| Pos. |
Num. |
Rider |
Nation |
Team |
Motorcycle |
Lap time |
Km/h |
Gap |
| 1 |
27 |
Casey STONER |
AUS |
Honda LCR |
Honda |
1'32.407 |
311.508 |
|
| 2 |
69 |
Nicky HAYDEN |
USA |
Repsol Honda Team |
Honda |
1'32.409 |
313.225 |
0.002 |
| 3 |
17 |
Randy DE PUNIET |
FRA |
Kawasaki Racing Team |
Kawasaki |
1'32.477 |
307.167 |
0.070 |
| 4 |
65 |
Loris CAPIROSSI |
ITA |
Ducati Marlboro Team |
Ducati |
1'32.479 |
311.778 |
0.072 |
| 5 |
24 |
Toni ELIAS |
SPA |
Fortuna Honda |
Honda |
1'32.830 |
313.862 |
0.423 |
| 6 |
5 |
Colin EDWARDS |
USA |
Camel Yamaha Team |
Yamaha |
1'32.877 |
309.544 |
0.470 |
| 7 |
26 |
Dani PEDROSA |
SPA |
Repsol Honda Team |
Honda |
1'32.896 |
311.418 |
0.489 |
| 8 |
21 |
John HOPKINS |
USA |
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP |
Suzuki |
1'32.908 |
306.209 |
0.501 |
| 9 |
33 |
Marco MELANDRI |
ITA |
Fortuna Honda |
Honda |
1'32.912 |
307.692 |
0.505 |
| 10 |
71 |
Chris VERMEULEN |
AUS |
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP |
Suzuki |
1'32.938 |
308.836 |
0.531 |
| 11 |
46 |
Valentino ROSSI |
ITA |
Camel Yamaha Team |
Yamaha |
1'33.119 |
309.633 |
0.712 |
| 12 |
10 |
Kenny ROBERTS JR |
USA |
Team Roberts |
KR211V |
1'33.161 |
308.747 |
0.754 |
| 13 |
6 |
Makoto TAMADA |
JPN |
Konica Minolta Honda |
Honda |
1'33.210 |
311.688 |
0.803 |
| 14 |
56 |
Shinya NAKANO |
JPN |
Kawasaki Racing Team |
Kawasaki |
1'33.276 |
308.395 |
0.869 |
| 15 |
7 |
Carlos CHECA |
SPA |
Tech 3 Yamaha |
Yamaha |
1'33.285 |
304.826 |
0.878 |
| 16 |
12 |
Troy BAYLISS |
AUS |
Ducati Marlboro Team |
Ducati |
1'33.314 |
305.516 |
0.907 |
| 17 |
66 |
Alex HOFMANN |
GER |
Pramac d'Antín MotoGP |
Ducati |
1'34.098 |
304.568 |
1.691 |
| 18 |
30 |
Jose Luis CARDOSO |
SPA |
Pramac d'Antín MotoGP |
Ducati |
1'34.746 |
300.584 |
2.339 |
| 19 |
77 |
James ELLISON |
GBR |
Tech 3 Yamaha |
Yamaha |
1'35.222 |
303.541 |
2.815 |
| 20 |
8 |
Garry McCOY |
AUS |
Ilmor SRT |
Ilmor X3 |
1'36.294 |
291.576 |
3.887 |
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