Bo Bendsneyder worked together with his team during the morning warm up to try to regain a good feeling with his Kalex. The Dutch rider found improvements and managed to lower his laptime achieved in the qualifying session by up to one second. Starting from 26th position on the grid, Bo did his best to try to gain positions. Unfortunately, he suffered a crash in turn 5 of the Autódromo Internacional do Algarve with 16 laps to go.
#64 Bo Bendsneyder – DNF –
“It has been a difficult weekend but I’m really happy that we found the good direction during the warm up. It was quite late but the team did a great job to give me back the feeling. I was one second faster in the warm up than in the qualifying so this was nice. In the race, the conditions were a little bit tricky. There were a lot of crashes. It’s difficult when you need to come from the 26th place on the grid but I gave it all and I tried my best. With the full tank we didn’t try it at all because this morning was important to find the base. I lost the front giving all my best. I want to say thanks to the team. We need to look forward to Jerez and learn from this weekend.”
Race results:
| Pos | Rider | Team | Time / Gap |
| 1 | Raul FERNANDEZ | Red Bull KTM Ajo | 39’47.377 |
| 2 | Aron CANET | Solunion Aspar Team | 1.600 |
| 3 | Remy GARDNER | Red Bull KTM Ajo | 1.968 |
| 4 | Joe ROBERTS | Italtrans Racing Team | 2.397 |
| 5 | Augusto FERNANDEZ | Elf Marc VDS Racing Team | 5.622 |
| 6 | Marco BEZZECCHI | SKY Racing Team VR46 | 6.344 |
| 7 | Xavi VIERGE | Petronas Sprinta Racing | 7.360 |
| 8 | Hector GARZO | Flexbox HP40 | 12.540 |
| 9 | Cameron BEAUBIER | American Racing | 14.989 |
| 10 | Marcel SCHROTTER | Liqui Moly Intact GP | 15.240 |
| 11 | Fabio DI GIANNANTONIO | Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 | 15.521 |
| 12 | Lorenzo DALLA PORTA | Italtrans Racing Team | 15.667 |
| 13 | Albert ARENAS | Solunion Aspar Team | 19.513 |
| 14 | Lorenzo BALDASSARRI | MV Agusta Forward Racing | 23.147 |
| 15 | Marcos RAMIREZ | American Racing | 23.494 |
| 16 | Tony ARBOLINO | Liqui Moly Intact GP | 23.639 |
| 17 | Thomas LUTHI | Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team | 27.470 |
| 18 | Hafizh SYAHRIN | NTS RW Racing GP | 56.999 |
| 19 | Miquel PONS | MV Agusta Forward Racing | +1’00.417 |
| 20 | Fraser ROGERS | NTS RW Racing GP | +1’21.966 |
| 21 | Somkiat CHANTRA | IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia | +1’25.160 |
| 22 | Jorge NAVARRO | Lightech Speed Up | 3 Laps |
| Not classified | |||
| Jake DIXON | Petronas Sprinta Racing | 9 Laps | |
| Celestino VIETTI | SKY Racing Team VR46 | 12 Laps | |
| Nicolò BULEGA | Federal Oil Gresini Moto2 | 12 Laps | |
| Bo BENDSNEYDER | Pertamina Mandalika SAG Team | 16 Laps | |
| Ai OGURA | IDEMITSU Honda Team Asia | 19 Laps | |
| Yari MONTELLA | Lightech Speed Up | 20 Laps | |
| Stefano MANZI | Flexbox HP40 | 20 Laps | |
| Sam LOWES | Elf Marc VDS Racing Team | 0 Lap |
Source: motogp.com, stopandgo.es
