Race held at the Laguna-seca circuit
| Position | No. | Pilot | Team | Brand | Time | Laps | Points | Start |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 27 |
Casey Stoner
|
Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 43'52.145 | 32 | 25 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 |
Jorge Lorenzo
|
Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha | 43'57.779 | 32 | 20 | 1 |
| 3 | 26 |
Dani Pedrosa
|
Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 44'01.612 | 32 | 16 | 3 |
| 4 | 11 |
Ben Spies
|
Yamaha Factory Racing | Yamaha | 44'12.707 | 32 | 13 | 4 |
| 5 | 4 |
Andrea Dovizioso
|
Repsol Honda Team | Honda | 44'13.030 | 32 | 11 | 6 |
| 6 | 46 |
Valentino Rossi
|
Ducati Team | Ducati | 44'22.496 | 32 | 10 | 7 |
| 7 | 69 |
Nicky Hayden
|
Ducati Team | Ducati | 44'23.176 | 32 | 9 | 9 |
| 8 | 5 |
Colin Edwards
|
Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 44'37.647 | 32 | 8 | 11 |
| 9 | 8 |
Hector Barbera
|
Mapfre Aspar Team MotoGP | Ducati | 44'43.694 | 32 | 7 | 8 |
| 10 | 7 |
Hiroshi Aoyama
|
San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 45'00.995 | 32 | 6 | 7 |
| 11 | 17 |
Karel Abraham
|
Cardion AB Motoracing | Ducati | 45'01.277 | 32 | 5 | 13 |
| 12 | 65 |
Loris Capirossi
|
Pramac Racing Team | Ducati | 44'05.129 | 31 | 4 | 16 |
| 13 | 24 |
Toni Elias
|
LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 44'29.962 | 31 | 3 | 17 |
| 1 | 19 |
Alvaro Bautista
|
Rizla Suzuki MotoGP | Suzuki | 18'06.782 | 13 | 0 | 12 |
| 2 | 23 |
Ben Bostrom
|
LCR Honda MotoGP | Honda | 12'09.042 | 8 | 0 | 18 |
| 3 | 58 |
Marco Simoncelli
|
San Carlo Honda Gresini | Honda | 8'21.101 | 6 | 0 | 5 |
| 4 | 35 |
Cal Crutchlow
|
Monster Yamaha Tech 3 | Yamaha | 4'18.554 | 3 | 0 | 10 |