2001 Grand Prix 500 - Round 3 - Friday Qualifying
| 1 | Rossi | 1m43.113s | Honda |
| 2 | Abe | 0.716s | Yamaha |
| 3 | Nakano | 0.735s | Yamaha |
| 4 | Capirossi | 0.781s | Honda |
| 5 | Biaggi | 0.856s | Yamaha |
| 6 | Barros | 0.870s | Honda |
| 7 | Roberts | 0.920s | Suzuki |
| 8 | McCoy | 0.959s | Yamaha |
| 9 | Ukawa | 1.080s | Honda |
| 10 | Criville | 1.169s | Honda |
| 11 | Gibernau | 1.352s | Suzuki |
| 12 | Checa | 1.362s | Yamaha |
| 13 | Cardoso | 1.726s | Yamaha |
| 14 | Haga | 1.824s | Yamaha |
| 15 | Goorbergh | 2.574s | Proton KR |
| 16 | Aoki | 2.621s | Honda |
| 17 | Walker | 3.080s | Honda |
| 18 | Jacque | 3.393s | Yamaha |
| 19 | West | 3.634s | Honda |
| 20 | Stigefelt | 3.711s | Sabre |
| 21 | Haslam | 3.866s | Honda |
| 22 | Vincent | 5.113s | Pulse |
| 23 | Veneman | 5.637s | Honda |
| DNQ | Castika | 1m51.545s | Paton |
| DNQ | Willis | only 1 lap | Pulse |