Ben Spies overrasker
Dagens første frie træning sluttede med en flot overraskelse fra Ben Spies. 5. hurtigst er flot af Amerikaneren. At Lorenzo er hurtigst forbavser ikke mange.
Resultat Free Practice #1 Silverstone:
| 1 | 99 | Jorge LORENZO | SPA | Fiat Yamaha Team | Yamaha | 307.1 | 2'05.991 | |
| 2 | 27 | Casey STONER | AUS | Ducati Team | Ducati | 307.8 | 2'06.133 | 0.142 / 0.142 |
| 3 | 4 | Andrea DOVIZIOSO | ITA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 309.5 | 2'06.347 | 0.356 / 0.214 |
| 4 | 14 | Randy DE PUNIET | FRA | LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 305.7 | 2'06.439 | 0.448 / 0.092 |
| 5 | 11 | Ben SPIES | USA | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 300.8 | 2'07.250 | 1.259 / 0.811 |
| 6 | 26 | Dani PEDROSA | SPA | Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 310.8 | 2'07.586 | 1.595 / 0.336 |
| 7 | 33 | Marco MELANDRI | ITA | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 308.0 | 2'07.588 | 1.597 / 0.002 |
| 8 | 41 | Aleix ESPARGARO | SPA | Pramac Racing Team | Ducati | 302.5 | 2'07.927 | 1.936 / 0.339 |
| 9 | 58 | Marco SIMONCELLI | ITA | San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 299.7 | 2'07.951 | 1.960 / 0.024 |
| 10 | 69 | Nicky HAYDEN | USA | Ducati Team | Ducati | 300.8 | 2'08.300 | 2.309 / 0.349 |
| 11 | 40 | Hector BARBERA | SPA | Paginas Amarillas Aspar | Ducati | 295.7 | 2'08.452 | 2.461 / 0.152 |
| 12 | 5 | Colin EDWARDS | USA | Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 301.9 | 2'08.525 | 2.534 / 0.073 |
| 13 | 19 | Alvaro BAUTISTA | SPA | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 303.9 | 2'08.666 | 2.675 / 0.141 |
| 14 | 7 | Hiroshi AOYAMA | JPN | Interwetten Honda MotoGP | Honda | 305.3 | 2'09.639 | 3.648 / 0.973 |
| 15 | 65 | Loris CAPIROSSI | ITA | Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 303.2 | 2'09.805 | 3.814 / 0.166 |
| 16 | 36 | Mika KALLIO | FIN | Pramac Racing Team | Ducati | 301.3 | 2'10.227 | 4.236 / 0.422 |
