| Pos. |
Num. |
Rider |
Nation |
Team |
Motorcycle |
Lap time |
Km/h |
Gap |
| 1 |
69 |
Nicky HAYDEN |
USA |
Repsol Honda Team |
Honda |
1'53.623 |
304.568 |
|
| 2 |
27 |
Casey STONER |
AUS |
Honda LCR |
Honda |
1'53.861 |
310.612 |
0.238 |
| 3 |
33 |
Marco MELANDRI |
ITA |
Fortuna Honda |
Honda |
1'53.971 |
306.905 |
0.348 |
| 4 |
26 |
Dani PEDROSA |
SPA |
Repsol Honda Team |
Honda |
1'54.001 |
306.905 |
0.378 |
| 5 |
24 |
Toni ELIAS |
SPA |
Fortuna Honda |
Honda |
1'54.022 |
308.483 |
0.399 |
| 6 |
5 |
Colin EDWARDS |
USA |
Camel Yamaha Team |
Yamaha |
1'54.042 |
308.131 |
0.419 |
| 7 |
65 |
Loris CAPIROSSI |
ITA |
Ducati Marlboro Team |
Ducati |
1'54.055 |
304.912 |
0.432 |
| 8 |
21 |
John HOPKINS |
USA |
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP |
Suzuki |
1'54.227 |
308.307 |
0.604 |
| 9 |
15 |
Sete GIBERNAU |
SPA |
Ducati Marlboro Team |
Ducati |
1'54.279 |
307.517 |
0.656 |
| 10 |
6 |
Makoto TAMADA |
JPN |
Konica Minolta Honda |
Honda |
1'54.422 |
306.905 |
0.799 |
| 11 |
46 |
Valentino ROSSI |
ITA |
Camel Yamaha Team |
Yamaha |
1'54.662 |
306.992 |
1.039 |
| 12 |
71 |
Chris VERMEULEN |
AUS |
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP |
Suzuki |
1'54.722 |
304.568 |
1.099 |
| 13 |
56 |
Shinya NAKANO |
JPN |
Kawasaki Racing Team |
Kawasaki |
1'54.967 |
301.255 |
1.344 |
| 14 |
10 |
Kenny ROBERTS JR |
USA |
Team Roberts |
KR211V |
1'55.179 |
302.690 |
1.556 |
| 15 |
17 |
Randy DE PUNIET |
FRA |
Kawasaki Racing Team |
Kawasaki |
1'55.700 |
304.054 |
2.077 |
| 16 |
7 |
Carlos CHECA |
SPA |
Tech 3 Yamaha |
Yamaha |
1'56.838 |
302.605 |
3.215 |
| 17 |
77 |
James ELLISON |
GBR |
Tech 3 Yamaha |
Yamaha |
1'56.943 |
300.000 |
3.320 |
| 18 |
66 |
Alex HOFMANN |
GER |
Pramac d'Antín MotoGP |
Ducati |
1'57.467 |
303.115 |
3.844 |
| 19 |
30 |
Jose Luis CARDOSO |
SPA |
Pramac d'Antín MotoGP |
Ducati |
1'58.007 |
296.133 |
4.384 |
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