| Pos. |
Num. |
Rider |
Nation |
Team |
Motorcycle |
Lap time |
Km/h |
Gap |
| 1 |
27 |
Casey STONER |
AUS |
Honda LCR |
Honda |
1'38.218 |
325.791 |
|
| 2 |
69 |
Nicky HAYDEN |
USA |
Repsol Honda Team |
Honda |
1'38.268 |
324.812 |
0.050 |
| 3 |
10 |
Kenny ROBERTS JR |
USA |
Team Roberts |
KR211V |
1'38.337 |
321.907 |
0.119 |
| 4 |
7 |
Carlos CHECA |
SPA |
Tech 3 Yamaha |
Yamaha |
1'38.503 |
320.665 |
0.285 |
| 5 |
26 |
Dani PEDROSA |
SPA |
Repsol Honda Team |
Honda |
1'38.586 |
324.032 |
0.368 |
| 6 |
5 |
Colin EDWARDS |
USA |
Camel Yamaha Team |
Yamaha |
1'38.779 |
321.332 |
0.561 |
| 7 |
15 |
Sete GIBERNAU |
SPA |
Ducati Marlboro Team |
Ducati |
1'38.815 |
323.353 |
0.597 |
| 8 |
46 |
Valentino ROSSI |
ITA |
Camel Yamaha Team |
Yamaha |
1'38.826 |
321.141 |
0.608 |
| 9 |
21 |
John HOPKINS |
USA |
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP |
Suzuki |
1'39.007 |
322.388 |
0.789 |
| 10 |
56 |
Shinya NAKANO |
JPN |
Kawasaki Racing Team |
Kawasaki |
1'39.161 |
318.208 |
0.943 |
| 11 |
24 |
Toni ELIAS |
SPA |
Fortuna Honda |
Honda |
1'39.217 |
322.677 |
0.999 |
| 12 |
71 |
Chris VERMEULEN |
AUS |
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP |
Suzuki |
1'39.907 |
316.159 |
1.689 |
| 13 |
65 |
Loris CAPIROSSI |
ITA |
Ducati Marlboro Team |
Ducati |
1'40.006 |
322.484 |
1.788 |
| 14 |
17 |
Randy DE PUNIET |
FRA |
Kawasaki Racing Team |
Kawasaki |
1'40.096 |
317.087 |
1.878 |
| 15 |
6 |
Makoto TAMADA |
JPN |
Konica Minolta Honda |
Honda |
1'40.214 |
322.195 |
1.996 |
| 16 |
77 |
James ELLISON |
GBR |
Tech 3 Yamaha |
Yamaha |
1'40.661 |
312.862 |
2.443 |
| 17 |
66 |
Alex HOFMANN |
GER |
Pramac d'Antín MotoGP |
Ducati |
1'41.146 |
313.588 |
2.928 |
| 18 |
8 |
Garry McCOY |
AUS |
Ilmor SRT |
Ilmor X3 |
1'42.096 |
304.654 |
3.878 |
| 19 |
30 |
Jose Luis CARDOSO |
SPA |
Pramac d'Antín MotoGP |
Ducati |
1'42.319 |
307.429 |
4.101 |
| 20 |
33 |
Marco MELANDRI |
ITA |
Fortuna Honda |
Honda |
2'14.734 |
320.284 |
36.516 |
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