| Pos. |
Num. |
Rider |
Nation |
Team |
Motorcycle |
Lap time |
Km/h |
Gap |
| 1 |
27 |
Casey STONER |
AUS |
Honda LCR |
Honda |
1'56.329 |
326.481 |
|
| 2 |
5 |
Colin EDWARDS |
USA |
Camel Yamaha Team |
Yamaha |
1'56.862 |
320.474 |
0.533 |
| 3 |
46 |
Valentino ROSSI |
ITA |
Camel Yamaha Team |
Yamaha |
1'56.871 |
320.094 |
0.542 |
| 4 |
24 |
Toni ELIAS |
SPA |
Fortuna Honda |
Honda |
1'57.009 |
325.105 |
0.680 |
| 5 |
26 |
Dani PEDROSA |
SPA |
Repsol Honda Team |
Honda |
1'57.050 |
327.173 |
0.721 |
| 6 |
10 |
Kenny ROBERTS JR |
USA |
Team Roberts |
KR211V |
1'57.148 |
323.838 |
0.819 |
| 7 |
15 |
Sete GIBERNAU |
SPA |
Ducati Marlboro Team |
Ducati |
1'57.358 |
322.966 |
1.029 |
| 8 |
33 |
Marco MELANDRI |
ITA |
Fortuna Honda |
Honda |
1'57.439 |
323.159 |
1.110 |
| 9 |
69 |
Nicky HAYDEN |
USA |
Repsol Honda Team |
Honda |
1'57.550 |
322.773 |
1.221 |
| 10 |
65 |
Loris CAPIROSSI |
ITA |
Ducati Marlboro Team |
Ducati |
1'57.579 |
321.332 |
1.250 |
| 11 |
21 |
John HOPKINS |
USA |
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP |
Suzuki |
1'57.756 |
322.484 |
1.427 |
| 12 |
71 |
Chris VERMEULEN |
AUS |
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP |
Suzuki |
1'58.256 |
315.604 |
1.927 |
| 13 |
7 |
Carlos CHECA |
SPA |
Tech 3 Yamaha |
Yamaha |
1'58.521 |
320.569 |
2.192 |
| 14 |
56 |
Shinya NAKANO |
JPN |
Kawasaki Racing Team |
Kawasaki |
1'58.654 |
317.927 |
2.325 |
| 15 |
17 |
Randy DE PUNIET |
FRA |
Kawasaki Racing Team |
Kawasaki |
1'59.294 |
313.862 |
2.965 |
| 16 |
6 |
Makoto TAMADA |
JPN |
Konica Minolta Honda |
Honda |
1'59.541 |
324.421 |
3.212 |
| 17 |
77 |
James ELLISON |
GBR |
Tech 3 Yamaha |
Yamaha |
1'59.899 |
315.604 |
3.570 |
| 18 |
66 |
Alex HOFMANN |
GER |
Pramac d'Antín MotoGP |
Ducati |
2'00.072 |
316.901 |
3.743 |
| 19 |
30 |
Jose Luis CARDOSO |
SPA |
Pramac d'Antín MotoGP |
Ducati |
2'00.472 |
313.225 |
4.143 |
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