| Pos. |
Num. |
Rider |
Nation |
Team |
Motorcycle |
Lap time |
Km/h |
Gap |
| 1 |
33 |
Marco MELANDRI |
ITA |
Fortuna Honda |
Honda |
1'40.699 |
285.110 |
|
| 2 |
65 |
Loris CAPIROSSI |
ITA |
Ducati Marlboro Team |
Ducati |
1'40.790 |
284.360 |
0.091 |
| 3 |
26 |
Dani PEDROSA |
SPA |
Repsol Honda Team |
Honda |
1'40.811 |
288.692 |
0.112 |
| 4 |
15 |
Sete GIBERNAU |
SPA |
Ducati Marlboro Team |
Ducati |
1'40.961 |
285.865 |
0.262 |
| 5 |
27 |
Casey STONER |
AUS |
Honda LCR |
Honda |
1'41.081 |
285.638 |
0.382 |
| 6 |
10 |
Kenny ROBERTS |
USA |
Team Roberts |
KR211V |
1'41.098 |
280.010 |
0.399 |
| 7 |
24 |
Toni ELIAS |
SPA |
Fortuna Honda |
Honda |
1'41.175 |
287.234 |
0.476 |
| 8 |
69 |
Nicky HAYDEN |
USA |
Repsol Honda Team |
Honda |
1'41.223 |
286.016 |
0.524 |
| 9 |
5 |
Colin EDWARDS |
USA |
Camel Yamaha Team |
Yamaha |
1'41.374 |
283.464 |
0.675 |
| 10 |
46 |
Valentino ROSSI |
ITA |
Camel Yamaha Team |
Yamaha |
1'41.383 |
283.986 |
0.684 |
| 11 |
17 |
Randy DE PUNIET |
FRA |
Kawasaki Racing Team |
Kawasaki |
1'41.526 |
279.141 |
0.827 |
| 12 |
56 |
Shinya NAKANO |
JPN |
Kawasaki Racing Team |
Kawasaki |
1'41.549 |
279.720 |
0.850 |
| 13 |
21 |
John HOPKINS |
USA |
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP |
Suzuki |
1'41.550 |
286.016 |
0.851 |
| 14 |
71 |
Chris VERMEULEN |
AUS |
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP |
Suzuki |
1'41.658 |
278.853 |
0.959 |
| 15 |
6 |
Makoto TAMADA |
JPN |
Konica Minolta Honda |
Honda |
1'42.271 |
285.941 |
1.572 |
| 16 |
7 |
Carlos CHECA |
SPA |
Tech 3 Yamaha |
Yamaha |
1'42.763 |
277.920 |
2.064 |
| 17 |
77 |
James ELLISON |
GBR |
Tech 3 Yamaha |
Yamaha |
1'43.005 |
278.422 |
2.306 |
| 18 |
30 |
Jose Luis CARDOSO |
SPA |
Pramac d'Antín MotoGP |
Ducati |
1'43.113 |
277.777 |
2.414 |
| 19 |
66 |
Alex HOFMANN |
GER |
Pramac d'Antín MotoGP |
Ducati |
1'43.155 |
278.422 |
2.456 |
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