| Pos. |
Num. |
Rider |
Nation |
Team |
Motorcycle |
Lap time |
Km/h |
Gap |
| 1 |
69 |
Nicky HAYDEN |
USA |
Repsol Honda Team |
Honda |
1'22.843 |
252.927 |
|
| 2 |
10 |
Kenny ROBERTS JR |
USA |
Team Roberts |
KR211V |
1'23.038 |
239.043 |
0.195 |
| 3 |
27 |
Casey STONER |
AUS |
Honda LCR |
Honda |
1'23.248 |
240.695 |
0.405 |
| 4 |
5 |
Colin EDWARDS |
USA |
Camel Yamaha Team |
Yamaha |
1'23.391 |
246.970 |
0.548 |
| 5 |
26 |
Dani PEDROSA |
SPA |
Repsol Honda Team |
Honda |
1'23.402 |
239.840 |
0.559 |
| 6 |
33 |
Marco MELANDRI |
ITA |
Fortuna Honda |
Honda |
1'23.556 |
251.630 |
0.713 |
| 7 |
7 |
Carlos CHECA |
SPA |
Tech 3 Yamaha |
Yamaha |
1'23.558 |
245.120 |
0.715 |
| 8 |
71 |
Chris VERMEULEN |
AUS |
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP |
Suzuki |
1'23.665 |
253.402 |
0.822 |
| 9 |
21 |
John HOPKINS |
USA |
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP |
Suzuki |
1'23.667 |
251.748 |
0.824 |
| 10 |
46 |
Valentino ROSSI |
ITA |
Camel Yamaha Team |
Yamaha |
1'23.760 |
244.731 |
0.917 |
| 11 |
65 |
Loris CAPIROSSI |
ITA |
Ducati Marlboro Team |
Ducati |
1'23.970 |
237.571 |
1.127 |
| 12 |
24 |
Toni ELIAS |
SPA |
Fortuna Honda |
Honda |
1'24.114 |
251.104 |
1.271 |
| 13 |
56 |
Shinya NAKANO |
JPN |
Kawasaki Racing Team |
Kawasaki |
1'24.369 |
248.561 |
1.526 |
| 14 |
15 |
Sete GIBERNAU |
SPA |
Ducati Marlboro Team |
Ducati |
1'24.403 |
248.676 |
1.560 |
| 15 |
6 |
Makoto TAMADA |
JPN |
Konica Minolta Honda |
Honda |
1'24.519 |
244.786 |
1.676 |
| 16 |
17 |
Randy DE PUNIET |
FRA |
Kawasaki Racing Team |
Kawasaki |
1'24.794 |
249.307 |
1.951 |
| 17 |
66 |
Alex HOFMANN |
GER |
Pramac d'Antín MotoGP |
Ducati |
1'24.913 |
244.288 |
2.070 |
| 18 |
77 |
James ELLISON |
GBR |
Tech 3 Yamaha |
Yamaha |
1'24.936 |
236.323 |
2.093 |
| 19 |
30 |
Jose Luis CARDOSO |
SPA |
Pramac d'Antín MotoGP |
Ducati |
1'26.047 |
246.013 |
3.204 |
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