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Pos Num Rider Nat Team Bike Time Gap To 1st --- --- -------------------- --- ------------------------- ---------- ---------- -------- -------- 1. 21 John Hopkins USA Team Suzuki MotoGP ...

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Pos Num Rider                Nat Team                      Bike             Time      Gap   To 1st
--- --- -------------------- --- ------------------------- ---------- ---------- -------- --------
 1.  21 John Hopkins         USA Team Suzuki MotoGP        Suzuki       1:47.230
 2.  46 Valentino Rossi      I   Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha  Yamaha       1:47.275    0.045    0.045
 3.   6 Makoto Tamada        J   Camel Honda               Honda        1:47.650    0.375    0.420
 4.   3 Max Biaggi           I   Camel Honda               Honda        1:47.814    0.164    0.584
 5.  65 Loris Capirossi      I   Ducati Marlboro Team      Ducati       1:47.886    0.072    0.656
 6.  10 Kenny Roberts        USA Team Suzuki MotoGP        Suzuki       1:47.929    0.043    0.699
 7.   4 Alex Barros          BR  Repsol Honda              Honda        1:47.963    0.034    0.733
 8.  69 Nicky Hayden         USA Repsol Honda              Honda        1:48.071    0.108    0.841
 9.  12 Troy Bayliss         AUS Ducati Marlboro Team      Ducati       1:48.174    0.103    0.944
10.  15 Sete Gibernau        E   Telefonica Movistar Honda Honda        1:48.195    0.021    0.965
11.  45 Colin Edwards        USA Telefonica Movistar Honda Honda        1:48.221    0.026    0.991
12.  33 Marco Melandri       I   Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3  Yamaha       1:48.425    0.204    1.195
13.   7 Carlos Checa         E   Gauloises Fortuna Yamaha  Yamaha       1:48.658    0.233    1.428
14.  50 Neil Hodgson         GB  D'Antin MotoGP            Ducati       1:48.728    0.070    1.498
15.  17 Norick Abe           J   Fortuna Gauloises Tech 3  Yamaha       1:48.731    0.003    1.501
16.  72 Ukawa                J   HRC                       Honda        1:48.874    0.143    1.644
17.  66 Alex Hofmann         D   Kawasaki Racing Team      Kawasaki     1:48.885    0.011    1.655
18.  11 Ruben Xaus           E   D'Antin MotoGP            Ducati       1:49.034    0.149    1.804
19.  56 Shinya Nakano        J   Kawasaki Racing Team      Kawasaki     1:49.203    0.169    1.973
20.  19 Jacque                   Team Moriwaki             Harris WCM   1:49.545    0.342    2.315
21.  99 Jeremy McWilliams    GB  MS Aprilia Racing         Aprilia      1:49.700    0.155    2.470
22.   9 Nobuatsu Aoki        J   Proton Team KR            Proton KR    1:51.718    2.018    4.488
23.  67 Shane Byrne          GB  MS Aprilia Racing         Aprilia      1:51.928    0.210    4.698
24.  41 Ui                       WCM                       Harris WCM      0.000

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