| Pos. |
Num. |
Rider |
Nation |
Team |
Motorcycle |
Lap time |
Km/h |
Gap |
| 1 |
46 |
Valentino ROSSI |
ITA |
Camel Yamaha Team |
Yamaha |
1'31.002 |
311.508 |
|
| 2 |
12 |
Troy BAYLISS |
AUS |
Ducati Marlboro Team |
Ducati |
1'31.210 |
312.862 |
0.208 |
| 3 |
65 |
Loris CAPIROSSI |
ITA |
Ducati Marlboro Team |
Ducati |
1'31.307 |
318.208 |
0.305 |
| 4 |
56 |
Shinya NAKANO |
JPN |
Kawasaki Racing Team |
Kawasaki |
1'31.341 |
308.395 |
0.339 |
| 5 |
69 |
Nicky HAYDEN |
USA |
Repsol Honda Team |
Honda |
1'31.378 |
311.958 |
0.376 |
| 6 |
26 |
Dani PEDROSA |
SPA |
Repsol Honda Team |
Honda |
1'31.385 |
312.952 |
0.383 |
| 7 |
27 |
Casey STONER |
AUS |
Honda LCR |
Honda |
1'31.470 |
314.227 |
0.468 |
| 8 |
71 |
Chris VERMEULEN |
AUS |
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP |
Suzuki |
1'31.606 |
310.166 |
0.604 |
| 9 |
21 |
John HOPKINS |
USA |
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP |
Suzuki |
1'31.663 |
310.255 |
0.661 |
| 10 |
5 |
Colin EDWARDS |
USA |
Camel Yamaha Team |
Yamaha |
1'31.711 |
312.862 |
0.709 |
| 11 |
17 |
Randy DE PUNIET |
FRA |
Kawasaki Racing Team |
Kawasaki |
1'31.892 |
308.219 |
0.890 |
| 12 |
33 |
Marco MELANDRI |
ITA |
Fortuna Honda |
Honda |
1'32.062 |
314.868 |
1.060 |
| 13 |
24 |
Toni ELIAS |
SPA |
Fortuna Honda |
Honda |
1'32.144 |
315.052 |
1.142 |
| 14 |
10 |
Kenny ROBERTS JR |
USA |
Team Roberts |
KR211V |
1'32.358 |
311.059 |
1.356 |
| 15 |
6 |
Makoto TAMADA |
JPN |
Konica Minolta Honda |
Honda |
1'32.467 |
313.862 |
1.465 |
| 16 |
7 |
Carlos CHECA |
SPA |
Tech 3 Yamaha |
Yamaha |
1'32.747 |
306.122 |
1.745 |
| 17 |
66 |
Alex HOFMANN |
GER |
Pramac d'Antín MotoGP |
Ducati |
1'33.289 |
307.779 |
2.287 |
| 18 |
30 |
Jose Luis CARDOSO |
SPA |
Pramac d'Antín MotoGP |
Ducati |
1'33.755 |
301.507 |
2.753 |
| 19 |
77 |
James ELLISON |
GBR |
Tech 3 Yamaha |
Yamaha |
1'33.953 |
306.382 |
2.951 |
| 20 |
8 |
Garry McCOY |
AUS |
Ilmor SRT |
Ilmor X3 |
1'34.811 |
294.518 |
3.809 |
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