Ducati heeft de eerste dag van de Oostenrijkse Grand Prix goede zaken gedaan. Andrea Dovizioso zette in de tweede vrije training de snelste tijd, tweetiende seconde voor teamgenoot Andrea Iannone, terwijl derde man Maverick Vinales al tegen achttiende seconde achterstand aankeek. Valentino Rossi en Cal Crutchlow maakten de top 5 compleet.
| 1 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | ITA | Ducati Team | Ducati | 311.7 | 1'23.617 | |
| 2 | Andrea IANNONE | ITA | Ducati Team | Ducati | 308.3 | 1'23.855 | 0.238 / 0.238 |
| 3 | Maverick VIÑALES | SPA | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | Suzuki | 306.9 | 1'24.471 | 0.854 / 0.616 |
| 4 | Valentino ROSSI | ITA | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 303.8 | 1'24.483 | 0.866 / 0.012 |
| 5 | Cal CRUTCHLOW | GBR | LCR Honda | Honda | 303.4 | 1'24.688 | 1.071 / 0.205 |
| 6 | Danilo PETRUCCI | ITA | OCTO Pramac Yakhnich | Ducati | 302.3 | 1'24.866 | 1.249 / 0.178 |
| 7 | Hector BARBERA | SPA | Avintia Racing | Ducati | 307.3 | 1'24.956 | 1.339 / 0.090 |
| 8 | Jorge LORENZO | SPA | Movistar Yamaha MotoGP | Yamaha | 306.0 | 1'24.988 | 1.371 / 0.032 |
| 9 | Michele PIRRO | ITA | Ducati Team | Ducati | 307.8 | 1'24.988 | 1.371 |
| 10 | Marc MARQUEZ | SPA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 304.9 | 1'25.039 | 1.422 / 0.051 |
| 11 | Yonny HERNANDEZ | COL | Pull & Bear Aspar Team | Ducati | 303.4 | 1'25.042 | 1.425 / 0.003 |
| 12 | Scott REDDING | GBR | OCTO Pramac Yakhnich | Ducati | 306.2 | 1'25.140 | 1.523 / 0.098 |
| 13 | Pol ESPARGARO | SPA | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 306.7 | 1'25.221 | 1.604 / 0.081 |
| 14 | Jack MILLER | AUS | Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 302.2 | 1'25.321 | 1.704 / 0.100 |
| 15 | Tito RABAT | SPA | Estrella Galicia 0,0 Marc VDS | Honda | 302.0 | 1'25.770 | 2.153 / 0.449 |
| 16 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | SPA | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 305.5 | 1'25.882 | 2.265 / 0.112 |
| 17 | Bradley SMITH | GBR | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 303.9 | 1'25.941 | 2.324 / 0.059 |
| 18 | Aleix ESPARGARO | SPA | Team SUZUKI ECSTAR | Suzuki | 302.6 | 1'25.945 | 2.328 / 0.004 |
| 19 | Dani PEDROSA | SPA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 309.1 | 1'26.130 | 2.513 / 0.185 |
| 20 | Stefan BRADL | GER | Aprilia Racing Team Gresini | Aprilia | 303.1 | 1'26.149 | 2.532 / 0.019 |
| 21 | Eugene LAVERTY | IRL | Pull & Bear Aspar Team | Ducati | 304.2 | 1'26.469 | 2.852 / 0.320 |
| 22 | Loris BAZ | FRA | Avintia Racing | Ducati | 297.1 | 1'26.491 | 2.874 / 0.022 |
