1. Dani PEDROSA
2. Valentino ROSSI
3. Carlos CHECA
4. Colin EDWARDS
5. Casey STONER
6. John HOPKINS
7. Shinya NAKANO
8. Toni ELIAS
9. Marco MELANDRI
10. Kenny ROBERTS JR
11. Nicky HAYDEN
12. Randy DE PUNIET
13. Alex BARROS
14. Chris VERMEULEN
15. Loris CAPIROSSI
16. Olivier JACQUE
17. Makoto TAMADA
18. Alex HOFMANN
19. Kousuke AKIYOSHI
20. Sylvain GUINTOLI
This was the closest front ten qualifying times in MotoGP history (one second covers the top 15 riders). Pedrosa was ahead of Rossi's time by a mere 5 hundredths of a second. This looks like it'll be a battle royal between Rossi and the little Spaniard.