| Pos. |
Num. |
Rider |
Nation |
Team |
Motorcycle |
Lap time |
Km/h |
Gap |
| 1 |
65 |
Loris CAPIROSSI |
ITA |
Ducati Marlboro Team |
Ducati |
1'47.113 |
300.835 |
|
| 2 |
15 |
Sete GIBERNAU |
SPA |
Ducati Marlboro Team |
Ducati |
1'47.201 |
297.848 |
0.088 |
| 3 |
10 |
Kenny ROBERTS JR |
USA |
Team Roberts |
KR211V |
1'47.463 |
295.647 |
0.350 |
| 4 |
27 |
Casey STONER |
AUS |
Honda LCR |
Honda |
1'47.504 |
298.342 |
0.391 |
| 5 |
69 |
Nicky HAYDEN |
USA |
Repsol Honda Team |
Honda |
1'47.544 |
298.342 |
0.431 |
| 6 |
56 |
Shinya NAKANO |
JPN |
Kawasaki Racing Team |
Kawasaki |
1'47.679 |
291.891 |
0.566 |
| 7 |
5 |
Colin EDWARDS |
USA |
Camel Yamaha Team |
Yamaha |
1'47.944 |
297.438 |
0.831 |
| 8 |
21 |
John HOPKINS |
USA |
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP |
Suzuki |
1'48.013 |
296.703 |
0.900 |
| 9 |
46 |
Valentino ROSSI |
ITA |
Camel Yamaha Team |
Yamaha |
1'48.019 |
295.566 |
0.906 |
| 10 |
6 |
Makoto TAMADA |
JPN |
Konica Minolta Honda |
Honda |
1'48.022 |
297.193 |
0.909 |
| 11 |
17 |
Randy DE PUNIET |
FRA |
Kawasaki Racing Team |
Kawasaki |
1'48.050 |
292.603 |
0.937 |
| 12 |
24 |
Toni ELIAS |
SPA |
Fortuna Honda |
Honda |
1'48.102 |
298.755 |
0.989 |
| 13 |
33 |
Marco MELANDRI |
ITA |
Fortuna Honda |
Honda |
1'48.279 |
296.540 |
1.166 |
| 14 |
64 |
Kousuke AKIYOSHI |
JPN |
Team Suzuki MotoGP |
Suzuki |
1'48.527 |
294.759 |
1.414 |
| 15 |
26 |
Dani PEDROSA |
SPA |
Repsol Honda Team |
Honda |
1'48.567 |
295.890 |
1.454 |
| 16 |
8 |
Naoki MATSUDO |
JPN |
Kawasaki |
Kawasaki |
1'48.827 |
281.030 |
1.714 |
| 17 |
71 |
Chris VERMEULEN |
AUS |
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP |
Suzuki |
1'48.850 |
293.398 |
1.737 |
| 18 |
7 |
Carlos CHECA |
SPA |
Tech 3 Yamaha |
Yamaha |
1'49.100 |
292.524 |
1.987 |
| 19 |
77 |
James ELLISON |
GBR |
Tech 3 Yamaha |
Yamaha |
1'49.666 |
291.340 |
2.553 |
| 20 |
66 |
Alex HOFMANN |
GER |
Pramac d'Antín MotoGP |
Ducati |
1'49.676 |
287.081 |
2.563 |
| 21 |
30 |
Jose Luis CARDOSO |
SPA |
Pramac d'Antín MotoGP |
Ducati |
1'51.470 |
287.769 |
4.357 |
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