Jacque, who has not had a pole position since the Valencian Grand Prix in 2000, was relieved as he spoke after the session, "This is a great pleasure for me and for the team. It is a long time since we have been in such a position and it has been difficult this season being so far behind. We knew we had good chance here because of the good results for Yamaha last year and we have an opportunity to beat the four-strokes. We have worked a lot to find consistent lap times for the race so we should be competitive tomorrow." On board the YZR500 machine that took a clean sweep here in Sachsenring last year, Jacque and Nakano will undoubtedly be a force to be reckoned with, especially considering the tortuous nature of the track which makes passing difficult.

It is the closest grid in Grand Prix history, with just over one and a half seconds spanning the pole time of Jacque from the back of the grid and Suzuki wildcard Akira Ryo. Provisional pole man Jeremy McWilliams was unable to improve his time from Saturday and was relegated to the second row in seventh place as Max Biaggi and Alex Barros completed the top four. Tohru Ukawa will line up ahead of his team-mate Valentino Rossi in fifth place on the grid, whilst Garry McCoy completes the second row in eighth.

Fonsi Nieto picked up his fifth pole position of the season despite the fact that neither him nor title rival and championship leader Marco Melandri were able to improve their provisional times from yesterday. The Aprilia pair both lapped around half a second slower than in the first qualifying session but remain on the top two places of the grid and are joined on the front row by Roberto Locatelli and Roberto Rolfo. Sebastian Porto and Randy De Puniet dropped from their provisional front row places to make way for the Italian pair, with the Argentinean eventually taking sixth and the Frenchman seventh behind Franco Battaini. Alex Debón completes the second row after a final session in which ten riders failed to improve their provisional efforts. 

Australia's Casey Stoner is 12th on the 250 GP grid, "Twelfth position and third row for my first time at this track is okay. We have had a lot of problems finding a set-up that I feel comfortable with at this track. I like the track but it is difficult to choose the right suspension and tyres. I am looking forward to the race tomorrow and hope we can make some changes to improve my times for the race."

Following on perfectly from his win in Great Britain, Arnaud Vincent put himself into pole position for the 125 race tomorrow, and will be looking to close the gap on Championship leader Manuel Poggiali who lies in second. Vincent set a time over half a second quicker than Poggiali, which will instil him with confidence for the race. Meanwhile, the front row will be completed by Italian Simone Sanna, who enjoys his first front row start of the year, and San Marino's Alex De Angelis.

1. Jacque 1m25.758
2. Nakano 1m25.838
3. Biaggi 1m25.875
4. Barros 1m25.956
5. Ukawa 1m25.991
6. Rossi 1m25.992
7. McWilliams 1m26.067
8. McCoy 1m26.095
9. Kato 1m26.105
10. Checa 1m26.118
11. Kagayama 1m26.232
12. Gibernau 1m26.387
13. Aoki 1m26.502
14. Hopkins 1m26.551
15. Abe 1m26.555
16. Laconi 1m26.648
17. Harada 1m26.686
18. Vd Goorbergh 1m26.790
19. Hofmann 1m27.034
20. Cardoso 1m27.262
21. Ryo 1m27.305