Valentino Rossi led most of the first 20 minutes of the session before being bettered by Alex Barros who was the first man to dip in to the 1 minute 33 second bracket this weekend with a 1m33.927s lap.

Sete Gibernau then picked his pace up to go 2nd quickest with 34 minutes remaining in the session with a 1m34.154s. 

Anthony West then surprised everyone by recording a 1m34.415s lap to place him 4th quickest before being overtaken by Biaggi moving in to 4th.  So halfway through the session Barros was quickest, Gibernau 2nd, Rossi 3rd, Biaggi 4th, West 5th.  McCoy was down in 14th.

Shortly into the final half hour of the session Biaggi moved up to 2nd quickest with a 1m33.882 and was followed in to the 33s by Valentino Rossi with a 1m33.979s. 

McCoy started improving his times with around 25 minutes to go when he recorded a 1m34.466s to place 8th.   Checa also got a move on to dip in to the 33s and relegate Rossi to 4th quickest.  Nakano also got quicker to move into 5th followed by McCoy improving a little to sit 6th quickest.

Rossi then went out on to the track with 10 minutes remaining and shot to the top of the timesheets with a 1m33.092s. 

1. Rossi - 1m33.092s
2. Jacque - 1m33.145s
3. Nakano - 1m33.271s
4. Checa - 1m33.309s
5. Barros - 1m33.498s
6. Capirossi - 1m33.650s
7. Abe - 1m33.811s
8. McCoy - 1m33.864s
9. Biaggi - 1m33.882s
10. Haga - 1m34.025s
11. Ukawa - 1m34.120s
12. Gibernau - 1m34.154s
13. Criville - 1m34.354s
14. West - 1m34.415s
15. Roberts - 1m34.652s
16. Goorbergh - 1m34.793s
17. Cardoso - 1m34.929s
18. Aoki 1m34.948s
19. Stigefelt - 1m36.206s
20. Haslam - 1m36.891s
21. Veneman 1m37.361s
22. Clarke - 1m38.720s