| Pos. |
Num. |
Rider |
Nation |
Team |
Motorcycle |
Lap time |
Km/h |
Gap |
| 1 |
46 |
Valentino ROSSI |
ITA |
Camel Yamaha Team |
Yamaha |
2'12.060 |
321.715 |
|
| 2 |
27 |
Casey STONER |
AUS |
Honda LCR |
Honda |
2'12.062 |
324.714 |
0.002 |
| 3 |
10 |
Kenny ROBERTS JR |
USA |
Team Roberts |
KR211V |
2'12.112 |
323.256 |
0.052 |
| 4 |
65 |
Loris CAPIROSSI |
ITA |
Ducati Marlboro Team |
Ducati |
2'13.034 |
321.715 |
0.974 |
| 5 |
15 |
Sete GIBERNAU |
SPA |
Ducati Marlboro Team |
Ducati |
2'13.221 |
328.467 |
1.161 |
| 6 |
69 |
Nicky HAYDEN |
USA |
Repsol Honda Team |
Honda |
2'13.445 |
324.129 |
1.385 |
| 7 |
17 |
Randy DE PUNIET |
FRA |
Kawasaki Racing Team |
Kawasaki |
2'13.770 |
318.021 |
1.710 |
| 8 |
33 |
Marco MELANDRI |
ITA |
Fortuna Honda |
Honda |
2'14.238 |
320.760 |
2.178 |
| 9 |
71 |
Chris VERMEULEN |
AUS |
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP |
Suzuki |
2'15.006 |
318.866 |
2.946 |
| 10 |
5 |
Colin EDWARDS |
USA |
Camel Yamaha Team |
Yamaha |
2'15.196 |
318.772 |
3.136 |
| 11 |
24 |
Toni ELIAS |
SPA |
Fortuna Honda |
Honda |
2'15.264 |
319.054 |
3.204 |
| 12 |
21 |
John HOPKINS |
USA |
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP |
Suzuki |
2'15.316 |
324.714 |
3.256 |
| 13 |
6 |
Makoto TAMADA |
JPN |
Konica Minolta Honda |
Honda |
2'15.348 |
318.396 |
3.288 |
| 14 |
56 |
Shinya NAKANO |
JPN |
Kawasaki Racing Team |
Kawasaki |
2'15.363 |
319.810 |
3.303 |
| 15 |
26 |
Dani PEDROSA |
SPA |
Repsol Honda Team |
Honda |
2'15.399 |
324.812 |
3.339 |
| 16 |
66 |
Alex HOFMANN |
GER |
Pramac d'Antín MotoGP |
Ducati |
2'19.398 |
295.890 |
7.338 |
| 17 |
7 |
Carlos CHECA |
SPA |
Tech 3 Yamaha |
Yamaha |
2'19.539 |
317.460 |
7.479 |
| 18 |
77 |
James ELLISON |
GBR |
Tech 3 Yamaha |
Yamaha |
2'22.140 |
291.970 |
10.080 |
| 19 |
30 |
Jose Luis CARDOSO |
SPA |
Pramac d'Antín MotoGP |
Ducati |
2'22.236 |
309.455 |
10.176 |
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