| Pos. |
Num. |
Rider |
Nation |
Team |
Motorcycle |
Lap time |
Km/h |
Gap |
| 1 |
2 |
Dani PEDROSA |
SPA |
Repsol Honda Team |
Honda |
1'28.157 |
273.279 |
|
| 2 |
69 |
Nicky HAYDEN |
USA |
Repsol Honda Team |
Honda |
1'29.598 |
266.272 |
1.441 |
| 3 |
4 |
Andrea DOVIZIOSO |
ITA |
JiR Team Scot MotoGP |
Honda |
1'30.012 |
263.414 |
1.855 |
| 4 |
52 |
James TOSELAND |
GBR |
Tech 3 Yamaha |
Yamaha |
1'30.342 |
266.732 |
2.185 |
| 5 |
56 |
Shinya NAKANO |
JPN |
San Carlo Honda Gresini |
Honda |
1'30.512 |
264.252 |
2.355 |
| 6 |
15 |
Alex DE ANGELIS |
RSM |
San Carlo Honda Gresini |
Honda |
1'30.631 |
258.620 |
2.474 |
| 7 |
5 |
Colin EDWARDS |
USA |
Tech 3 Yamaha |
Yamaha |
1'30.874 |
261.437 |
2.717 |
| 8 |
14 |
Randy DE PUNIET |
FRA |
LCR Honda MotoGP |
Honda |
1'30.905 |
261.754 |
2.748 |
| 9 |
46 |
Valentino ROSSI |
ITA |
Fiat Yamaha Team |
Yamaha |
1'30.976 |
268.523 |
2.819 |
| 10 |
48 |
Jorge LORENZO |
SPA |
Fiat Yamaha Team |
Yamaha |
1'31.410 |
264.770 |
3.253 |
| 11 |
1 |
Casey STONER |
AUS |
Ducati Marlboro Team |
Ducati |
1'31.617 |
267.591 |
3.460 |
| 12 |
65 |
Loris CAPIROSSI |
ITA |
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP |
Suzuki |
1'31.667 |
264.058 |
3.510 |
| 13 |
33 |
Marco MELANDRI |
ITA |
Ducati Marlboro Team |
Ducati |
1'31.997 |
273.417 |
3.840 |
| 14 |
7 |
Chris VERMEULEN |
AUS |
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP |
Suzuki |
1'32.736 |
262.518 |
4.579 |
| 15 |
24 |
Toni ELIAS |
SPA |
Alice Team |
Ducati |
1'33.312 |
264.900 |
5.155 |
| 16 |
50 |
Sylvain GUINTOLI |
FRA |
Alice Team |
Ducati |
1'33.500 |
263.736 |
5.343 |
| 17 |
13 |
Anthony WEST |
AUS |
Kawasaki Racing Team |
Kawasaki |
1'34.159 |
265.552 |
6.002 |
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