| Pos. |
Num. |
Rider |
Nation |
Team |
Motorcycle |
Lap time |
Km/h |
Gap |
| 1 |
46 |
Valentino ROSSI |
ITA |
Camel Yamaha Team |
Yamaha |
1'33.310 |
308.307 |
|
| 2 |
27 |
Casey STONER |
AUS |
Honda LCR |
Honda |
1'33.316 |
312.680 |
0.006 |
| 3 |
69 |
Nicky HAYDEN |
USA |
Repsol Honda Team |
Honda |
1'33.317 |
309.721 |
0.007 |
| 4 |
65 |
Loris CAPIROSSI |
ITA |
Ducati Marlboro Team |
Ducati |
1'33.474 |
310.612 |
0.164 |
| 5 |
71 |
Chris VERMEULEN |
AUS |
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP |
Suzuki |
1'33.513 |
306.209 |
0.203 |
| 6 |
5 |
Colin EDWARDS |
USA |
Camel Yamaha Team |
Yamaha |
1'33.545 |
308.747 |
0.235 |
| 7 |
26 |
Dani PEDROSA |
SPA |
Repsol Honda Team |
Honda |
1'33.643 |
311.778 |
0.333 |
| 8 |
12 |
Troy BAYLISS |
AUS |
Ducati Marlboro Team |
Ducati |
1'33.699 |
306.382 |
0.389 |
| 9 |
17 |
Randy DE PUNIET |
FRA |
Kawasaki Racing Team |
Kawasaki |
1'33.774 |
306.382 |
0.464 |
| 10 |
33 |
Marco MELANDRI |
ITA |
Fortuna Honda |
Honda |
1'33.791 |
309.544 |
0.481 |
| 11 |
56 |
Shinya NAKANO |
JPN |
Kawasaki Racing Team |
Kawasaki |
1'33.815 |
308.483 |
0.505 |
| 12 |
21 |
John HOPKINS |
USA |
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP |
Suzuki |
1'33.845 |
307.955 |
0.535 |
| 13 |
7 |
Carlos CHECA |
SPA |
Tech 3 Yamaha |
Yamaha |
1'33.860 |
304.912 |
0.550 |
| 14 |
10 |
Kenny ROBERTS JR |
USA |
Team Roberts |
KR211V |
1'33.988 |
307.342 |
0.678 |
| 15 |
6 |
Makoto TAMADA |
JPN |
Konica Minolta Honda |
Honda |
1'34.050 |
314.777 |
0.740 |
| 16 |
24 |
Toni ELIAS |
SPA |
Fortuna Honda |
Honda |
1'34.449 |
310.523 |
1.139 |
| 17 |
66 |
Alex HOFMANN |
GER |
Pramac d'Antín MotoGP |
Ducati |
1'34.767 |
306.122 |
1.457 |
| 18 |
30 |
Jose Luis CARDOSO |
SPA |
Pramac d'Antín MotoGP |
Ducati |
1'35.947 |
298.013 |
2.637 |
| 19 |
77 |
James ELLISON |
GBR |
Tech 3 Yamaha |
Yamaha |
1'36.042 |
301.255 |
2.732 |
| 20 |
8 |
Garry McCOY |
AUS |
Ilmor SRT |
Ilmor X3 |
1'36.566 |
296.377 |
3.256 |
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