| 2003 MotoGP™ World Championship Round 1 SKYY VODKA Grand Prix of Japan DATE: 2003-04-06 WEATHER: Fine COURSE: Dry International Racing Course |
| Free1｜Qualifying1｜Free2｜Qualifying2｜Combined｜WarmUp｜GRID｜RACE |
| MotoGP Warm Up |
| Pos | No | Rider | Nat. | Type | Team | Time | Delay | Gap | Lap |
| 1 | 46 | VALENTINO ROSSI | ITA | Honda | RepsolHonda | 2'05.373 | 4/9 | ||
| 2 | 15 | Sete Gibernau | SPA | Honda | TelefonicaMovistarHonda | 2'05.748 | 0.375 | 0.375 | 4/8 |
| 3 | 45 | COLIN EDWARDS | USA | Aprilia | AliceApriliaRacing | 2'06.348 | 0.975 | 0.600 | 5/8 |
| 4 | 11 | TOHRU UKAWA | JPN | Honda | CamelPramacPons | 2'06.367 | 0.994 | 0.019 | 5/10 |
| 5 | 65 | LORIS CAPIROSSI | ITA | Ducati | Ducati Marlboro Team | 2'06.643 | 1.270 | 0.276 | 5/7 |
| 6 | 3 | MAX BIAGGI | ITA | Honda | CamelPramacPons | 2'06.747 | 1.374 | 0.104 | 6/10 |
| 7 | 74 | DAIJIRO KATO | JPN | Honda | TelefonicaMovistarHonda | 2'06.768 | 1.395 | 0.021 | 8/9 |
| 8 | 12 | TROY BAYLISS | AUS | Ducati | Ducati Marlboro Team | 2'06.827 | 1.454 | 0.059 | 3/7 |
| 9 | 21 | JOHN HOPKINS | USA | Suzuki | Suzuki Grand Prix Team | 2'06.905 | 1.532 | 0.078 | 5/10 |
| 10 | 69 | NICKY HAYDEN | USA | Honda | RepsolHonda | 2'06.919 | 1.546 | 0.014 | 8/8 |
| 11 | 7 | CARLOS CHECA | SPA | Yamaha | Fortuna Yamaha Team | 2'07.476 | 2.103 | 0.557 | 3/9 |
| 12 | 6 | MAKOTO TAMADA | JPN | Honda | PramacHonda | 2'07.547 | 2.174 | 0.071 | 4/9 |
| 13 | 41 | NORiyuki HAGA | JPN | Aprilia | AliceApriliaRacing | 2'07.553 | 2.180 | 0.006 | 9/9 |
| 14 | 56 | SHINYA NAKANO | JPN | Yamaha | D'Antin Yamaha Team | 2'07.701 | 2.328 | 0.148 | 8/8 |
| 15 | 9 | NOBUATSU AOKI | JPN | ProtonKR | ProtonTeamKR | 2'07.867 | 2.494 | 0.166 | 6/8 |
| 16 | 10 | KENNY ROBERTS | USA | Suzuki | Suzuki Grand Prix Team | 2'07.948 | 2.575 | 0.081 | 4/7 |
| 17 | 17 | NORICK ABE | JPN | Yamaha | Yamaha Racing Team | 2'08.046 | 2.673 | 0.098 | 4/9 |
| 18 | 19 | OLIVIER JACQUE | FRA | Yamaha | Gauloises Yamaha Team | 2'08.132 | 2.759 | 0.086 | 5/7 |
| 19 | 99 | JEREMY McWILLIAMS | GBR | ProtonKR | ProtonTeamKR | 2'08.441 | 3.068 | 0.309 | 5/7 |
| 20 | 48 | AKIRA YANAGAWA | JPN | Kawasaki | Kawasaki Racing Team | 2'08.740 | 3.367 | 0.299 | 6/7 |
| 21 | 25 | TAMAKI SERIZAWA | JPN | Moriwaki | Moriwaki Racing WCM | 2'09.085 | 3.712 | 0.345 | 4/6 |
| 22 | 88 | ANDREW PITT | AUS | Kawasaki | Kawasaki Racing Team | 2'09.418 | 4.045 | 0.333 | 3/7 |
| 23 | 8 | GARRY McCOY | AUS | Kawasaki | Kawasaki Racing Team | 2'10.836 | 5.463 | 1.418 | 4/5 |
| 4 | ALEX BARROS | BRA | Yamaha | Gauloises Yamaha Team | |||||
