| Pos. |
Num. |
Rider |
Nation |
Team |
Motorcycle |
Lap time |
Km/h |
Gap |
| 1 |
21 |
John HOPKINS |
USA |
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP |
Suzuki |
1'48.222 |
296.377 |
|
| 2 |
46 |
Valentino ROSSI |
ITA |
Camel Yamaha Team |
Yamaha |
1'48.235 |
296.215 |
0.013 |
| 3 |
27 |
Casey STONER |
AUS |
Honda LCR |
Honda |
1'48.255 |
293.717 |
0.033 |
| 4 |
5 |
Colin EDWARDS |
USA |
Camel Yamaha Team |
Yamaha |
1'48.262 |
295.566 |
0.040 |
| 5 |
65 |
Loris CAPIROSSI |
ITA |
Ducati Marlboro Team |
Ducati |
1'48.286 |
300.751 |
0.064 |
| 6 |
33 |
Marco MELANDRI |
ITA |
Fortuna Honda |
Honda |
1'48.558 |
293.637 |
0.336 |
| 7 |
10 |
Kenny ROBERTS JR |
USA |
Team Roberts |
KR211V |
1'48.639 |
294.840 |
0.417 |
| 8 |
15 |
Sete GIBERNAU |
SPA |
Ducati Marlboro Team |
Ducati |
1'48.708 |
300.417 |
0.486 |
| 9 |
69 |
Nicky HAYDEN |
USA |
Repsol Honda Team |
Honda |
1'48.713 |
296.621 |
0.491 |
| 10 |
24 |
Toni ELIAS |
SPA |
Fortuna Honda |
Honda |
1'48.754 |
299.583 |
0.532 |
| 11 |
56 |
Shinya NAKANO |
JPN |
Kawasaki Racing Team |
Kawasaki |
1'48.815 |
295.081 |
0.593 |
| 12 |
6 |
Makoto TAMADA |
JPN |
Konica Minolta Honda |
Honda |
1'49.109 |
296.215 |
0.887 |
| 13 |
17 |
Randy DE PUNIET |
FRA |
Kawasaki Racing Team |
Kawasaki |
1'49.273 |
294.277 |
1.051 |
| 14 |
64 |
Kousuke AKIYOSHI |
JPN |
Team Suzuki MotoGP |
Suzuki |
1'49.587 |
295.971 |
1.365 |
| 15 |
26 |
Dani PEDROSA |
SPA |
Repsol Honda Team |
Honda |
1'49.774 |
295.647 |
1.552 |
| 16 |
7 |
Carlos CHECA |
SPA |
Tech 3 Yamaha |
Yamaha |
1'50.037 |
287.310 |
1.815 |
| 17 |
71 |
Chris VERMEULEN |
AUS |
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP |
Suzuki |
1'50.320 |
292.921 |
2.098 |
| 18 |
66 |
Alex HOFMANN |
GER |
Pramac d'Antín MotoGP |
Ducati |
1'50.763 |
290.478 |
2.541 |
| 19 |
77 |
James ELLISON |
GBR |
Tech 3 Yamaha |
Yamaha |
1'50.949 |
285.487 |
2.727 |
| 20 |
8 |
Naoki MATSUDO |
JPN |
Kawasaki |
Kawasaki |
1'51.280 |
274.599 |
3.058 |
| 21 |
30 |
Jose Luis CARDOSO |
SPA |
Pramac d'Antín MotoGP |
Ducati |
1'51.735 |
286.092 |
3.513 |
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