Kevin Curtain got a great flyer off the line but he lost that advantage through the first turns as Fabrizio, Foret and Sanna forced their way through. Curtain took third position back of Sanna but then disaster struck for Fabrizio who pulled over with a mechanical failure after leading the race.

The Ten Kate men started to try and work their way forward after a lacklustre start while Foret started to pull away out in front and pulled out over a second on second place Curtain on the next lap with the two Ten Kate men running third and fourth behind Curtain.  They weren't there for long though as both of the Ten Kate men squeezed past Curtain on the next lap and started to try and close down the 2 second gap to Foret.

So all Honda up front with the leading trio as the two Yamahas of Kevin Curtain and Broc Parkes try to follow.

The Ten Kate eventually closed Foret down and Charpentier made his way to the lead as the race reached the halfway point.

Foret managed to keep Charpentier in sight and got the better of Fujiwara and he did everything he could in the final laps to try and take the win from Charpentier with some huge slides clearly showing just how hard he was trying but it wasn't to be and Charpentier took yet another win to further extend his championship lead. Curtain and Parkes the first non Honda riders home with strong fourth and fifth place finishes for the Yamaha men.