The Belgian started fifth and showed great determination to move forward to third at half distance in the twenty-four minute race on a track which was drying out rapidly after heavy rain on Friday.
 
Clement Desalle: "Third on the gate for the races is not so bad, especially as I didn't have a great feeling this morning after a tough night due to the jet lag. I felt better and better as the day wore on and by the time of the qualifying race I had a good feeling. I was in fifth or sixth position at the beginning of the qualifying race; I had a good battle with Cairoli and we both passed Gajser and Paulin."
 
After a small crash on the opening lap his teammate Julien Lieber recovered from nineteenth place to earn tenth place at the finish.
 
Adam Sterry, the sole representative of the F&H Racing Team in the MX2 class in the absence of Ruben Fernandez who has a wrist injury and did not travel to Asia, qualified eleventh.