| 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 |
| MotoGp Qualifiyng 1 |
| Pos | No | Rider | Nat. | Type | Team | Time | Delay | Gap | Lap |
| 1 | 46 | VALENTINO ROSSI | ITA | Honda | RepsolHonda | 2'06.838 | 10/11 | ||
| 2 | 3 | MAX BIAGGI | ITA | Honda | CamelPramacPons | 2'07.092 | 0.254 | 0.254 | 5/6 |
| 3 | 11 | TOHRU UKAWA | JPN | Honda | CamelPramacPons | 2'07.298 | 0.460 | 0.206 | 8/8 |
| 4 | 7 | CARLOS CHECA | SPA | Yamaha | FortunaYamahaTeam | 2'07.426 | 0.588 | 0.128 | 4/5 |
| 5 | 6 | MAKOTO TAMADA | JPN | Honda | PramacHonda | 2'08.103 | 1.265 | 0.677 | 6/8 |
| 6 | 15 | SETE GIBERNAU | SPA | Honda | TelefonicaMovistarHonda | 2'08.251 | 1.413 | 0.148 | 6/6 |
| 7 | 10 | KENNY ROBERTS | USA | Suzuki | SuzukiGrandPrixTeam | 2'08.389 | 1.551 | 0.138 | 9/10 |
| 8 | 4 | ALEX BARROS | BRA | Yamaha | GauloisesYamahaTeam | 2'08.670 | 1.832 | 0.281 | 6/8 |
| 9 | 45 | COLIN EDWARDS | USA | Aprilia | AliceApriliaRacing | 2'08.785 | 1.947 | 0.115 | 9/11 |
| 10 | 56 | SHINYA NAKANO | JPN | Yamaha | D'AntinYamahaTeam | 2'08.930 | 2.092 | 0.145 | 8/9 |
| 11 | 74 | DAIJIRO KATO | JPN | Honda | TelefonicaMovistarHonda | 2'09.104 | 2.266 | 0.174 | 6/7 |
| 12 | 21 | JOHN HOPKINS | USA | Suzuki | SuzukiGrandPrixTeam | 2'09.141 | 2.303 | 0.037 | 8/9 |
| 13 | 12 | TROY BAYLISS | AUS | Ducati | DucatiMarlboroTeam | 2'09.147 | 2.309 | 0.006 | 8/9 |
| 14 | 17 | NORICK ABE | JPN | Yamaha | YamahaRacingTeam | 2'09.162 | 2.324 | 0.015 | 9/10 |
| 15 | 65 | LORIS CAPIROSSI | ITA | Ducati | DucatiMarlboroTeam | 2'09.325 | 2.487 | 0.163 | 6/7 |
| 16 | 25 | TAMAKI SERIZAWA | JPN | Moriwaki | MoriwakiRacingWCM | 2'09.416 | 2.578 | 0.091 | 7/8 |
| 17 | 41 | NORIYUKI HAGA | JPN | Aprilia | AliceApriliaRacing | 2'09.690 | 2.852 | 0.274 | 7/12 |
| 18 | 48 | AKIRA YANAGAWA | JPN | Kawasaki | KawasakiRacingTeam | 2'09.934 | 3.096 | 0.244 | 7/7 |
| 19 | 9 | NOBUATSU AOKI | JPN | ProtonKR | ProtonTeamKR | 2'10.120 | 3.282 | 0.186 | 6/6 |
| 20 | 8 | GARRY McCOY | AUS | Kawasaki | KawasakiRacingTeam | 2'11.514 | 4.676 | 1.394 | 7/9 |
| 21 | 19 | OLIVIER JACQUE | FRA | Yamaha | GauloisesYamahaTeam | 2'11.924 | 5.086 | 0.410 | 6/8 |
| 22 | 35 | CHRIS BURNS | GBR | Harris | WCM | 2'13.074 | 6.236 | 1.150 | 6/8 |
| 23 | 69 | NICKY HAYDEN | USA | Honda | RepsolHonda | 2'13.588 | 6.750 | 0.514 | 9/11 |
| 24 | 88 | ANDREW PITT | AUS | Kawasaki | KawasakiRacingTeam | 2'13.871 | 7.033 | 0.283 | 9/9 |
| Not qualified(Out 107%) | |||||||||
| 99 | JEREMY McWILLIAMS | GBR | ProtonKR | ProtonTeamKR | 2'25.328 | 18.490 | 11.457 | 4/4 | |
| 33 | MARCO MELANDRI | ITA | Yamaha | FortunaYamahaTeam | |||||
