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Friday MotoGP Qualifying Times:

1. Valentino Rossi, Honda, 2:06.838
2. Max Biaggi, Honda, 2:07.092
3. Tohru Ukawa, Honda, 2:07.298
4. Carlos Checa, Yamaha, 2:07.426
5. Makoto Tamada, Honda, 2:08.103
6. Sete Gibernau, Honda, 2:08.251
7. Kenny Roberts, Suzuki, 2:08.389
8. Alex Barros, Yamaha, 2:08.670
9. Colin Edwards, Aprilia, 2:08.785
10. Shinya Nakano, Yamaha, 2:08.930
11. Daijiro Kato, Honda, 2:09.104
12. John Hopkins, Suzuki, 2:09.141
13. Troy Bayliss, Ducati, 2:09.147
14. Norick Abe, Yamaha, 2:09.162
15. Loris Capirossi, Ducati, 2:09.325
16. Tamaki Serizawa, Moriwaki Honda, 2:09.416
17. Noriyuki Haga, Aprilia, 2:09.690
18. Akira Yanagawa, Kawasaki, 2:09.934
19. Nobuatsu Aoki, Proton, 2:10.120
20. Garry McCoy, Kawasaki, 2:11.514
21. Olivier Jacque, Yamaha, 2:11.924
22. Chris Burns, Harris, 2:13.074
23. Nicky Hayden, Honda, 2:13.588
24. Andrew Pitt, Kawasaki, 2:13.871

107 percent of fastest time: 2:15.716

DNQ. Jeremy McWilliams, Proton, 2:25.328
DNQ. Marco Melandri, Yamaha, no time recorded