Alex Rins narrowly avoided contact with Jack Miller in the Italian MotoGP Sprint, but a trip through the gravel trap sent him to the back of the field.
There was no answer to the controlled performance at the front of the first race of the Snetterton race weekend as Bradley Ray pulled out a gap to lead from start to finish in race one.
Tommy Bridewell made his way to a podium finish for the first time this season at Snetterton, thanks to improvements to his Honda set-up ahead of round three.