| Pos. |
Num. |
Rider |
Nation |
Team |
Motorcycle |
Lap time |
Km/h |
Gap |
| 1 |
26 |
Dani PEDROSA |
SPA |
Repsol Honda Team |
Honda |
1'37.609 |
323.256 |
|
| 2 |
27 |
Casey STONER |
AUS |
Honda LCR |
Honda |
1'37.734 |
322.003 |
0.125 |
| 3 |
5 |
Colin EDWARDS |
USA |
Camel Yamaha Team |
Yamaha |
1'37.778 |
322.291 |
0.169 |
| 4 |
46 |
Valentino ROSSI |
ITA |
Camel Yamaha Team |
Yamaha |
1'37.905 |
321.524 |
0.296 |
| 5 |
69 |
Nicky HAYDEN |
USA |
Repsol Honda Team |
Honda |
1'37.949 |
323.935 |
0.340 |
| 6 |
6 |
Makoto TAMADA |
JPN |
Konica Minolta Honda |
Honda |
1'38.259 |
320.950 |
0.650 |
| 7 |
17 |
Randy DE PUNIET |
FRA |
Kawasaki Racing Team |
Kawasaki |
1'38.365 |
318.490 |
0.756 |
| 8 |
71 |
Chris VERMEULEN |
AUS |
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP |
Suzuki |
1'38.437 |
319.337 |
0.828 |
| 9 |
7 |
Carlos CHECA |
SPA |
Tech 3 Yamaha |
Yamaha |
1'38.472 |
318.208 |
0.863 |
| 10 |
10 |
Kenny ROBERTS JR |
USA |
Team Roberts |
KR211V |
1'38.488 |
319.715 |
0.879 |
| 11 |
21 |
John HOPKINS |
USA |
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP |
Suzuki |
1'38.509 |
319.054 |
0.900 |
| 12 |
33 |
Marco MELANDRI |
ITA |
Fortuna Honda |
Honda |
1'38.521 |
324.616 |
0.912 |
| 13 |
15 |
Sete GIBERNAU |
SPA |
Ducati Marlboro Team |
Ducati |
1'38.537 |
324.226 |
0.928 |
| 14 |
56 |
Shinya NAKANO |
JPN |
Kawasaki Racing Team |
Kawasaki |
1'38.589 |
318.396 |
0.980 |
| 15 |
65 |
Loris CAPIROSSI |
ITA |
Ducati Marlboro Team |
Ducati |
1'38.838 |
324.226 |
1.229 |
| 16 |
24 |
Toni ELIAS |
SPA |
Fortuna Honda |
Honda |
1'39.085 |
325.988 |
1.476 |
| 17 |
77 |
James ELLISON |
GBR |
Tech 3 Yamaha |
Yamaha |
1'40.081 |
314.593 |
2.472 |
| 18 |
66 |
Alex HOFMANN |
GER |
Pramac d'Antín MotoGP |
Ducati |
1'40.467 |
320.474 |
2.858 |
| 19 |
8 |
Garry McCOY |
AUS |
Ilmor SRT |
Ilmor X3 |
1'41.098 |
306.122 |
3.489 |
| 20 |
30 |
Jose Luis CARDOSO |
SPA |
Pramac d'Antín MotoGP |
Ducati |
1'41.849 |
309.721 |
4.240 |
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