Provisional pole for Carlos Checa in the MotoGP class, second time for Valentino Rossi, fourth for Max Biaggi and fifth for Loris Capirossi

Surprise provisional pole for Carlos Checa in the MotoGP class;

the Spanish rider precedes Valentino Rossi and Shinya Nakano.

Fourth and fifth times for Max Biaggi and Loris Capirossi.

These are the times:

1 Carlos Checa Yamaha 1:36.591
2 Valentino Rossi Honda 1:36.684
3 Shinya Nakano Yamaha 1:36.714
4 Max Biaggi Yamaha 1:36.829
5 Loris Capirossi Honda 1:36.915
6 Tohru Ukawa Honda 1:36.939
7 Norick Abe Yamaha 1:36.961
8 Olivier Jacque Yamaha 1:37.212
9 Thirst Gibernau Suzuki 1:37.226
10 Alex Barros Honda 1:37.236
11 Jurgen Vd goorbergh Honda 1:37.385
12 Kenny Roberts Suzuki 1:37.462
13 Jeremy Mcwilliams Proton 1:37.575
14 Daijiro Katoh Honda 1:37.668
15 Tetsuya Harada Honda 1:37.825
16 Nobuatsu Aoki Proton 1:37.971
17 Regis Laconi Aprilia 1:37.988
18 Garry Mccoy Yamaha 1:38.235
19 John Hopkins Yamaha 1:38.302
20 Jose Luis Cardoso Yamaha 1:39.295