Melandri crasht in FP1 en breekt middelhandsbeentje.
Rossi snelste maar de concurrentie zit dicht in de buurt. De Duc's lijken met de race beter te worden en de lokale rijders brengen het er absoluut niet slecht van af. ( alle behalve Chris Burns dan
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1. Valentino Rossi ITA Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha 1min 30.483 secs
2. Nicky Hayden USA Repsol Honda 1min 30.620 secs
3. Colin Edwards USA Telefonica Movistar Honda 1min 30.761 secs
4. Troy Bayliss AUS Ducati Marlboro 1min 30.861 secs
5. Sete Gibernau SPA Telefonica Movistar Honda 1min 31.002 secs
6. Marco Melandri ITA Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3 1min 31.130 secs
7. Alex Barros BRA Repsol Honda 1min 31.148 secs
8. Loris Capirossi ITA Ducati Marlboro 1min 31.347 secs
9. Neil Hodgson GBR d'Antin Ducati 1min 31.354 secs
10. Carlos Checa SPA Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha 1min 31.402 secs
11. John Hopkins USA Team Suzuki 1min 31.417 secs
12. Shane Byrne GBR MS Aprilia 1min 31.648 secs
13. Kenny Roberts USA Team Suzuki 1min 31.678 secs
14. Norick Abe JPN Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3 1min 31.833 secs
15. Ruben Xaus SPA d'Antin Ducati 1min 31.888 secs
16. Max Biaggi ITA Camel Honda 1min 32.183 secs
17. Makoto Tamada JPN Camel Honda 1min 32.434 secs
18. Shinya Nakano JPN Fuchs Kawasaki 1min 32.514 secs
19 Jeremy McWilliams GBR MS Aprilia 1min 33.205 secs
20 Michel Fabrizio ITA Harris WCM 1min 33.542 secs
21 Alex Hofmann GER Fuchs Kawasaki 1min 33.582 secs
22 Kurtis Roberts USA Proton Team KR 1min 33.660 secs
23 Nobuatsu Aoki JPN Proton Team KR 1min 33.821 secs
24 Chris Burns GBR Harris WCM 1min 35.013 secs