| Pos. |
Num. |
Rider |
Nation |
Team |
Motorcycle |
Lap time |
Km/h |
Gap |
| 1 |
27 |
Casey STONER |
AUS |
Honda LCR |
Honda |
1'58.095 |
317.180 |
|
| 2 |
69 |
Nicky HAYDEN |
USA |
Repsol Honda Team |
Honda |
1'58.299 |
314.318 |
0.204 |
| 3 |
65 |
Loris CAPIROSSI |
ITA |
Ducati Marlboro Team |
Ducati |
1'58.435 |
313.043 |
0.340 |
| 4 |
21 |
John HOPKINS |
USA |
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP |
Suzuki |
1'58.464 |
315.144 |
0.369 |
| 5 |
24 |
Toni ELIAS |
SPA |
Fortuna Honda |
Honda |
1'58.502 |
315.236 |
0.407 |
| 6 |
33 |
Marco MELANDRI |
ITA |
Fortuna Honda |
Honda |
1'58.657 |
309.633 |
0.562 |
| 7 |
46 |
Valentino ROSSI |
ITA |
Camel Yamaha Team |
Yamaha |
1'58.733 |
313.497 |
0.638 |
| 8 |
26 |
Dani PEDROSA |
SPA |
Repsol Honda Team |
Honda |
1'58.952 |
317.460 |
0.857 |
| 9 |
5 |
Colin EDWARDS |
USA |
Camel Yamaha Team |
Yamaha |
1'58.964 |
311.508 |
0.869 |
| 10 |
17 |
Randy DE PUNIET |
FRA |
Kawasaki Racing Team |
Kawasaki |
1'59.254 |
306.469 |
1.159 |
| 11 |
56 |
Shinya NAKANO |
JPN |
Kawasaki Racing Team |
Kawasaki |
1'59.322 |
309.101 |
1.227 |
| 12 |
15 |
Sete GIBERNAU |
SPA |
Ducati Marlboro Team |
Ducati |
1'59.488 |
311.598 |
1.393 |
| 13 |
7 |
Carlos CHECA |
SPA |
Tech 3 Yamaha |
Yamaha |
1'59.685 |
312.228 |
1.590 |
| 14 |
71 |
Chris VERMEULEN |
AUS |
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP |
Suzuki |
2'00.076 |
307.167 |
1.981 |
| 15 |
10 |
Kenny ROBERTS JR |
USA |
Team Roberts |
KR211V |
2'00.390 |
314.685 |
2.295 |
| 16 |
77 |
James ELLISON |
GBR |
Tech 3 Yamaha |
Yamaha |
2'00.513 |
313.588 |
2.418 |
| 17 |
6 |
Makoto TAMADA |
JPN |
Konica Minolta Honda |
Honda |
2'01.165 |
312.500 |
3.070 |
| 18 |
66 |
Alex HOFMANN |
GER |
Pramac d'Antín MotoGP |
Ducati |
2'01.195 |
307.254 |
3.100 |
| 19 |
30 |
Jose Luis CARDOSO |
SPA |
Pramac d'Antín MotoGP |
Ducati |
2'02.307 |
304.568 |
4.212 |
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