| Pos. |
Num. |
Rider |
Nation |
Team |
Motorcycle |
Lap time |
Km/h |
Gap |
| 1 |
2 |
Dani PEDROSA |
SPA |
Repsol Honda Team |
Honda |
1'40.337 |
276.497 |
|
| 2 |
5 |
Colin EDWARDS |
USA |
Tech 3 Yamaha |
Yamaha |
1'40.402 |
276.923 |
0.065 |
| 3 |
69 |
Nicky HAYDEN |
USA |
Repsol Honda Team |
Honda |
1'40.415 |
277.421 |
0.078 |
| 4 |
65 |
Loris CAPIROSSI |
ITA |
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP |
Suzuki |
1'40.423 |
278.278 |
0.086 |
| 5 |
48 |
Jorge LORENZO |
SPA |
Fiat Yamaha Team |
Yamaha |
1'40.488 |
277.278 |
0.151 |
| 6 |
4 |
Andrea DOVIZIOSO |
ITA |
JiR Team Scot MotoGP |
Honda |
1'40.617 |
272.658 |
0.280 |
| 7 |
1 |
Casey STONER |
AUS |
Ducati Marlboro Team |
Ducati |
1'40.692 |
278.637 |
0.355 |
| 8 |
46 |
Valentino ROSSI |
ITA |
Fiat Yamaha Team |
Yamaha |
1'40.731 |
276.497 |
0.394 |
| 9 |
14 |
Randy DE PUNIET |
FRA |
LCR Honda MotoGP |
Honda |
1'40.775 |
272.177 |
0.438 |
| 10 |
7 |
Chris VERMEULEN |
AUS |
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP |
Suzuki |
1'40.837 |
277.920 |
0.500 |
| 11 |
15 |
Alex DE ANGELIS |
RSM |
San Carlo Honda Gresini |
Honda |
1'40.944 |
266.798 |
0.607 |
| 12 |
21 |
John HOPKINS |
USA |
Kawasaki Racing Team |
Kawasaki |
1'41.042 |
276.568 |
0.705 |
| 13 |
56 |
Shinya NAKANO |
JPN |
San Carlo Honda Gresini |
Honda |
1'41.135 |
273.003 |
0.798 |
| 14 |
33 |
Marco MELANDRI |
ITA |
Ducati Marlboro Team |
Ducati |
1'41.188 |
278.637 |
0.851 |
| 15 |
52 |
James TOSELAND |
GBR |
Tech 3 Yamaha |
Yamaha |
1'41.559 |
270.948 |
1.222 |
| 16 |
24 |
Toni ELIAS |
SPA |
Alice Team |
Ducati |
1'41.975 |
278.350 |
1.638 |
| 17 |
13 |
Anthony WEST |
AUS |
Kawasaki Racing Team |
Kawasaki |
1'42.422 |
273.764 |
2.085 |
| 18 |
50 |
Sylvain GUINTOLI |
FRA |
Alice Team |
Ducati |
1'42.613 |
270.880 |
2.276 |
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