| Pos. |
Num. |
Rider |
Nation |
Team |
Motorcycle |
Lap time |
Km/h |
Gap |
| 1 |
69 |
Nicky HAYDEN |
USA |
Repsol Honda Team |
Honda |
1'36.846 |
329.871 |
|
| 2 |
46 |
Valentino ROSSI |
ITA |
Camel Yamaha Team |
Yamaha |
1'37.032 |
325.791 |
0.186 |
| 3 |
26 |
Dani PEDROSA |
SPA |
Repsol Honda Team |
Honda |
1'37.397 |
326.579 |
0.551 |
| 4 |
10 |
Kenny ROBERTS JR |
USA |
Team Roberts |
KR211V |
1'37.406 |
325.399 |
0.560 |
| 5 |
5 |
Colin EDWARDS |
USA |
Camel Yamaha Team |
Yamaha |
1'37.446 |
327.074 |
0.600 |
| 6 |
15 |
Sete GIBERNAU |
SPA |
Ducati Marlboro Team |
Ducati |
1'37.583 |
327.570 |
0.737 |
| 7 |
27 |
Casey STONER |
AUS |
Honda LCR |
Honda |
1'37.706 |
329.670 |
0.860 |
| 8 |
65 |
Loris CAPIROSSI |
ITA |
Ducati Marlboro Team |
Ducati |
1'37.869 |
328.267 |
1.023 |
| 9 |
21 |
John HOPKINS |
USA |
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP |
Suzuki |
1'38.385 |
325.301 |
1.539 |
| 10 |
56 |
Shinya NAKANO |
JPN |
Kawasaki Racing Team |
Kawasaki |
1'38.433 |
323.159 |
1.587 |
| 11 |
7 |
Carlos CHECA |
SPA |
Tech 3 Yamaha |
Yamaha |
1'38.723 |
322.484 |
1.877 |
| 12 |
33 |
Marco MELANDRI |
ITA |
Fortuna Honda |
Honda |
1'38.757 |
326.382 |
1.911 |
| 13 |
24 |
Toni ELIAS |
SPA |
Fortuna Honda |
Honda |
1'38.855 |
326.481 |
2.009 |
| 14 |
6 |
Makoto TAMADA |
JPN |
Konica Minolta Honda |
Honda |
1'38.871 |
326.678 |
2.025 |
| 15 |
17 |
Randy DE PUNIET |
FRA |
Kawasaki Racing Team |
Kawasaki |
1'38.872 |
321.428 |
2.026 |
| 16 |
71 |
Chris VERMEULEN |
AUS |
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP |
Suzuki |
1'39.030 |
322.003 |
2.184 |
| 17 |
77 |
James ELLISON |
GBR |
Tech 3 Yamaha |
Yamaha |
1'39.544 |
317.087 |
2.698 |
| 18 |
66 |
Alex HOFMANN |
GER |
Pramac d'Antín MotoGP |
Ducati |
1'40.258 |
321.046 |
3.412 |
| 19 |
30 |
Jose Luis CARDOSO |
SPA |
Pramac d'Antín MotoGP |
Ducati |
1'40.877 |
313.406 |
4.031 |
| 20 |
8 |
Garry McCOY |
AUS |
Ilmor SRT |
Ilmor X3 |
1'41.165 |
309.366 |
4.319 |
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