Daijiro Kato will start from pole at Motegi, second time for Max Biaggi and third for a spectacular Loris Capirossi….

Daijiro Kato he held pole position at Motegi despite a crash.
The Japanese rider from Team Gresini will start in front of Max Biaggi
a Loris Capirossi.
The latter took away the satisfaction of being in front of his own
teammate Barros which here races with a 211-stroke Rc 4V.
The first row ends with Carlos Checa while the world champion
2002 Valentino Rossi he will start sixth fastest and not too satisfied
in anticipation of the race.
The Kawasaki that debuted here with the new 4-stroke is only eighteenth
and its pilot Yanagawa he was also the author of a slip
at the start of the shift.
Twelfth time for Regis Laconi riding the 3-cylinder Aprilia.

These are the session times:

1. Kato (Gia-Honda) 1'49"052
2. Biaggi (Ita-Yamaha) 1'49"162
3. Capirossi (id.-Honda 2T) 1'49"169
4. Checa (Spa-Yamaha) 1'49"224
5. Barros (Bra-Honda) 1'49"492
6. Rossi (Ita-id.) 1'49"530
7. Ukawa (Gia-id.) 1'49"755
8. Roberts (USA-Suzuki) 1'49"859
9. Jacque (Fra-Yamaha 2T) 1'50"160
10. McWilliams (GB-Proton KR3 2T) 1'50"171
11. Gibernau (Spa-Suzuki) 1'50"208
12. Laconi (Fra-Aprilia) 1'50"306
13. N. Aoki (Gia-Proton KR3 2T) 1'50"342
14. Abe (id.-Yamaha 2T) 1'50"533
15. McCoy (Aus-id.) 1'50"702
18. Yanagawa (Gia-Kawasaki) 1'51"278