Pata Yamaha Official WorldSBK Team's Michael van der Mark and Alex Lowes made solid progress during Free Practice on Friday at a sun-drenched Misano, for round seven of the 2017 FIM World Superbike World Championship. Track temperatures reached 50C and both riders worked hard in the heat to make it through to SP2 automatically, with van der Mark ending the day in eighth position and Lowes in tenth.