| Pos. |
Num. |
Rider |
Nation |
Team |
Motorcycle |
Lap time |
Km/h |
Gap |
| 1 |
26 |
Dani PEDROSA |
SPA |
Repsol Honda Team |
Honda |
1'21.815 |
283.167 |
|
| 2 |
10 |
Kenny ROBERTS JR |
USA |
Team Roberts |
KR211V |
1'21.907 |
280.738 |
0.092 |
| 3 |
69 |
Nicky HAYDEN |
USA |
Repsol Honda Team |
Honda |
1'22.083 |
278.997 |
0.268 |
| 4 |
56 |
Shinya NAKANO |
JPN |
Kawasaki Racing Team |
Kawasaki |
1'22.273 |
279.214 |
0.458 |
| 5 |
65 |
Loris CAPIROSSI |
ITA |
Ducati Marlboro Team |
Ducati |
1'22.329 |
285.110 |
0.514 |
| 6 |
33 |
Marco MELANDRI |
ITA |
Fortuna Honda |
Honda |
1'22.420 |
280.519 |
0.605 |
| 7 |
15 |
Sete GIBERNAU |
SPA |
Ducati Marlboro Team |
Ducati |
1'22.469 |
282.131 |
0.654 |
| 8 |
27 |
Casey STONER |
AUS |
Honda LCR |
Honda |
1'22.577 |
283.613 |
0.762 |
| 9 |
21 |
John HOPKINS |
USA |
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP |
Suzuki |
1'22.701 |
279.286 |
0.886 |
| 10 |
6 |
Makoto TAMADA |
JPN |
Konica Minolta Honda |
Honda |
1'22.866 |
281.763 |
1.051 |
| 11 |
46 |
Valentino ROSSI |
ITA |
Camel Yamaha Team |
Yamaha |
1'22.868 |
277.706 |
1.053 |
| 12 |
7 |
Carlos CHECA |
SPA |
Tech 3 Yamaha |
Yamaha |
1'22.964 |
275.721 |
1.149 |
| 13 |
17 |
Randy DE PUNIET |
FRA |
Kawasaki Racing Team |
Kawasaki |
1'22.974 |
275.650 |
1.159 |
| 14 |
71 |
Chris VERMEULEN |
AUS |
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP |
Suzuki |
1'23.050 |
277.706 |
1.235 |
| 15 |
5 |
Colin EDWARDS |
USA |
Camel Yamaha Team |
Yamaha |
1'23.087 |
279.720 |
1.272 |
| 16 |
24 |
Toni ELIAS |
SPA |
Fortuna Honda |
Honda |
1'23.660 |
281.103 |
1.845 |
| 17 |
66 |
Alex HOFMANN |
GER |
Pramac d'Antín MotoGP |
Ducati |
1'24.115 |
277.065 |
2.300 |
| 18 |
77 |
James ELLISON |
GBR |
Tech 3 Yamaha |
Yamaha |
1'24.464 |
275.721 |
2.649 |
| 19 |
30 |
Jose Luis CARDOSO |
SPA |
Pramac d'Antín MotoGP |
Ducati |
1'24.651 |
277.278 |
2.836 |
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