
| Albert ARENAS | MAHINDRA MOTARD Aspar | 14 Laps |
Source: motogp.com, badboybo64.com, ajo.fi
