| Pos. |
Num. |
Rider |
Nation |
Team |
Motorcycle |
Lap time |
Km/h |
Gap |
| 1 |
46 |
Valentino ROSSI |
ITA |
Camel Yamaha Team |
Yamaha |
1'56.191 |
300.751 |
|
| 2 |
65 |
Loris CAPIROSSI |
ITA |
Ducati Marlboro Team |
Ducati |
1'56.441 |
303.968 |
0.250 |
| 3 |
10 |
Kenny ROBERTS JR |
USA |
Team Roberts |
KR211V |
1'56.603 |
300.417 |
0.412 |
| 4 |
69 |
Nicky HAYDEN |
USA |
Repsol Honda Team |
Honda |
1'56.694 |
302.521 |
0.503 |
| 5 |
56 |
Shinya NAKANO |
JPN |
Kawasaki Racing Team |
Kawasaki |
1'56.770 |
300.417 |
0.579 |
| 6 |
24 |
Toni ELIAS |
SPA |
Fortuna Honda |
Honda |
1'56.875 |
300.166 |
0.684 |
| 7 |
21 |
John HOPKINS |
USA |
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP |
Suzuki |
1'56.913 |
299.583 |
0.722 |
| 8 |
5 |
Colin EDWARDS |
USA |
Camel Yamaha Team |
Yamaha |
1'56.967 |
298.095 |
0.776 |
| 9 |
26 |
Dani PEDROSA |
SPA |
Repsol Honda Team |
Honda |
1'57.139 |
304.826 |
0.948 |
| 10 |
17 |
Randy DE PUNIET |
FRA |
Kawasaki Racing Team |
Kawasaki |
1'57.185 |
298.260 |
0.994 |
| 11 |
33 |
Marco MELANDRI |
ITA |
Fortuna Honda |
Honda |
1'57.221 |
298.920 |
1.030 |
| 12 |
27 |
Casey STONER |
AUS |
Honda LCR |
Honda |
1'57.679 |
303.797 |
1.488 |
| 13 |
71 |
Chris VERMEULEN |
AUS |
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP |
Suzuki |
1'57.894 |
299.086 |
1.703 |
| 14 |
66 |
Alex HOFMANN |
GER |
Ducati Marlboro Team |
Ducati |
1'57.906 |
303.370 |
1.715 |
| 15 |
6 |
Makoto TAMADA |
JPN |
Konica Minolta Honda |
Honda |
1'58.239 |
302.775 |
2.048 |
| 16 |
77 |
James ELLISON |
GBR |
Tech 3 Yamaha |
Yamaha |
1'59.011 |
295.728 |
2.820 |
| 17 |
7 |
Carlos CHECA |
SPA |
Tech 3 Yamaha |
Yamaha |
1'59.289 |
295.324 |
3.098 |
| 18 |
30 |
Jose Luis CARDOSO |
SPA |
Pramac d'Antín MotoGP |
Ducati |
2'00.971 |
287.234 |
4.780 |
| 19 |
22 |
Ivan SILVA |
SPA |
Pramac d'Antín MotoGP |
Ducati |
2'01.433 |
293.478 |
5.242 |
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