| 2003 MotoGP World Championship Round 1 SKYY VODKA Grand Prix of Japan DATE:2003-04-04 WEATHER : Cloudy COURSE : Dry International Racing Course |
| Free1｜Qualifiyng1｜Free2｜Qualifiyng2｜Combined｜WarmUp｜GRID｜RACE |
| GP125 Qualifiyng 1 |
| Pos | No | Rider | Type | Team | Time | Delay | Gap | Lap |
| 1 | 15 | ALEX DE ANGELIS | Aprilia | RacingWorld | 2'15.417 | 4/5 | ||
| 2 | 3 | DANIEL PEDROSA | Honda | TelefonicaMovistarJuniorTeam | 2'15.881 | 0.464 | 0.464 | 5/5 |
| 3 | 4 | LUCIO CECCHINELLO | Aprilia | SafiloOxydo-LCR | 2'16.732 | 1.315 | 0.851 | 4/4 |
| 4 | 6 | MIRKO GIANSANTI | Aprilia | MatteoniRacing | 2'16.884 | 1.467 | 0.152 | 5/5 |
| 5 | 7 | STEFANO PERUGINI | Aprilia | Abruzzo | 2'16.918 | 1.501 | 0.034 | 5/8 |
| 6 | 11 | MAX SABBATANI | Aprilia | Abruzzo | 2'16.959 | 1.542 | 0.041 | 4/7 |
| 7 | 27 | CASEY STONER | Aprilia | SafiloOxydo-LCR | 2'16.961 | 1.544 | 0.002 | 4/4 |
| 8 | 34 | ANDREA DOVIZIOSO | Honda | TeamScot | 2'16.975 | 1.558 | 0.014 | 4/5 |
| 9 | 80 | HECTOR BARBERA | Aprilia | Master-Mxonda-AsparTeam | 2'17.224 | 1.807 | 0.249 | 3/4 |
| 10 | 33 | STEFANO BIANCO | Gilera | GileraRacing | 2'17.308 | 1.891 | 0.084 | 4/4 |
| 11 | 22 | PABLO NIETO | Aprilia | Master-Mxonda-AsparTeam | 2'17.569 | 2.152 | 0.261 | 4/4 |
| 12 | 66 | SHUHEI AOYAMA | Honda | TeamHARC-PRO | 2'17.804 | 2.387 | 0.235 | 3/5 |
| 13 | 17 | STEVE JENKNER | Aprilia | Exalt-Race | 2'17.990 | 2.573 | 0.186 | 5/6 |
| 14 | 26 | EMILIO ALZAMORA | Derbi | CajaMadridDerbiRacing | 2'18.126 | 2.709 | 0.136 | 4/4 |
| 15 | 58 | MARCO SIMONCELLI | Aprilia | MatteoniRacing | 2'18.428 | 3.011 | 0.302 | 4/6 |
| 16 | 1 | ARNAUD VINCENT | KTM | KTM-RedBull | 2'18.710 | 3.293 | 0.282 | 4/5 |
| 17 | 12 | THOMAS LUTHI | Honda | ElitGrandPrix | 2'19.062 | 3.645 | 0.352 | 6/6 |
| 18 | 41 | YOUICHI UI | Aprilia | SterilgardaRacing | 2'19.308 | 3.891 | 0.246 | 3/5 |
| 19 | 19 | ALVARO BAUTISTA | Aprilia | SeedorfRacing | 2'19.646 | 4.229 | 0.338 | 4/6 |
| 20 | 23 | GINO BORSOI | Aprilia | RacingWorld | 2'19.711 | 4.294 | 0.065 | 5/6 |
| 21 | 32 | FABRIZIO LAI | Maraguti | SemprucciAngaiaMalaguti | 2'19.766 | 4.349 | 0.055 | 3/5 |
| 22 | 42 | GIOELE PELLINO | Aprilia | SterilgardaRacing | 2'20.130 | 4.713 | 0.364 | 3/5 |
| 23 | 79 | GABOR TALMACSI | Aprilia | Exalt-Race | 2'20.253 | 4.836 | 0.123 | 2/4 |
| 24 | 31 | JULIAN SIMON | Maraguti | SemprucciAngaiaMalaguti | 2'20.298 | 4.881 | 0.045 | 4/6 |
| 25 | 65 | TOSHIHISA KUZUHARA | Honda | HondaKumamotoRacing | 2'20.452 | 5.035 | 0.154 | 4/5 |
| 26 | 68 | SADAHITO SUMA | Honda | TeamLife | 2'20.487 | 5.070 | 0.035 | 2/6 |
| 27 | 10 | ROBERTO LOCATELLI | KTM | KTM-RedBull | 2'20.572 | 5.155 | 0.085 | 4/5 |
| 28 | 24 | SIMONE CORSI | Honda | TeamScot | 2'21.133 | 5.716 | 0.561 | 3/4 |
| 29 | 48 | JORGE LORENZO | Derbi | CajaMadridDerbiRacing | 2'21.361 | 5.944 | 0.228 | 3/4 |
| 30 | 8 | MASAO AZUMA | Honda | AjoMotorsport | 2'21.446 | 6.029 | 0.085 | 2/4 |
| 31 | 25 | IMRE TOTH | Honda | TeamHungary | 2'21.730 | 6.313 | 0.284 | 3/5 |
| 32 | 14 | CHRIS MARTIN | Aprilia | SeedorfRacing | 2'21.920 | 6.503 | 0.190 | 5/6 |
| 33 | 63 | MIKE DI MEGLIO | Aprilia | FreesoulRacingTeam | 2'22.906 | 7.489 | 0.986 | 5/5 |
| 34 | 36 | MIKA KALLIO | Honda | AjoMotorsport | 2'23.591 | 8.174 | 0.685 | 3/3 |
| 35 | 78 | PETER LENART | Honda | MetasystemRacingService | 2'24.088 | 8.671 | 0.497 | 4/8 |
| 36 | 21 | LEON CAMIER | Honda | MetasystemRacingService | 2'24.229 | 8.812 | 0.141 | 4/5 |
| Not qualified(Out 107%) | ||||||||
| 37 | 64 | CHEUNG WAI ON | Honda | CheungWingTeam | 2'29.504 | 14.087 | 5.275 | 4/7 |
| 38 | 67 | AKIO TANAKA | Honda | TeamLifeHatada | 2'54.409 | 38.992 | 24.905 | 1/3 |
