Van der Mark naar 1:50.704
Van der Mark zette met de #37 BMW Motorrad World Endurance Team een 1:50.704 op de klok. Daarmee was de Nederlander 0,645 seconde sneller dan Loris Baz op de #6 BMW van ERC Endurance. Naomichi Uramoto maakte het BMW-feest compleet door met de #76 AutoRace Ube Racing Team als derde te eindigen.
WK-leider YART Yamaha Official EWC Team kwam met Karel Hanika tot 1:51.702 en eindigde daarmee als vierde, op 0,998 seconde van Van der Mark. Kawasaki Webike Trickstar completeerde de top vijf. Yoshimura SERT Motul en F.C.C. TSR Honda France volgden op de zesde en zevende plaats.
Bo Bendsneyder, die dit weekend bij Elf Marc VDS Racing Team/KM99 zijn eerste 24-uursrace rijdt, begon het weekend met de achtste tijd. De #99 Yamaha noteerde met Randy de Puniet een 1:52.383 en gaf 1,679 seconde toe op Van der Mark.
Uitslag vrije training Bol d’Or:
| Pos. | # | Team | Klasse | Motor | Tijd | Verschil |
| 1 | 37 | BMW MOTORRAD WORLD ENDURANCE TEAM | EWC | BMW | 1’50.704 | |
| 2 | 6 | ERC Endurance #6 | EWC | BMW | 1’51.349 | +0.645 |
| 3 | 76 | AutoRace Ube Racing Team | EWC | BMW | 1’51.690 | +0.986 |
| 4 | 1 | YART Yamaha Official EWC Team | EWC | Yamaha | 1’51.702 | +0.998 |
| 5 | 11 | Kawasaki Webike Trickstar | EWC | Kawasaki | 1’51.913 | +1.209 |
| 6 | 12 | Yoshimura SERT Motul | EWC | Suzuki | 1’51.972 | +1.268 |
| 7 | 5 | F.C.C. TSR Honda France | EWC | Honda | 1’51.999 | +1.295 |
| 8 | 99 | Elf Marc VDS Racing Team/KM99 | EWC | Yamaha | 1’52.383 | +1.679 |
| 9 | 25 | Team Étoile | SST | BMW | 1’52.957 | +2.253 |
| 10 | 4 | Tati Team AVA6 Racing | EWC | Honda | 1’53.176 | +2.472 |
| 11 | 24 | MAXXESS By BMRT3D | EWC | Kawasaki | 1’53.256 | +2.552 |
| 12 | 38 | Champion-Hert Powered by MRP | SST | BMW | 1’53.623 | +2.919 |
| 13 | 8 | Team Bolliger Switzerland #8 | EWC | Kawasaki | 1’53.965 | +3.261 |
| 14 | 9 | TEAM TECMAS – MINERVA OIL | SST | BMW | 1’54.027 | +3.323 |
| 15 | 90 | LRP Poland | EWC | BMW | 1’54.047 | +3.343 |
| 16 | 49 | Revo-M2 | SST | Aprilia | 1’54.167 | +3.463 |
| 17 | 27 | TRT27 AZ moto | SST | Honda | 1’54.610 | +3.906 |
| 18 | 55 | NATIONAL MOTOS HONDA FMA | SST | Honda | 1’54.616 | +3.912 |
| 19 | 77 | Wójcik Racing Team #77 SST | SST | Honda | 1’54.630 | +3.926 |
| 20 | 14 | MACO RACING Team | EWC | Yamaha | 1’54.886 | +4.182 |
| 21 | 44 | Honda No Limits | SST | Honda | 1’55.040 | +4.336 |
| 22 | 41 | Dafy-Kaedear-RAC41-Honda | SST | Honda | 1’55.191 | +4.487 |
| 23 | 18 | TEAM 18 POMPIERS IGOL CMS MOTOSTORE | SST | Yamaha | 1’55.656 | +4.952 |
| 24 | 65 | Motobox Kremer Racing by 321 | EWC | Yamaha | 1’55.832 | +5.128 |
| 25 | 36 | 3ART Best Of Bike Hamaguchi | SST | Yamaha | 1’56.075 | +5.371 |
| 26 | 119 | Slider Endurance | SST | Honda | 1’56.262 | +5.558 |
| 27 | 113 | TEAM 113 VIP MOTO-SPORTING MOTO-DYNO | SST | Honda | 1’56.506 | +5.802 |
| 28 | 45 | TEAM METISS | EXP | Metiss | 1’56.767 | +6.063 |
| 29 | 53 | Mana-au Competition | EWC | Honda | 1’56.849 | +6.145 |
| 30 | 26 | Audemar Motoclub Gemenos | PRO | Yamaha | 1’56.954 | +6.250 |
| 31 | 183 | TEAM SLA / HONDA TOULON | SST | Honda | 1’57.203 | +6.499 |
| 32 | 34 | JMA RACING ACTION BIKE 34 | SST | Suzuki | 1’57.327 | +6.623 |
| 33 | 85 | TEAM RACING 85 by A2M2 | SST | Kawasaki | 1’57.368 | +6.664 |
| 34 | 112 | LCR ENDURANCE | SST | Honda | 1’57.723 | +7.019 |
| 35 | 72 | Junior Team le Mans Sud Suzuki | SST | Suzuki | 1’57.734 | +7.030 |
| 36 | 98 | TEAM PMS99 YAM SERVICE | EWC | Yamaha | 1’57.898 | +7.194 |
| 37 | 135 | CAM RACING TEAM | SST | Honda | 1’57.941 | +7.237 |
| 38 | 42 | GREENTEAM 42 LYCEE SAINTE CLAIRE | PRO | Kawasaki | 1’58.151 | +7.447 |
| 39 | 33 | HIGH SIDE APRIL MOTO LOUIT | PRO | Kawasaki | 1’58.211 | +7.507 |
| 40 | 199 | ARTEC #199 | PRO | Kawasaki | 1’58.432 | +7.728 |
| 41 | 63 | PMS RACING TEAM | EWC | Yamaha | 1’58.711 | +8.007 |
| 42 | 15 | Aprilia le Mans 2 Roues | EWC | Aprilia | 1’58.775 | +8.071 |
| 43 | 96 | LEGACY COMPETITION | PRO | Yamaha | 1’58.808 | +8.104 |
| 44 | 10 | INFINITEAM FLAM RACING | EWC | Yamaha | 1’58.857 | +8.153 |
| 45 | 141 | DSE-RAC41-HONDA | PRO | Honda | 1’59.513 | +8.809 |
| 46 | 210 | Team Grip Attack | PRO | Honda | 1’59.596 | +8.892 |
| 47 | 16 | Team HTC Racing | PRO | Yamaha | 1’59.683 | +8.979 |
| 48 | 43 | TEAM FMR 34 | EXP | Yamaha | 2’00.147 | +9.443 |
| 49 | 62 | GRILLINI RACING TEAM | EWC | Kawasaki | 2’00.152 | +9.448 |
| 50 | 222 | Team Supermoto Racing | PRO | Yamaha | 2’00.620 | +9.916 |
| 51 | 531 | Mana-au Competition | PRO | Honda | 2’00.634 | +9.930 |
| 52 | 31 | lc racing team | EWC | Kawasaki | 2’00.921 | +10.217 |
| 53 | 156 | Moto Sport 56 by JMA Racing | PRO | Suzuki | 2’01.452 | +10.748 |
| 54 | 137 | FOCUS ENDURANCE | PRO | Kawasaki | 2’02.193 | +11.489 |
| 55 | 22 | TEAM 202 | EWC | Yamaha | 2’03.310 | +12.606 |
| 56 | 13 | Flying Buffs M3 Racing | PRO | BMW | 2’05.082 | +14.378 |
De vrije training liep donderdag van 11.00 tot 13.08 uur. In totaal kwamen 56 teams in actie. De snelste ronde van Van der Mark kwam overeen met een gemiddelde van 186,1 km/u.
