Earlier in the day, the riders had a brief warm-up session in which to make some final setup modifications ahead of the afternoon’s first race. At the end of this ten-minute phase, Pawi placed twenty-eighth and Toba thirty-first. 

At 3.15 pm local time (CET) and in much hotter conditions (air temp. 29°C, track temp. 44°C), the pair was back out for Supersport Race 1. Lining up on the ninth and eleventh rows of the grid, in twenty-fifth and thirty-first position respectively, Kaito and Khairul each made up a position through lap one. Several crashes for other riders saw the PETRONAS MIE Racing Honda duo make up further ground, moving into twentieth and twenty-fourth place by lap four. Appearing to lose ground on lap eight, Toba elected to pit on lap nine due to a technical issue. He did return to the track to complete the race but ultimately crossed the line in twenty-sixth position. His Malaysian team-mate Pawi made good progress during the first half of the race, moving up into twenty-first, a position he did well to defend all the way to the end of this first 18-lap Supersport race.  

Tomorrow will see the PETRONAS MIE Racing Honda riders return to the Misano World Circuit for the second and final Supersport race of this fourth championship round.