Casey Stoner was the protagonist of a great duel with Valentino Rossi in the first 5 laps, with the Italian that wanted to stay before Casey. The show ended at a curve Casey have to avoid hitting Rossi’s bike finishing in the sand and falls. The Aussie takes his bike back on the track but now have 16 secs. Casey lose 5 point on the Italian but gain 20 pts on Pedrosa that haven’t take part in the race.

1 Valentino Rossi 44:04.311
2 Casey Stoner 44:17.312
3 Chris Vermeulen 44:30.920
4 Andrea Dovizioso 44:39.212
5 Nicky Hayden 44:39.974
6 Randy De Puniet 44:41.979
7 Antonio Elias 44:45.940
8 Ben Spies 44:46.238
9 James Toseland 44:47.330
10 Shinya Nakano 44:48.702
11 Jamie Hacking
12 Sylvain Guintoli
13 Alex De Angelis
14 Colin Edwards
15 Loris Capirossi
16 Marco Melandri
17 Anthony West